Review Article
Definitions and Goals of “Self-directed Learning” in Contemporary Medical Education Literature
Self-directed learning (SDL) has been one of the predominant issues in the study and practice of medical education in the last 4 decades. The...
Critiques on the Objective Structured Clinical Examination
Assessment techniques appear to have an impact on study strategies1 and to influence the performance of students.2,3 The proper selection of a method of...
What do You Mean by “Satisfactory”?
There were 2 questions which initiated this research. One became the title of this paper; the other was a concern that the integration of...
Standard Setting in Student Assessment: Is a Defensible Method Yet to Come?
To validate any “adjective”, be it for living or non-living, a criteria or standard is needed. Globalisation, mobility of doctors and the rising number...
Polymyxins: A Review of the Current Status Including Recent Developments
Polymyxins are polypeptide antibiotic that becomes available for clinical use in the 1960s, but was replaced in the 1970s by antibiotics considered less toxic....
Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus – A Review From a Singapore Perspective
The first isolates of high-level vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) were reported from the United Kingdom in the late 1980s. Since then rates of VRE infection...
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Control at the National University Hospital, Singapore: A Historical Perspective
The National University Hospital (NUH) was established in 1985 as the first restructured hospital and medical centre in Singapore. At its official opening in...
Gram-negative Resistance in Singapore: A Historical Perspective
Standardised antimicrobial susceptibility testing was first introduced to Singapore in the mid-1970s. The earliest Singapore antibiogram the author is aware of was published in...
Association of Epstein-Barr Virus with Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma and Current Status of Development of Cancer-derived...
Although nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) has been reported in almost all parts of the world, most cases of NPC are found in South East Asia,...
Behavioural Sleep Disorders in Children and Adolescents
Overall, children spend one-third to one-half of their life sleeping. Although sleep comprises such a significant portion of a child’s day, sleep disturbances are...