A PUBLICATION OF THE
NUS YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Issue 18 / May 2016
DEAN'S MESSAGE
Hello Everyone,
As this issue of the School newsletter goes to print, we are finalising the shortlist of applicants who want to study for a medical undergraduate degree here at NUS Medicine.
It is one of the most difficult tasks that our Admissions colleagues perform every year: each one of the more than 2,000 young men and women who apply for a place is an outstanding candidate in his or her own right.
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Dossier
Bigger, Brighter, Better Human Anatomy Teaching Facility Caters to More Students
In Appreciation of Our Long-Serving Staff Members
With more medical, dental, nursing, pharmacy and life science undergraduate students using its facilities to study human tissue...
Science of Life
New Genetic Test Helps Doctors Adjust Dose of Potentially Toxic Drug in Asian Patients
New Hybrid Drug Plugs Hole in Malaria Drug Resistance
In Vivo
Tri-Generational Homecare Transforms The Future of Education and Healthcare in Singapore
Partners in the Process
People of NUS Medicine
The Tao of the Clinician-Scientist
Becoming One is to Tread a Long and Winding Road that is Less Travelled, But Most Fulfilling, Says Professor Chng Wee Joo.
Very often the question is asked, “What is a clinician-scientist (CS)?” The definition is muddled. The National Medical Research Council will give you one definition; our own doctors will give you another. Is it embedded in the qualifications of the individual, type of research that he or she performs, or the practice that the individual is in?
For example, Cancer Science Institute director Dan Tenen is medically qualified, he does a wide range of research (that is more basic and mechanistic) but is no longer a practicing clinician.
Scheduler
May – July 2016
Announcements
DGMS Recognised For Efforts in Promoting Staff Learning
In Memory of Professor Lorenz Poellinger
Medical Dinner 2016
SCHEDULER
MAY - JULY
| Date | Event & Venue |
| May 10 – 13 |
Simulation as a Teaching Tool: Instructor Course |
| May 17 – 20 |
Centre for Healthcare Simulation, Level 3, Centre for Translational Medicine (CeTM), MD6, NUS |
| May 28 |
Alumni Wine Series 2016: Italy’s Greatest Hits* |
| July 3 |
Medical Dinner 2016 |
| July 9 – 10 |
RadioPath 2016 |
| July 10 | Commencement Ceremony University Cultural Centre, NUS |