Editorial
Better Hand Hygiene Means Safer Care
The 1st World Health Organization (WHO) Global Patient Safety Challenge, “Clean Care is Safer Care”, was launched in October 2005. Since then, Prof Didier...
Residency Programmes in Singapore—Challenges Ahead
Transitioning from the specialist training system of the United Kingdom (UK) to the Residency system of the United States of America, Singapore1 is in...
Antimicrobial Stewardship: The Next Big Thing?
Antimicrobial drug resistance is recognized as a global problem; as such, The World Health Organization dedicated World Health Day on April 7 2011 to...
Clinician Scientists in Public Sector Hospitals—Why and How?
The Singapore Biomedical Sciences (BMS) initiative was launched in June 2000 to develop the Biomedical Sciences cluster as one of the key pillars of...
Population-based Healthcare: The Experience of a Regional Health System
Asian populations are experiencing a much faster rate of ageing compared to western countries. Western countries such as France and the United States took...
High Glycaemic Index (GI) of Asian Diet—What are the Clinical Implications?
Traditional Asian diets are characterised and dominated by high-glycaemic carbohydrates with primarily rice as the staple grain. Studies have shown that Asian rice, rice...
Unprofessional Doctors—Are They Really Born This Way?
• Ms M, a third-year medical student, posts a derogative comment on her Facebook account about a patient undergoing her fourth termination of pregnancy.
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Staying Relevant With the Times—The Changing Face of an Asylum
Last year, the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) celebrated its 85th anniversary. From its origins in 1928 as what was then simply called The...
Predicative Genetic Testing for Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is one of the most common types of dementia worldwide and it is of tremendous concern to individuals and society at...
Could the Devastation From Ebola Occur in Asia?
Outbreaks originating from animal reservoirs continue to take the world by surprise. Whether it is a novel virus such as Middle East respiratory syndrome...