Volume 43, Number 11

November 2014

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. •...

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...

Antibiotic Therapy and Clinical Outcomes of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa (PA) Bacteraemia

Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) is a virulent nosocomial pathogen and PA bacteraemia is associated with high mortality ranging from 18% to 59%. It is ranked...

Hoarding in an Asian Population: Prevalence, Correlates, Disability and Quality of Life

Hoarding is defined as the acquisition of, and inability to discard items even though they appear to others to have no value, leading to...

When Traditional Model Meets Competencies in Singapore: Beyond Conflict Resolution

In 2010, graduate medical education in Singapore underwent major reform. With the implementation of competency-based residency programmes, hospitals in Singapore became the first outside...