Research
Advancing metacognitive monitoring and health professions education through innovative research approaches
Research Journey
My research journey began with a focus on clinical optometry, particularly contact lenses, where I examined compliance behaviors, fitting trends, and procurement practices to better understand the clinical challenges faced by practitioners and patients. Following the completion of my Master's in Health Professions Education in 2016, my interests broadened to the scholarship of teaching and learning, with an emphasis on strategies that facilitate student learning.
This trajectory has continued into my doctoral research, which investigates how learners monitor their own learning and performance, with a particular focus on the mental cues that guide self-monitoring decisions. My PhD explores the use of cue prompts to improve calibration between confidence and competence, and these findings are being applied in higher education settings to advance educational practices, especially in strengthening learners' self-monitoring accuracy.
PhD Research
Predictive cues to monitor learning: The facilitative role of dialogic peer-feedback (Ongoing)
Institution: Department of Educational Development and Research,School of Health Professions Education (SHE), Maastricht University, the Netherlands
Current Research
Ongoing research projects focusing on metacognitive monitoring and educational interventions
How feedforward interventions can support learners in improving their metacognitive monitoring accuracy—the ability to judge their own learning and performance effectively. Unlike traditional feedback, which focuses on past performance, feedforward strategies provide guidance for upcoming tasks. These strategies help learners refine study approaches, regulate effort, and ultimately enhance learning outcomes.
Research team: Noushad B, PWM Van Gerven, ABH De Bruin
The focus of this study is to determine if engaging in dialogic peer feedback on cause–effect relationship diagrams improves learners' monitoring accuracy. By engaging learners in structured peer feedback activities, the intervention is expected to help students calibrate their self-judgments more effectively, recognize gaps in understanding, and monitor their learning better.
Research team: Noushad B, PWM Van Gerven, ABH De Bruin
It aims develop a self-monitoring tool to help final-year optometry students accurately evaluate their clinical competencies before entering internship. Since learners often overestimate their performance, the tool will guide them in identifying strengths and gaps, improving their monitoring accuracy, and supporting targeted skill development. The project involves designing a competency-based self-monitoring framework.
Research team: Noushad B, Vankudre GS, Nisar MK, Hashim MW
Latest Publications
Recent research contributions in health professions education and clinical optometry
Scope of optometry practice in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Z Mohamed, SH Alrasheed, Y Gammoh, M Abdu, B Noushad, N Alshamli, ...
2025 - Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
0 citationsPedagogic credentials: a key to optimising the effectiveness of optometry educators
B Noushad, F Khurshid
2025 - Clinical and Experimental Optometry
0 citationsVision-related quality of life among diabetic retinopathy patients in a hospital-based population in the Sultanate of Oman
Z Mohamed, GS Vankudre, JP Ayyappan, B Noushad, AN Alzeedi, ...
2024 - Clinical Optometry
6 citationsRefractive errors among schoolchildren in the Middle East: A systematic review and meta-analysis
ZD Mohamed, GM Ismail, SH Alrasheed, GS Vankudre, B Noushad, ...
2024 - African Vision and Eye Health
0 citationsExploring the use of metacognitive monitoring cues following a diagram completion intervention
B Noushad, PWM Van Gerven, ABH de Bruin
2024 - Advances in Health Sciences Education
8 citationsTwelve tips for applying the think-aloud method to capture cognitive processes
B Noushad, PWM Van Gerven, ABH De Bruin
2024 - Medical Teacher
59 citationsFunded Research
Research projects supported by external funding agencies
Designing an early detection framework for Keratoconus in Oman
This study examines the prevalence of keratoconus among school children in Al Buraimi Governorate, with a focus on identifying potential risk factors. By understanding the scope and determinants of the condition at an early stage, the research aims to contribute to the development of an early detection framework for the Sultanate of Oman, supporting timely diagnosis and effective management of keratoconus in young populations.
MoHERI – Ministry of Higher Education, Research & Innovation
Research team: Mohamed ZD, Ismail G, Noushad B, Ayyappan JP, Alshamsi M