Commentary
Can Robots Accelerate the Learning Curve for Surgical Training? An Analysis of Residents and...
Surgical traineeship has traditionally been based on a master apprentice model where learning takes place in the operating theatre. This approach has changed significantly...
Prehabilitation and Its Role in Geriatric Surgery
The population in Singapore is ageing rapidly. According to statistics, by 2030, 1 in 2 adults in Singapore will be >65 years old. As...
The Elderly Emergency Laparotomy Patient – More Than Just the Operation
The emergency laparotomy is an operation of the elderly patient with a rise in mortality as age increases. Half of patients in the United...
Perioperative Medicine for Older People
The global challenges of an ageing population are well known. Economic growth and advances in medical treatments have brought about a 2-decade increase in...
The Need for Scholarly Evaluation of Programmes Targeting Mental Health Stigma in Singapore
Stigma encompasses the various negative attitudes, cognitions and behaviours people hold/portray towards others who are experiencing mental illnesses. This results in people with mental...
The Medical Humanities: Reconnecting with the Soul of Medicine
How The Humanities Are Integral to Medicine
The medical humanities are an interdisciplinary field where concepts, content and methods from art, history and literature are...
Megatrends in Infectious Diseases: The Next 10 to 15 Years
Microbial threats to human health have existed for thousands of years.1,2 In the past, infectious diseases presented some of the most defining challenges of...
Peer Support in Mental Health: A Growing Movement in Singapore
Peer support is a growing global phenomenon in healthcare services. Peers for Progress, an international peer support association based in the University of North...
Translating the Science of Frailty in Singapore: Results from the National Frailty Consensus Discussion
Frailty is an age-related risk state characterised by multisystem deficits with loss of physiologic reserves, which increase the vulnerability of older adults such that...
Merits of a harmonised system to classify drug-related problems in Singapore
A drug-related problem (DRP) is commonly defined as an event or circumstance involving drug treatment that actually or potentially interferes with the optimal outcome...