He is Professor of Medical Education and the Chair of Curriculum and Research Unit at King Saud University College of Medicine in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Prior to this, he had a distinguished career in clinical medicine, research, and medical education.
He was also on the editorial board of the International Journal of Medical Education, BMC Medical Education, and the Editorial Board of MedEDWorld, as well as other journals and joint membership of the policy committee of the ASME, the UK.
He is the convener of PBL-SIG, for the Australia and New Zealand Association for Medical Education (ANZAME).
His trainees were from a wide range of disciplines including medicine, nursing, physiotherapy, dentistry, occupational therapy, speech pathology, nutrition, education, management and administration, business, engineering, leadership and law.