About the SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre

Academic Medicine and 3 Pillars

The SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre (AMC) draws on the collective strengths of SingHealth and Duke-NUS Medical School to drive the transformation of healthcare and provide affordable, accessible and quality care to patients. It boasts of a network of acute hospitals, national specialty centres, community hospitals and polyclinics offering over 40 clinical specialties, as well as a talent pool of doctors, nurses, allied health professionals, researchers, educators, faculty members and administrators.

The mission of an AMC is to provide excellent patient care with a three-fold thrust: (1) deliver high quality affordable & compassionate patient care; (2) train practising and aspiring healthcare professionals; and (3) advance health and healthcare innovations and research. The practice of Academic Medicine (AM) integrates the three pillars of medicine – clinical care, education and research. Through our SingHealth and Duke-NUS Academic Medicine partnership, we strive to be one of the best teaching hospitals, recognised for excellence in research, teaching, and quality of patient care.

As an AMC, the convergence of clinical care, education and research enables us to pursue innovations and improve care outcomes for our patients.