Personal Background

Dr Mohd Salami Ibrahim is an academic, researcher, General Medical Practitioner, and educator based at Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA), Malaysia. He specialises as a medical statistician and educationist, with a focused interest in assessment and psychometrics.

His professional identity spans two complementary disciplines. As a medical statistician, he brings quantitative rigour to health and medical research, helping clinicians and researchers design robust studies, analyse complex data, and draw valid conclusions. As an educationist, he applies the science of measurement to evaluate and improve teaching, learning, and assessment in health-professions education and beyond.

Central to his work is the field of psychometrics — the theory and method of psychological and educational measurement. He develops and validates assessment instruments, ensures their reliability and validity, and integrates digital technologies to modernise how competency and learning outcomes are measured in both healthcare and educational settings.

Through his consultancy services, he supports individual researchers, academic institutions, and healthcare organisations in medical research methodology, statistical analysis, assessment design, and digital solutions for educational and clinical measurement.