Matthew Gwee Choon Eng
Emeritus Professor, Centre for Medical Education, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Professor Gwee is currently Emeritus Professor at the Centre for Medical Education of the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. Professor Gwee is a pioneer in the field of medical education in Singapore and obtained his MHPEd degree from the University of New South Wales in 1981 during the tenure of a WHO Fellowship. He currently serves in several local, regional and international committees, Advisory Boards, as well as the Editorial Boards of Medical Teacher, Medical Education, International Journal of Medical Education and Professor Gwee has been an invited speaker/panellist for several gold standard meetings in medical education in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. He received the prestigious MILES Award in the 3rd Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference 2006, in recognition of his many contributions to Mentoring, Innovation and Leadership in Educational Scholarship.
Professor Gwee has served as: Fellow of the NUS Teaching Academy; Member, University Committee on Educational Policy; Associate Director, CDTL (1997-2006); Foundation Member, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee; inaugural Co-Chairman of the Nursing Curriculum Committee, Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies; Vice-Dean (1980-1992) and Head, Department of Pharmacology (1987-1997) and Chairman, PBL Committee (2000-2006) in the then Faculty of Medicine, NUS. Professor Gwee has also served as a Member of the Management Committee of the Association for Medical Education in Asia, and also Member, Board of Directors, International Association of Medical Science Educators.
Professor Gwee contributed in many book chapters including “Medical Education: Global Perspectives, Challenges, and Future Directions”, “Globalisation of Medical Education: An Asian Perspective” and “Assessing Anatomy as a Basic Medical Science”. He is the editor for a recent published a book entitled “Educate, Train and Transform: Toolkit On Medical And Health Professions Education”
Announcements
- Best Reviewer Awards 2025
TAPS would like to express gratitude and thanks to an extraordinary group of reviewers who are awarded the Best Reviewer Awards for 2025.
Refer here for the list of recipients. - Most Accessed Article 2025
The Most Accessed Article of 2025 goes to Analyses of self-care agency and mindset: A pilot study on Malaysian undergraduate medical students.
Congratulations, Dr Reshma Mohamed Ansari and co-authors! - Best Article Award 2025
The Best Article Award of 2025 goes to From disparity to inclusivity: Narrative review of strategies in medical education to bridge gender inequality.
Congratulations, Dr Han Ting Jillian Yeo and co-authors! - Best Reviewer Awards 2024
TAPS would like to express gratitude and thanks to an extraordinary group of reviewers who are awarded the Best Reviewer Awards for 2024.
Refer here for the list of recipients. - Most Accessed Article 2024
The Most Accessed Article of 2024 goes to Persons with Disabilities (PWD) as patient educators: Effects on medical student attitudes.
Congratulations, Dr Vivien Lee and co-authors! - Best Article Award 2024
The Best Article Award of 2024 goes to Achieving Competency for Year 1 Doctors in Singapore: Comparing Night Float or Traditional Call.
Congratulations, Dr Tan Mae Yue and co-authors! - Best Reviewer Awards 2023
TAPS would like to express gratitude and thanks to an extraordinary group of reviewers who are awarded the Best Reviewer Awards for 2023.
Refer here for the list of recipients. - Most Accessed Article 2023
The Most Accessed Article of 2023 goes to Small, sustainable, steps to success as a scholar in Health Professions Education – Micro (macro and meta) matters.
Congratulations, A/Prof Goh Poh-Sun & Dr Elisabeth Schlegel! - Best Article Award 2023
The Best Article Award of 2023 goes to Increasing the value of Community-Based Education through Interprofessional Education.
Congratulations, Dr Tri Nur Kristina and co-authors! - Best Reviewer Awards 2022
TAPS would like to express gratitude and thanks to an extraordinary group of reviewers who are awarded the Best Reviewer Awards for 2022.
Refer here for the list of recipients. - Most Accessed Article 2022
The Most Accessed Article of 2022 goes to An urgent need to teach complexity science to health science students.
Congratulations, Dr Bhuvan KC and Dr Ravi Shankar. - Best Article Award 2022
The Best Article Award of 2022 goes to From clinician to educator: A scoping review of professional identity and the influence of impostor phenomenon.
Congratulations, Ms Freeman and co-authors.
