The MSKSC ACP Education Office aims to develop a centralised approach to consolidate, standardise and periodically evaluate the broad-based teaching initiatives. This will enable the ACP to explore potential synergies between initiatives and also optimise the overall learning experience of trainees. Under MSKSC ACP, we actively engage undergraduate local and foreign students through practical and insightful teaching sessions and develop their interest in joining musculoskeletal disciplines. Medical students are engaged through practical and insightful teaching sessions, to enhance their interest in joining musculoskeletal disciplines either through core rotations or electives.
NUS Yong Loo Lin (YLL) School of Medicine
Orthopaedics has long been a core component of the undergraduate curriculum for NUS YLL medical students, primarily in their third and fifth year of study. A bulk of each year’s cohort will go through their Orthopaedics clinical posting within the SingHealth Orthopaedic departments including from Singapore General Hospital, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital and Changi General Hospital. Under the guidance and mentorship of our clinician educators, students will be equipped with the medical knowledge, and will be able to develop competencies in patient care skills, interpersonal and communication skills, as well as professionalism.
NTU Lee Kong Chian (LKC) School of Medicine
Similar to those from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, a smaller number of LKC medical students will also carry out their Orthopaedics clinical posting within the SingHealth Orthopaedic departments, where they will be equipped with the necessary knowledge, skills and competencies through didactic lectures, small-group tutorials, physical examination tutorials, ward rounds, teaching rounds and so on.
Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School
The SGH departments plays host to the Duke-NUS medical students as part of the musculoskeletal core rotation in their fourth year of study. All three musculoskeletal disciplines – Orthopaedic Surgery, Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, together with Rheumatology as an added component – are involved in the teaching of these medical students during their clinical posting with MSK, providing them with a diverse and all-rounded exposure to the different musculoskeletal specialties. Beyond conventional teaching methods such as didactic lectures, students also benefit through small-group tutorials and hands-on practical sessions to test and hone their basic skills.
For more information, please refer to the following page:
https://www.sgh.com.sg/education-training/undergraduate-medical-education/application-for-elective-posting-for-overseas-medical-students
