The Centre for Biomedical Ethics is responsible for delivering core teaching in Health Ethics, Law and Professionalism (‘HeLP’) to undergraduate medical students, and to all other health professional students training in nursing, dentistry and pharmacy within NUS.
HeLP is a five-year longitudinal programme for undergraduate medical students. The HeLP programme aims to build students’ core understanding of ethical guidelines and legal requirements within medical practice in Singapore. We also aim to help students acquire the skills and professional attributes to make good ethical judgments in their future roles as doctors.
HeLP forms part of an overarching Professional Practice curriculum within which we work closely with colleagues in NUS Medicine to build ethical, legal and professionalism competencies alongside skills in communication, teamworking, and personal and professional development.
The first two years of the HeLP programme within the Professional Practice curriculum are now taught interprofessionally, with medical, nursing, dental and pharmacy students learning together.
The Centre for Biomedical Ethics is committed to supporting medical students and other health professional students nurture their wider interests in medical and healthcare ethics. We see our current undergraduate students as the next generation of scholars in healthcare ethics, and we look forward to supporting all students to develop their research interests and to produce academic outputs.
Every academic year, CBmE offers two awards to medical students. These prizes aim to inspire and encourage students in the field of medical ethics, and in developing students’ abilities to reflect on their professional responsibilities. We honour students who demonstrate exemplary commitment to ethical principles, and who wish to contribute significantly to academic medical ethics through their scholarship.
Join us at the Ethics Café where we will have informal, thought-provoking discussions on contemporary ethical issues shaping medicine and healthcare today.
Are you a health professional in Singapore with an interest in ethics? Get in touch! We are seeking professionals from the healthcare sector at any level of experience to participate as tutors in our HeLP curriculum. As a tutor, you will have the chance to impart your expertise, offer guidance on ethical decision-making, and motivate the future generation of healthcare professionals.
Director,
Undergraduate Edu
m.dunn@nus.edu.sg
Deputy Director, Undergraduate Edu
medneet@nus.edu.sg
Manager
medtysk@nus.edu.sg
+65 6516 8141
Teaching Assistant
marcus.tl.teo@u.nus.edu