Curriculum Vitae

DR. RANITA BINTI HISHAM SHUNMUGAM

Senior Lecturer
  • Department of Library and Information Science
    Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
  • 03-79675466

BIOGRAPHY

Ranita Hisham is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Library & Information Science, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Universiti Malaya. She has 15 years of experience working at the Universiti Malaya Library as a Senior Librarian before joining the academia in December 2023. She worked at the Medical Library and actively participated with the Medical Librarian Group (MLG), Librarian Association of Malaysia as the Secretary from 2020 until now.

She graduated with her Bachelor's Degree in Library Science and a Masters in Information Management from UiTM. She obtained her PhD from the Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya in 2019. Her doctoral research focused on exploring the views and experiences of primary care physicians regarding evidence-based medicine in Malaysia. This work presents a new paradigm of how librarians should approach evidence-based research in medicine. She has published her work and collaborated with researchers from various backgrounds in prestigious journals. She was trained in Evidence-Based Medicine searching skills. She has also conducted many workshops and talks on Literature Search for Systematic Reviews and provides consultations on literature searches for systematic reviews for students and academicians.

Her research interests are Evidence-Based Medicine Searching Skills, Systematic Review, Health Sciences Librarianship, Academic Librarianship, Information Literacy, Information Knowledge & Services, User Needs & Information Seeking Behaviour.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

  • Ph.D, (Applying Evidence Based Medicine)
    Universiti Malaya (UM)
  • B.SC. (HONS) INFORMATION STUDIES (LIB. & INFO. MGT), (Information Management)
    Universiti Teknologi Mara (Uitm)
  • DIP. IN INFO. MGT (UiTM) 2006, (Information Management)
    Universiti Teknologi Mara (Uitm)

AWARD AND STEWARDSHIP

  • CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENT SERVICE
    University of Malaya, 2018 (University)
  • CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENT SERVICE
    University of Malaya, 2013 (University)
  • CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENT SERVICE
    University of Malaya, 2012 (University)

PUBLICATIONS

Article in Journal
WoS
  1. See, Mee -Hoong; Yip, Kah -Chun; Teh, Mei -Sze; Teoh, Li-Ying; Lai, Lee-Lee; Wong, Lai -Kuan; Shunmugam, Ranita Hisham; Ong, Teng -Aik; Ng, Kwan -Hoong (2023). Classification and assessment techniques of breast ptosis: A systematic review, JOURNAL OF PLASTIC RECONSTRUCTIVE AND AESTHETIC SURGERY. 83, 380-395. doi:10.1016/j.bjps.2023.04.003
  2. Maidin, Farah Norizwani Mohamad; Chui, Ping Lei; Che, Chong Chin; Lai, Lee Lee; Hisham, Ranita (2022). Perceived information literacy among undergraduate medical students at a Malaysian public university, MALAYSIAN JOURNAL OF LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE. 27(3), 129-143. doi:10.22452/mjlis.vol27no3.6
  3. Uzzaman, Md. Nazim; Agarwal, Dhiraj; Chan, Soo Chin; Engkasan, Julia Patrick; Habib, G. M. Monsur; Hanafi, Nik Sherina; Jackson, Tracy; Jebaraj, Paul; Khoo, Ee Ming; Mirza, Fatim Tahirah; Pinnock, Hilary; Shunmugam, Ranita Hisham; Rabinovich, Roberto A. (2022). Effectiveness of home-based pulmonary rehabilitation: systematic review and meta-analysis, EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY REVIEW. 31(165). doi:10.1183/16000617.0076-2022
  4. Rashid, A. A., Cheong, A. T., Hisham, R., Shamsuddin, N. H., & Roslan, D. (2021). Effectiveness of pretend medical play in improving children's health outcomes and well-being: a systematic review. Bmj Open, 11(1), 5. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041506
  5. Rashid, A. A., Cheong, A. T., Shamsuddin, N. H., Roslan, D., & Shunmugam, R. H. (2021). Healthcare Professionals' Views for the Content of the Teddy Bear Hospital for a Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Module. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 30(4), 442-460. doi: 10.1080/10538712.2021.1890294
  6. Lim, S. M. S., Wong, P. L., Sulaiman, H., Atiya, N., Shunmugam, R. H., Liew, S. M. (2019). Clinical prediction models for ESBL-Enterobacteriaceae colonization or infection: a systematic review. Journal of Hospital Infection, 102(1), 8-16. doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2019.01.012
  7. Hisham, R., Liew, S. M., Ng, C. J. (2018). A comparison of evidence-based medicine practices between primary care physicians in rural and urban primary care settings in Malaysia: a qualitative study. Bmj Open, 8(7), 8. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018933
  8. Hisham, Ranita; Ng, Chirk Jenn; Liew, Su May; Lai, Pauline Siew Mei; Chia, Yook Chin; Khoo, Ee Ming; Hanafi, Nik Sherina; Othman, Sajaratulnisah; Lee, Ping Yein; Abdullah, Khatijah Lim; Chinna, Karuthan (2018). Development and validation of the Evidence Based Medicine Questionnaire (EBMQ) to assess doctors' knowledge, practice and barriers regarding the implementation of evidence-based medicine in primary care, BMC FAMILY PRACTICE. 19. doi:10.1186/s12875-018-0779-5
  9. Hisham, Ranita; Liew, Su May; Ng, Chirk Jenn; Nor, Kamaliah Mohd; Osman, Iskandar Firzada; Ho, Gah Juan; Hamzah, Nurazira; Glasziou, Paul (2016). Rural Doctors' Views on and Experiences with Evidence-Based Medicine: The FrEEDoM Qualitative Study, PLOS ONE. 11(3). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0152649
  10. Hisham, Ranita; Ng, Chirk Jenn; Liew, Su May; Hamzah, Nurazira; Ho, Gah Juan (2016). Why is there variation in the practice of evidence-based medicine in primary care? A qualitative study, BMJ OPEN. 6(3). doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010565
  11. Ho, G. J., Liew, S. M., Ng, C. J., Shunmugam, R. H., Glasziou, P. (2016). Development of a Search Strategy for an Evidence Based Retrieval Service. Plos One, 11(12), 14.
ESCI
  1. Mydin, Fadzilah Hanum Mohd; Mikton, Christopher; Choo, Wan Yuen; Shanmugam, Ranita Hisham; Murray, Aja; Yon, Yongjie; Yunus, Raudah Mohd; Hairi, Noran Naqiah; Hairi, Farizah Mohd; Beaulieu, Marie; Phelan, Amanda (2023). PROTOCOL: Psychometric properties of instruments for measuring elder abuse and neglect in community and institutional settings: A systematic review, CAMPBELL SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS. 19(3). doi:10.1002/cl2.1342