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1st College of Physicians Lecture: The Role of Internal Medicine as a Specialty in...
It humbles me to accept the invitation to give this lecture, the First College of Physicians Lecture, titled “The Role of Internal Medicine as...
15th Chapter of Surgeons Lecture: Surgeon of the New Millennium – Surgeon, Scientist and...
Next year, we celebrate a hundred years of medical education in Singapore. We have come a long way since 1821 – from a small,...
Standards and Revalidation or Recertification
In my Gordon Arthur Ransome Oration and other papers, I have described the nature and development of patient-centred professionalism, the key features of which...
Continuing Professional Development – a Surrogate for Recertification?
The Hong Kong Academy of Medicine is a statutory body set up in 1993 with the objectives of fostering the development of postgraduate medical...
Teaching and Learning of Professionalism in Medical Schools
There is now worldwide consensus that the elements of medical professionalism need to be enhanced and explicitly taught in medical schools. Medical schools in...
The Challenge of Teaching Professionalism
For the past 25 years, professionalisation, industrialisation, large-scale infusions of technology into the healthcare system and consumerism, to name a few factors, have definitely...
2004 Runme Shaw Memorial Lecture: Professionalism – A Concept in Need of Nurturing
It is a great honour to be invited to deliver the Runme Shaw Memorial Lecture. I am grateful to the Runme Shaw Foundation for...
17th Gordon Arthur Ransome Oration: Patient-centred Professionalism
When sickness strikes we all need doctors. People everywhere know that the quality of medical care can affect the outcome and possible consequences of...
Reflections of a Septuagenarian – Radiology: Past, Present and Future
Before I commence, I would like to thank the Singapore Radiological Society and the Chapter of Radiologists of the Academy of Medicine for inviting...
The Role of Public Health and Occupational Physicians in the New Millennium
I want to thank the Chapter and organisers for honouring me with this kind invitation to speak to you. This millennium is only 4...