Editorial
The Ethics of Medical Education – The Ethical and Professional Issues in Teaching and...
A search in the medical education literature is replete with articles on how to teach and evaluate professionalism and clinical ethics to medical students...
Breastfeeding – Healthcare Professionals Need to Do More
Breastfeeding is best. Everybody knows that. The problem is not so many believe it really matters very much. And worse, in our modern, fast-paced,...
The AAMS, Your Journal
I have had the pleasure of serving on the Editorial Board of the Annals, Academy of Medicine, Singapore (AAMS), under 2 indefatigable, dedicated and...
Rehabilitation Medicine – The Final Frontier
Three stages of epidemiologic transitions have come and passed. The first age of pestilence and famine was characterised by high birth rates and mortality.
This...
Depression: Let’s Talk
On April 7 each year, the World Health Organization commemorates its founding with World Health Day and the theme for this year is depression....
Asthma in Singapore: Past, Present and Future
The story of asthma in Singapore over the past 50 years mirrors the history of Singapore as it progressed from a third world to...
Child Psychiatry Without Psychiatrists: A New Model for Old Problems
Child psychiatry was developed around the turn of the century following an increasing recognition of childhood behavioural and emotional issues. Most child psychiatrists provide...
Overcoming Ethical Challenges of Bedside Medical Education
Bedside teaching has long been a time-honoured component of medical education, and this was emphasised by Sir William Osler, father of modern medicine who...
Can We End the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in Singapore?
Reports of clusters of patients with Pneumocyctis carinii pneumonia and Kaposi’s sarcoma were first reported among homosexual men in 1981 in the United States...
Pathway to Hepatitis Elimination and Control
It has been 8 years since the World Health Assembly passed a resolution that viral hepatitis is indeed a major public health threat. Already,...