Commentary
Competency-based Radiology Residency: A Survey of Expectations from Singapore’s Perspective
Postgraduate medical education in Singapore is currently in a state of transition from a British “apprenticeship” model, to an American-styled residency programme accredited by...
Schizophrenia as a Lifelong Illness: Implications for Care
The management of schizophrenia has advanced considerably since the term was first coined in 1911, with Kraepelin’s early pessimism tempered by more recent evidence...
Integrating mental healthcare in primary care in Singapore
Management of mental health conditions can be both resource-intensive and costly. The rigour of obtaining appointments and the long waiting time at tertiary hospitals,...
An armed assailant in our hospital: Are we prepared?
Armed assailant attack in a healthcare facility poses a unique risk to patients, staff and infrastructure alike. According to the US Department of Homeland...
Learning during the pandemic: Perspectives of medical students in Singapore
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a major disruption to medical education worldwide and will continue to pose challenges to medical students and educators alike...
Understanding How Postnatal Depression Screening and Early Intervention Works in the Real World –...
Postpartum depression is a major public health problem; left untreated, it can lead to increased morbidity in the mother, the infant and the family...
A Brief History of the Biology of Sleep
Glaswegian physician, Dr Robert Macnish, was half right when he stated in ‘The Philosophy of Sleep’ that “sleep exists in two states; in the...
Thirty Years of Bone Marrow Transplantation in the Singapore General Hospital
“For patients transplanted for end-stage leukemia, it became apparent that a plateau was developing on the Kaplan-Meier plot of survival so that it became...
Enhancing Doctors’ and Healthcare Professionals’ Patient-care Role through Actortraining: Workshop Participants’ Responses
Workshops for “Applying Techniques from Actor-training to Performativity of Doctors and Healthcare Practitioners” were held in September 2013 and January 2014 within Yong Loo...
The Impact of Education Reform: An Asian Medical School’s Experience
The Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine of the National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) is the first medical school in Singapore and was...