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Ms. Hiranga Wijedasa

Senior Lecturer

Faculty of Humanities & Sciences | Department of Nursing

Career Summary

Hiranga Wijedasa is a permanent lecturer attached to school of nursing, Faculty of Humanities and Sciences, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Malabe, Sri Lanka. She is coordinating the B,Sc. (hons) in Nursing (International) degree programme awarded by Liverpool John Moores University, UK. She has more than ten years of teaching experience as a teacher in higher education for diploma, higher diploma, B.Sc. in Nursing degree programmes as well as in-service educational programmes for both state and non-state sector staff nurses. Before joining SLIIT in 2019, she had worked as a permanent lecturer at South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) for more than six years.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

  • Master of Nursing Education (Kaatsu International University, Sri Lanka) 2020
  • Master of Science in Food & Nutrition (University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka) 2018
  • Bachelor of Science in Nursing (Honours) University of Sri Jayewardenepura) 2011
  • Certificate in teaching in Higher Education upon completion of Staff developmental Programme for academics, organized by the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) under the auspices of Quality Assurance & Accreditation Council of the University Grants Commission (UGC), Sri Lanka. 2014

HONOURS AND AWARDS

Best presenter award of the Nursing Track in the SLIIT International Conference on Advancements in Science and Humanities 2020

Research Interests and Memberships

Research Interests

  • Nursing
  • Education
  • Nutritional Science

Memberships

  • Sri Lanka Nursing Council
  • Member of Graduate Nurses Foundation, Sri Lanka
  • Member of Nutrition Society

Ongoing Research

  • Association Between Level of Physical Activity and Mental Health Status Among Undergraduate Students of Faculty of Humanities and Sciences, SLIIT

  • Unusual presentations of tuberculosis during treatment for blood cancers
  • Factors associated with self-administration of insulin among adult diabetes patients in National hospital Sri Lanka

My Publications

Conference Proceedings

  • Wjedasa P.H.S.   Level of knowledge, practice and attitudes of taking anthropometric measurements for nutritional assessments among nursing staff nurses working in Dr. Neville Fernando Teaching hospital, Malabe  in SLIIT International Conference on Advancements in Science & Humanities 2020,  year 2021,  SLIIT,  pp.316-322,      26th March 2021,  
  • Gangabadarachchi D.M., Wijedasa P.H.S.   A Systematic Review on the effect of music therapy on post-operative pain in adult patients  in SLIIT International Conference on Advancement in Science & Humanities 2021,  year 2021,  Malabe,  pp.555-565,      December 2021,  
  • Hiranga Wijedasa   Perceived Stress Level and Associated Factors among Allied Health Undergraduates  in Proceedings of SLIIT International Conference on Advancements in Sciences and Humanities,  year 2022,  Malabe,        11 October 2022,  
  • Palanikumar S., Rathnayake R.M.A.P.M., Wijedasa H., Dassanayaka C. D. K., Anthony K., Guruge, M.L., Edirisinghe, N.P.   Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Emergency Contraceptive Pills among SLIIT Undergraduates in Sri Lanka- Preliminary Findings of a Descriptive Cross-sectional Study    year 2022,            
  • Wijesundara G. H. L., Yuharaj R., Wijedasa H. S.   Fungal Meningitis in an Allegedly Immunocompetent Patient in Sri Lanka: A Case Report  in SLIIT International Conference on Advancements in Sciences and Humanities 2023,  year 2023,  Colombo,  pp.470-476,      02 December 2023,  
  • Ranasinghe N. S., Wijedasa H. S., De Silva B. S. S.   Common Risk Factors for Postpartum Depression among Mothers after Childbirth in Asian Countries: A Systematic Review.  in SLIIT International Conference on Advancements in Sciences and Humanities,  year 2023,  Colombo,  pp.446-452,      02 December 2023,  
  • Kamathewatte K. W. M. N. K., Wijedasa H. S., De Silva B.S.S.   The Effectiveness of Intermittent Fasting Diet Compared with Ketogenic Diet in Reducing Weight of the Adults with Obesity – A Systematic Review  in SLIIT International Conference on Advancements in Sciences and Humanities 2023,  year 2023,  Colombo,  pp.423-430,      02 December 2023,  

Journal Publications

  • Wjedasa P.H.S.  " Level of Knowledge, Practice and Attitudes of Taking Anthropometric Measurements for Nutritional Assessment Among Nurses "  SLIIT Journal of Humanities & Sciences,  vol.01,  Issue (1) 2020,  2021,        

Journal Publications Under Review

  • Palanikumar S., Rathnayake R.M.A.P.M., Wijedasa H., Dassanayaka C. D. K., Anthony K., Guruge, M.L., Edirisinghe, N.P.  " Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Emergency Contraceptive Pills among Undergraduates in Non-State University, Sri Lanka- A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study "          Under Review

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