AMC Jive After Five: JOAM & ACP Administrators Edition

Published on 16 September 2026

The evening opened with an address from Associate Professor Charles Chuah, Director (Clinician Support), Academic Medicine, SingHealth, and Senior Associate Dean, Academic Programmes Management Department, Office of Academic Medicine, Duke-NUS:

"Thank you, everyone, for taking the time to join us. I really want to acknowledge all our administrators, whether you're from the ACPs or JOAM. It's your hard work and effort that keeps the AMC growing, and I think we've all matured as a system because of it. To all our administrators, you guys rock!"

The event got off to a playful start with a round of "Mingle After Five" Bingo card session, nudging attendees to strike up conversations beyond their usual circles. Prompts such as "has a hidden talent nobody at work knows about" and "prefers calling over texting" sent colleagues moving from table to table, swapping stories and discovering unexpected things about one another. The first two to complete a row also had prizes waiting for them.

The energy picked up with the Mission Envelope Challenge, where participants were split into seven teams to tackle a series of missions - with few twists along the way. No majority votes were allowed, and any teammate could be called on at random to explain their team's answer.

The missions sparked plenty of debate and laughter. Teams weighed up dilemmas like a four-day work week versus 60 days of annual leave, uncovered surprising things they had in common beyond work and picked up light-hearted titles like "Most likely to survive a zombie apocalypse". To complete the challenge, each team struck one dramatic, all-hands-in group pose as proof of mission completion.

All Smiles, All Around

The verdict was clear: attendees loved the chance to network with colleagues from other ACPs and JOAM, and there was plenty of enthusiasm for more evenings like this.

To no one's surprise, networking and meeting colleagues topped the list by far, with drinks and food a close second, and interactive games and MOXIE's atmosphere rounding things out. "I like how we can finally put a face to the names and have different conversations," shared Ms Nurbaiti Binte Mohd Aziz from JOAM.

Throughout the evening, attendees were invited to pick up a Post-it to share a win, big or small, and add it to a "Wall of Wins" board. Before long, the board was filled with notes of appreciation, thanks, and shout-outs to colleagues and teams - a quieter but no less heartfelt reflection of the support that often happens behind the scenes.

Amid the laughter, conversations and new connections was a reminder of what AMC Jive After Five is all about: creating opportunities to connect beyond our usual circles, strengthening the relationships that already exist and bringing the AMC community a little closer.

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