Continuing Professional Development

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Good inter-professional teamwork brings better patient outcome, but teaching and assessing it remains an enigma. At SKH, we strive to provide continuing professional development in the inter-professional format. Inter-professional education (IPE) has been shown to improve patient outcomes and should be priorities in the clinical environment. IPE is best introduced early, but teaching and assessing it are still a challenge IPE rounds is a series of talks to engage in inter-professional learning and exchange of ideas and best practices held monthly.

The AM•EI Education Grand Rounds is a series of talks for healthcare educators and learners to engage in inter-professional learning and exchange of ideas and best practices in education, promoting a vibrant learning environment that leads to better patient care. To facilitate SKH staff to attend the AM.EI Education Grand Round, SKH EDO along with SingHealth Academy, live-streams these talks. Before each Grand Round, EDO will send the live stream link to all SKH staff. For 2020 AM.EI Education Grand Round schedule and other info, please click here. 

Clinical education, both undergraduate and postgraduate, has always been a top priority in SingHealth. Sengkang General Hospital Education Office collaborated with Medicine, Nursing and Allied Health Divisions, and developed a series of workshops on clinical education. Teaching and patient care are inextricably intertwined. At SKH, clinical educators are trying their best for student learning, be it in the medical, nursing or allied health discipline. The continuity of care increases students' exposure to patient care. In line with this is the adoption of inter-professional education and care to transcend the tribalism of health professionals. Healthcare professionals are not working in silo, and training them in the inter-professional setting helps them to better understand expertise and responsibilities of other professions, improve collaboration among departments and improve patient care outcomes.