Ms. Aishath Sana Shareef is a senior lecturer at School of Nursing, The Maldives National University. She is a dedicated nurse educator with over eight years of comprehensive full-time experience in nursing education, keen to develop teaching and learning experience, complemented by a strong interest in developing research knowledge to advance evidence-based practice and to inform teaching practices and ensure positive student outcomes. She currently plays a key role as a course coordinator and subject coordinator along with curriculum design and development, and research work at School of Nursing.

Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education, Faculty of Education, The Maldives National University, 2024

Master of Nursing, School of Nursing, The Maldives National University, 2019

Bachelor of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, The Maldives National University, 2015

Nursing education
Clinical education
Higher Education
Teaching and Learning
Internationalization of Higher Education

Novice Nurse Educators’ Transition: Perspectives and Experiences of clinical nurses transforming to nurse educators in the Maldives, Primary Researcher, 1 year

Current Status of Internationalization of Higher
Education (IoHE) in the Maldives, Primary Researcher, 1 year

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Specialized Practice
Evidence Based Nursing
Research
Community Health Nursing
Contract Learning (Student Supervision)

Shareef, A. S. (2025). Perceptions and Readiness of Nurses, Nurse Educators, and Nursing Students Towards the Incorporation of Micro-Credentials. The Maldives National Journal of Research, 13(1), 38-56.

Shareef, A. S. (2025). Developing Self-Directed Learning Skills Through Scaffolding in Problem-Based Learning. The Maldives National Journal of Research, 13(1), 83-101.

Shareef, A. S. (2024). Internationalization of Curriculum (IoC) in Higher Education: A Global Cooperative Strategy. The Maldives National Journal of Research, 12(1), 7-21

MNU Library Committee Member (VC Appointed)
Member of Technical Subcommittee on AMR Awareness & Surveillance, MFDA

Theveli International Conference in the Maldives, August 2024: Incorporation of micro credentials in nursing education: Perceptions of students, educators, and nurse managers

Theveli International Conference in the Maldives, August 2024: Scaffolding as a teaching strategy to support and develop self-directed learning (SDL) skills in PBL projects: An Action Research

Theveli International Conference in the Maldives, August 2024: Internationalization of Curriculum (IoC) in Higher Education: A Global Cooperative Strategy.

Theveli International Conference in the Maldives, August 2025: A Case Study of Leadership Styles and Management Practices of a Higher Education Institute Leader in the Maldives

The 5th Southeast Asian Conference on Education (SEACE2025), chaired the session entitled: Comparative Innovation in Education Management

Southeast Asian Conference on Education (SEACE2025) in Malaysia 21st-25th February 2025: Scenario-Based Learning (SBL) in Developing Supervision and Mentoring Skills Among Nursing Students

Southeast Asian Conference on Education (SEACE2026) in Singapore, 4th-9th February 2026: Novice Nurse Educators’ Transition: Perspectives and Experiences of Clinical Nurses Transforming to Nurse Educators in the Maldives

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