Neville Fernandez

Professor at American University of Barbados

Saint Thomas, Barbados

About

Experience

  • Professor Microbiology and Immunology at American University of Barbados
    Aug 2025 - Present · 1 yr

    Teaching undergraduate medical students who are in the second year of the basic sciences program.

  • American University of Antigua College of Medicine (5 yrs 7 mos)
    • Director Examination Centre/ Chief Campus Proctor/ Professor
      Jun 2019 - Dec 2024 · 5 yrs 7 mos

      • Creating examination policies and guidelines for writing exam questions. • Planning, organizing, scheduling, administering, proctoring, scoring, and reporting of all assessments. • Working with faculty from multiple disciplines to develop examination blueprints for organ systems and comprehensive examinations. • Organizing, administering, proctoring, and reporting of all external exams, including the NBME Comprehensive Basic Sciences (CBSE) and Custom Assessments (CAS), and quizzes on the ExamSoft platform. • Liaise with the office of student affairs to provide approved testing accommodations, report disciplinary issues, and arrange for makeup examinations. • Liaise with the office of the registrar to order and schedule NBME examinations. • Recruiting faculty proctors, external proctors and coordinating IT support. • Monitoring all test sessions for disruptive behavior, cheating, and testing irregularities. • Organizing and conducting meetings of the Examination Committee for vetting of exam questions and for post-exam item analysis. • Organizing and team building of the Exam Center. • Delivering orientation sessions for students on examination policies. • Data analytics, identifying and plotting data trends. • Provide assessment data to academic leadership, curriculum committee, and the education departments to inform decision making. • Planning and implementing transition to remote proctoring during the Covid19 pandemic. • Designing and implementing a formal remote proctoring training and certification scheme for external proctors.

    • Professor Microbiology and Immunology
      Jun 2019 - Dec 2024 · 5 yrs 7 mos

      • Delivering lectures in Microbiology and Immunology – year two. • Designing small group activities to complement lectures • Facilitating small group discussion – year two • Advising and mentoring students • Reviewing teaching material and questions written by department faculty

    • Chair Immunology and Microbiology
      Jan 2020 - Dec 2020 · 1 yr

      • Providing vision, leadership, and guidance for academic programs • Recruiting and mentoring existing and new faculty • Promoting intradepartmental consultation • Performing administrative duties including assigning teaching duties and working with the administration on faculty recruitment and department budgets.

  • Professor at St. Matthew's University
    May 2018 - Apr 2019 · 1 yr

  • American University of Antigua College of Medicine (8 yrs 7 mos)
    • Professor
      Jan 2016 - Apr 2018 · 2 yrs 4 mos

      Teaching undergraduate medical students who are in the second year of the basic sciences program. Developing problem based modules in Medical Microbiology and Immunology.

    • Campus Chief Proctor
      Jan 2016 - Apr 2018 · 2 yrs 4 mos

      - Planning, organizing, scheduling, administering, proctoring, scoring, and reporting of all assessments - Organizing, administering, proctoring, and reporting of all external exams, including the NBME Comprehensive Basic Sciences (CBSE) and Custom Assessments (CAS). - Recruiting faculty proctors and external proctors and coordinating IT support. - Monitoring all test sessions for disruptive behavior, cheating, and testing irregularities. - Creating examination policies and guidelines for writing exam questions. - Organizing of training for faculty in writing exam questions. - Organizing and conducting meetings of the Exams Committee for vetting of exam questions and for post-exam item analysis. - Organizing and team building of the Exam Center. - Giving orientation sessions for students on exams policies.

    • Examsoft Administrator
      Aug 2013 - Apr 2018 · 4 yrs 9 mos

      Administering the Examsoft system on the Basic Sciences campus in Antigua. Training Exam Managers in the use of Examsoft. Troubleshooting during exams.

  • A.J. Institute of Medical Sciences (Mangalore, Karnataka, India)
    • Assistant Professor
      Aug 2005 - Sep 2009 · 4 yrs 2 mos

      Teaching undergraduate medical students who are in the second year of medical school. Diagnostic microbiology Member of core committee - infection control

    • Tutor, Microbiology
      Nov 2004 - Jul 2005 · 9 mos

      Teaching undergraduate medical students who are in the second year of medical school. Diagnostic microbiology Member of core committee - infection control