{"id":161,"date":"2019-11-05T18:29:56","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T18:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/imu\/?page_id=161"},"modified":"2025-07-14T14:28:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T06:28:42","slug":"volunteers-and-patients","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/imu\/education\/volunteers-and-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteers and Patients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/imu\/education\/volunteers-and-patients\/v181-005_patient-recruitment-poster_v2-0_15may2024_english-sg_name-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2566\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/imu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/V181-005_Patient-Recruitment-Poster_V2.0_15MAY2024_English-SG_name-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2566\" width=\"520\" height=\"781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/imu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/V181-005_Patient-Recruitment-Poster_V2.0_15MAY2024_English-SG_name-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/imu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/V181-005_Patient-Recruitment-Poster_V2.0_15MAY2024_English-SG_name-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/imu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/V181-005_Patient-Recruitment-Poster_V2.0_15MAY2024_English-SG_name-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/imu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/V181-005_Patient-Recruitment-Poster_V2.0_15MAY2024_English-SG_name-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/imu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/V181-005_Patient-Recruitment-Poster_V2.0_15MAY2024_English-SG_name.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/imu\/education\/volunteers-and-patients\/v181-005_study-fact-sheet_v2-0_15may2024_english-sg_name\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2567\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/imu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/V181-005_Study-Fact-Sheet_V2.0_15MAY2024_English-SG_name-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2567\" width=\"519\" height=\"671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/imu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/V181-005_Study-Fact-Sheet_V2.0_15MAY2024_English-SG_name-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/imu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/V181-005_Study-Fact-Sheet_V2.0_15MAY2024_English-SG_name-792x1024.jpg 792w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/imu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/V181-005_Study-Fact-Sheet_V2.0_15MAY2024_English-SG_name-768x993.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/imu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/V181-005_Study-Fact-Sheet_V2.0_15MAY2024_English-SG_name.jpg 1063w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 519px) 100vw, 519px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/imu\/education\/volunteers-and-patients\/v181-005_patient-recruitment-poster_v2-0_15may2024_english-sg_name-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2566\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A healthy volunteer is someone with no known significant health problems who participates in clinical trial study to test a new drug, device, or intervention.<\/p>\n<p>Other than healthy volunteers, patients can also take up a proactive role by participating in a clinical trial to discover new ways to treat their current health problems.<\/p>\n<p>Both groups provide researchers with crucial data because their health information can be used as a comparison. 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