MBBS (Kel),DipMedEdu (Col),DFM(Col),MRCGP[INT]
Specialization
Family Medicine
Research Interests
- Family medicine
- Medical education
Publications
Publications
- Ramanayake, R. P. Janaka C.; Perera, Dinusha P.; Jayasinghe, J. A. Piyumi H.; Munasinghe, M. M. Erandi M.; de Soyza, E. C. Eric S.; Jayawardana, M. A. Vindya S.. Public sector primary care services in Sri Lanka and the specialist family physician: A qualitative study. Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 11(11):p 6830-6836, November 2022. | DOI: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_789_22
- Perera DP. Teaching learning moments: a discussion with fourth year medical students on empathy. Sri Lankan Family Physician. 2021; 36 (1): 71-72
- Perera DP, Ramanayake RPJC, Mendis K, Withana SS. Teaching medical students basic communication skills online during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sri Lankan Family Physician 2021, 36(1): 49-55
- P. Perera & K. Mohanna. General practice is “different”: a qualitative study of adaptation experiences of East Staffordshire general practice speciality trainees, Education for Primary Care, 2020 DOI: 10.1080/14739879.2020.1836520
- Wynn, Y., Urvashi, P., Williams, S., Karunarathna, S., Withana, S., Perera, D., Mendis, K. and Arun, R., 2020. Improving the Detection of Depressive Disorder in Sri Lanka. International Journal of Clinical Psychiatry and Mental Health, 8(1), pp.25-34.
- Perera, D.P., Withana, S.S., Mendis, K. Vitharanage DVT, Jayathilake WTS, Wickramasuiya S. Evaluation of the undergraduate family medicine programme of Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya: quantitative and qualitative student feedback. BMC Med Educ 19, 444 (2019) doi:10.1186/s12909-019-1882-6
- R P J C Ramanayake, D P Perera ,B M T K Basnayake, G V A Dilanka ,L W S S Premasiri. Views of radiologists on referral of patients for investigations by primary care doctors in Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan Family Physician. 2018; 34 (1): 11-16
- Perera DP, Andrades M, Wass V. Peer feedback for examiner quality assurance on MRCGP International South Asia: a mixed methods study. BMC Med Educ. 2017 Dec 8 [cited 2018 Apr 20];17(1):244.
- Ramanayake RPJC, Perera DP, Basnayake BMTK. General practitioners requesting radiological investigations: A qualitative study of the perceptions of radiologists. Sri Lankan Family Physician. 2017; 33 (1):8-12
- Kumaran S, Perera DP. Dealing with medically unexplained symptoms in primary care. Sri Lankan Family Physician. 2017; 33 (1):50-53
- Ramanayake, R A. De Silva, D.P.Perera, R. Sumanasekera, L. Athukorala, and K. Fernando "Training medical students in general practice: a qualitative study among general practitioner trainers in Sri Lanka"Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 4, no. 2 (2015): 168.
- Ramanayake, R., A. De Silva, D.P.Perera, R. Sumanasekara, R. Gunasekara, and P. Chandrasiri. "Evaluation of teaching and learning in family medicine by students: A Sri Lankan experience." Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 4, no. 1 (2015): 3.
- de Silva, A.H.W., M.S.A. Rizwaan, R.P.J.C. Ramanayake, Perera D.P and R.D.N. Sumanasekara."Knowledge on HIV prevention amongst a group of post war re-settlers in Sri Lanka."Sri Lanka Journal of Venereology5, no. 1 (2015)
- Ramanayake, R. P. J. C., A. H. W. de Silva, D. P. Perera, R. D. N. Sumanasekera, L. A. C. L. Athukorala, and K. A. T. Fernando. "Referral communications: Bridging the gap between primary care doctors and specialists." From the Editor 7, no. 10 (2014): 3.
- Ramanayake, R. P. J. C., A. H. W. De Silva, D. P. Perera, R. D. N. Sumanasekera, L. A. C. L. Athukorala, and K. A. T. Fernando. "Referral Communications in Sri Lanka; Views of General Practitioners."(2014)
- Ramanayake RPJC, Perera DP, De Silva AHW, Sumanasekera RDN, Jayasinghe LR, Fernando KAT, Athukorala LACL. Views of specialists on referral communications-a qualitative study from Sri Lanka Middle east journal of family medicine2014;12(5):34-38
- Training medical students in general practices: Factors influencing patients’ attitudes. Ramanayake, R. P. J. C., A. H. W. De Silva, D. P. Perera, R. D. N. Sumanasekera, L. A. C. L. Athukorala, and K. A. T. Fernando Middle east journal of family medicine 12, 9,2014
- Ramanayake, R. P. J. C., A. H. W. De Silva, D. P. Perera, R. D. N. Sumanasekera, L. A. C. L. Athukorala, and K.Why are specialists reluctant to reply to referral letters - exploring the views of specialists in Sri Lanka. theHealth 2014; 5(3-4): 44-48
- Ramanayake, R. P. J. C., A. H. W. De Silva, D. P. Perera, R. D. N. Sumanasekera, L. A. C. L. Athukorala, and K.Training undergraduates in general practices: student perceptions . theHealth 2014; 5; 2: 22-25
- Pettigrew LM,Perera D, Wass V. Qualitative study of motivators and outcomes of Sri Lankan doctors achieving MRCGP International. Education for Primary Care.2013; 24:251-57 2013.
- Perera DP, De Silva REE,Perera WLSP.Knowledge of diabetes among type 2 diabetes patients attending a primary health care clinic in Sri Lanka.Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal.2013;19(7):644-648
- P. J. C. Ramanayake, R. D. N. Sumanasekera, A. H. W. de Silva, DP Perera, P Chandrasiri, R Gunasekara, LR Jayasinghe, Rate of stunting among a sample of postwar resettled families in the Vanni region: a study from the Mulathivu District. Ceylon Medical Journal 2013; 58:82-83
- Ramanayake J, Perera D, de Silva A, Sumanasekera D, Jayasinghe LR, Gunasekera R, Chandrasiri P. Knowledge of location of organs in the body among patients attending a university family practice in Sri Lanka. Middle East Journal of Family Medicine; 2013 11(3): pp.29-33
- P. J. C. Ramanayake, DP Perera, A. H. W. de Silva, R. D. N. Sumanasekera, LR Jayasinghe, K. A. T. Fernando, L. A. C. L. Athukorala .Referral letter with an attached structured reply form: Is it a solution for not getting replies. Journal of Family Medicine and primary care.2013; 3:319-322
- P. J. C. Ramanayake, DP Perera, A. H. W. de Silva, R. D. N. Sumanasekera, LR Jayasinghe, K. A. T. Fernando, L. A. C. L. Athukorala. Referral letters from general practitioners to hospitals in Sri Lanka; Lack information and clarity. Middle east journal of family medicine 2013; 11(8):14-20
- Patient held medical record: solution to fragmented health care in Sri Lanka,RPJC Ramanayake, DP Perera, AHW De Silva, RDN Sumanasekara.The health Journal 2013 2013; 4(3): 51-57
- Ramanayake RPJC, De Silva A, Perera D, Sumanasekera D, Jayasinghe LR, Gunasekera R, Chandrasiri P. Myths and beliefs among patients attending a family practice. Sri Lankan Family Physician.2012-2013; 31(1):44-47
- Perera D, Ramanayake RPJC, de Silva A HW,Sumanasekara RDN, Jayasinghe LR, Gunasekara R, Chandrasiri P. Domain-Specific Learning Among Medical Students. Journal of Research in Medical Education and Ethics .2012;2(3):264-267
- De Silva REE, Fernando J, Sumanasekera RDN, Liyanagama SD, De Silva DP.Student Perceptions of an Online Post Graduate Course in Family Medicine in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Journal of Bio-Medical Informatics 2010;1(4):205-13
- Perera D, Corea E, Sumanasekera D.A Need based Continuing Professional Development Program for General Practitioners Sri Lankan Family Physician 2009-2010;30:10-13
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