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CCED oversees faculty development for healthcare educators across all health professions in the AMC
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Each day, there are on average 700 learners within SingHealth receive training, teaching and mentoring at SingHealth. Healthcare educators play an important role in ensuring that their the next generation of healthcare professionals are well-equipped with the right skills and competencies to administer the best care to our patients. A key strategy to raise healthcare education standards is to synergise educational efforts and resources across the various Academic Clinical Programmes (ACPs) in SingHealth.
Nine educational leaders from the various ACPs were nominated to undergo the inaugural AMEI AMLead Educational Leadership Programme, to be equipped to lead new and existing integrated educational initiatives. For nine months, the educational leaders met together to engage in cross-learning of leadership experiences and expertise as well as receive leadership assessments, enabling them to be effective and efficient in their roles as they lead new integrated educational initiatives. Very positive feedback was received as the programme allowed the nine participants to communicate, share, learn and forge greater synergy in education collaborations.
In a culmination of all their hard work over these nine months, they presented to an audience of more than 100 educators at the 2nd SingHealth Duke-NUS Education Conference (Leadership Track II) their vision for Education in SingHealth.
The session was chaired by Dr Kurugulasigamoney Gunasegaran, Academic Vice Chair, Education and Training, Cardiovascular ACP.
Here is a recap of the key takeaways from each presentation:
Dr Gan Bin KeeConsultant, Paediatrics, KKH
Prof Hwang Nian ChihDirector, Postgraduate Medical Institute, SGH
Prof Hwang presented the team’s aspirations for educational excellence in SingHealth. He spoke about how we may achieve the aspirations, through cultural and adaptive change – to celebrate early wins, create a supportive environment and recognise talents as some examples of change. However, to last the distance and develop longevity in teaching, Prof Hwang challenged the audience to view “Teaching as a hobby”. Organisation-wide, ACPs need to share and integrate information within their individual ACPs, as well as with other ACPs, so as to consolidate educational resources and share best teaching practices.
Assoc Prof Ian Yeo Academic Vice Chair, Education & Director, Professional and Postgraduate Education, Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences ACP
The audience was presented a proposition by Prof Yeo that everyone can be an Educator. He presented that the key trait of a Clinician Educator is dedication, one who takes teaching seriously. Prof Yeo then called for a new compact, where it is not the amount of “FTE” that will determine educational excellence, rather, it is educators doing their best in what they are passionate about that will bring about excellence. He concluded with an appeal for the upskilling of all staff, so that everyone will be committed to a culture of teaching and learning.
Prof Wong Wai Keong Academic Vice Chair, Education, Surgery ACP
Prof Wong asserted in his presentation the importance of faculty development. He defined faculty development as a “process to improve faculty skills”, namely teaching, leadership skills, skills for scholarly activities and personal/professional development. Prof Wong also outlined the various obstacles faced by faculty members when they teach and noted that we should understand these obstacles so that we may overcome them with appropriate strategies. He ended by suggesting that we establish structures for education – such as collaborating with the AM•EI and Graduate Medical Education Office within SingHealth so that we may better harness educational resources for the betterment of faculty development.
Assoc Prof Marianne Ong Academic Vice Chair, Education, Oral Health (ORH) ACP
Prof Ong recounted her experience in the ORH ACP, where the faculty started collaborating with AM•EI in May 2014 for faculty development programmes. 71 faculty members across all levels of staff and profession (consisting of clinicians, allied health professionals/dental auxilliary and administrators) have been trained in this ORH ACP/AM•EI tie-up.
Prof Ho Tew Hong Academic Vice Chair, Education, Obstetrics & Gynaecology (OBGYN) ACP
Prof Ho shared about the experience of the OBGYN ACP in bringing the PROMPT model, a multiprofessional obstetrics emergencies training package into SingHealth. He went through the business thought process in bringing the model into OBGYN ACP and how the ACP had planned to sustain/integrate the model into current medical education curriculum in place.
Assoc Prof Chan Choong Meng Deputy Group Director, Education (Undergraduate), SingHealth
In this new era of healthcare education, interprofessional cross-learning and sharing is the new norm. We need to adapt and put greater focus in interprofessional faculty development, so that we may see better clinical outcomes with the “Together, we can move mountains” attitude. Prof Chan sums up, the educational leadership programme has given their cohort, a common shared vision, which is to see educational excellence within SingHealth, a world-class Academic Medical Centre. He reiterated that Patients is at the heart of all we do, ensuring educational excellence is crucial to better patient outcomes.
Dr David Low Head & Consultant, Paediatric Neurosurgery, KKH
Dr Low, who could not be present at the commencement, prepared a touching video montage to appreciate his fellow participants for the fulfilling nine-month journey.
*Educators' information are accurate at time of graduation.
