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The NUS MBBS-PhD Programme: Nurturing Clinician-Scientists for Tomorrow
The MBBS-PhD programme is a significant milestone in medical education in Singapore. In July 2000, the Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS)...
The Medical Students’ Societies and Medical Students’ Publications
For a very long time, King Edward VII (endearingly abbreviated “KE”) was synonymous with the medical school and its associated hall of residence. The...
The Medical Students’ Societies and Medical Students’ Publications
Information on the life of the early medical undergraduates of our medical school has been well documented in the publication Fifty Years of Medical...
A Century of Medical Students’ Activities (Medical College Union/Medical Society)
On 3 July 1905, the Straits and Federated Malay States Government Medical School was started with the objective of training the local men and...
Selection of Medical Students in Singapore: A Historical Perspective
The selection of medical students is always a controversial issue. History is an even more controversial subject. When Professor Cheah asked me to write...
The Teaching of Radiology
A record of Diagnostic Radiology would be incomplete without reference to Wilheim Roentgen, who discovered the rays that he could not comprehend; hence, X-rays....
The Teaching of Anaesthesia in Singapore
The era of modern anaesthesia in Singapore began in 1847, a year after the successful public demonstration of ether anaesthesia in the USA.1 However,...
History of Psychiatric Education in Singapore
While medical education in Singapore has a hundred-year history, the teaching of psychiatry became salient only in the last quarter of the century. In...
One Hundred Years of Orthopaedic Education in Singapore
In looking at the history of orthopaedic education in Singapore, one must place our local setting in the worldwide perspective. Officially, the academic Department...
Paediatrics in Singapore: The Early Days
Singapore used to be a colony of the British Empire. The main reason for having a colonial government trade was the exploitation of raw...