Kumar A

About

Currently work:
Prof. Alok Kumar, MD.
Professor of Pediatrics & Infectious Diseases
Member, Institutional Review Board on Ethics in Research on Human Subjects
Faculty of Medical Sciences
University of the West Indies (Cave Hill), Barbados
Associate Consultant in Pediatrics
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Martindales Rd., St. Michael, Barbados
Ph. 1 246 4366450
Consultant Pediatrician
We Care Medical Center, #30A, George St., Belleville, St. Michael, Barbados
My e-portfolio - http://www.cavehill.uwi.edu/staff/eportfolios/alokkumar/index.html
http://www.cavehill.uwi.edu/staff/eportfolios/

Employment

• The University of the West Indies Professor of Pediatrics & Infectious Diseases
  2017 - Present
• The University of the West Indies Senior Lecturer, Pediatrics
  2010 - 2017
• The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Consultant (Associate)
  2005 - Present
• The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Senior Registrar
  1996 - 2005

Education

• Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education DM (Pediatrics)
  1992 - 1995
• Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education MBBS
  1986 - 2001

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (47)

• Comparing performance and integrity of proctored physical, unproctored online, and proctored online MBBS exams
  Medical Teacher 2026 DOI: 10.1080/0142159X.2026.2628961
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• Correlation of GPA with Final MBBS Examination Scores Among Students on Three Campuses of the University of the West Indies
  Advances in Medical Education and Practice 2025 DOI: 10.2147/AMEP.S515141
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• Admission trends, associated factors and the outcomes for children hospitalised to paediatric intensive care unit for asthma – A population based longitudinal study
  Karnataka Paediatric Journal 2025 DOI: 10.25259/kpj_22_2024
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• Comparing the Performance of ChatGPT-4 and Medical Students on MCQs at Varied Levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy
  Advances in Medical Education and Practice 2024 DOI: 10.2147/AMEP.S457408
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• Non-COVID-19 reasons for hospitalisation among children during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with the pre-pandemic period – A prospective population-based study from Barbados
  Karnataka Paediatric Journal 2023 DOI: 10.25259/kpj_24_2023
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• Blood counts in the children hospitalised with febrile illness in the settings of dengue endemicity – Its utility in the early recognition of the disease, Barbados
  KPJ 2023
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• Item Analysis of Multiple Choice and Extended Matching Questions in the Final MBBS Medicine and Therapeutics Examination
  Journal of Medical Education 2022 DOI: 10.5812/jme-129450
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• The Demography, Visit Frequency and Reason for Visits of Children Attending a Private Pediatric Center for Primary Health Care in Barbados
  Journal of Medical Sciences and Health 2021 DOI: 10.46347/jmsh.2021.v07i03.012
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• COVID-19 Vaccine Intent Among Health Care Professionals of Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Barbados
  Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare 2021 DOI: 10.2147/JMDH.S336952
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• The Impact of COVID‑19 Pandemic on the Burden and the Pattern of Hospitalization from COVID‑19 Unrelated Illnesses among Children in Barbados – A Preliminary Report from an Ongoing Study
  International Archives of Health Sciences 2021 DOI: 10.4103/iahs.iahs_6_21
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