Community Health Academy

The Community Health Academy (CHA) is a community educational outreach effort by SKH to train interested members of the public in a core set of medical knowledge and skills to:

Achieve a realistic and effective sense of personal empowerment in health and medical-related matters
Explore potentials in volunteerism in a healthcare setting and the community

Training Overview (the order of the modules are not set)

Module 2: Life-threatening Situations

Module session	Speakers	Objectives
Heartsaver & AED	Ms Leaw Bee Leng	1. To be able to perform one man CPR & AED 2. To be able to relieve foreign body airway obstruction in conscious adult
Stroke	Dr Dominic Chen	1. To identify a stroke and to recognise it as a medical emergency 2. To learn about the various treatments for stroke
Chest pain and heart attack	Dr Nausheen Edwin Doctor	1. To learn about causes of chest pain (Cardiac and Non-Cardiac, Life threatening VS non-Life threatening ) 2. To be able to identify red flags of chest pain and implement immediate actions 3. To learn about heart attack, complications and hospital treatments 4. To recognise cardiac arrest and take immediate action (DARE Progamme)
Acute breathlessness	Dr Lau Hong Khai	1. To gain a brief understanding of the structure of the respiratory system 2. To appreciate how different diseases can cause breathlessness 3. To learn how to recognise a person with breathing difficulties and what to do in such a situation
Childhood injury prevention: falls, drowning, choking	Emergency Medicine doctors	To learn causes & prevention of drowning, falls, RTAs To raise safety awareness at the community level
1^st aid (including seizures, faint)	Emergency Medicine doctors	To be able to recognise situations where you can apply 1^st Aid to, and when to go to the ED. To be able to practise or perform first aid in a variety of situations. To be able to recognise a seizure from a faint To be able to response with appropriate first aid. To be able to communicate effectively with the emergency personnel as a witness and facilitate handover.

Module 3: Health & Wellness

Module session	Speakers	Objectives
Social and financial health resources: Navigating your way through the various schemes	Ms Alicia Foo Si Min	1. To achieve a general understanding of commonly used social and financial schemes (health-related) 2. To know how to obtain information from appropriate sources
Lifestyle habits: Exercise	Ms Mah Shi Min, Ms Tay Ee Ling, Ms Bernice Liu Peiyi	1. To appreciate the benefits of physical exercise 2. To learn how to advise on general recommendations for exercise: frequency, intensity etc 3. To know the different types of exercise: CV, strengthening, flexibility etc
Lifestyle habits: Smoking	Mr Mark Kenneth Rozario	1. To dispell myths surrounding smoking 2. To catergorise lay terms for continuing to smoke into technicals categories for targeted interventions 3. To appreciate smokers-perspective 4. To acquire practical tips on talking to patients about quiting smoking and seeking resources
Lifestyle habits: Drinking	Dr Victor Kwok	1. To distinguish between Social and excessive drinking 2. To understand health and social consequences of excessive drinking 3. To be aware of the available community resources to get help from
Lifestyle habits: Diet	Ms Phoebe Tay Ms Cherie Tong	1. To learn basic knowledge of nutrition and healthy eating, including food label reading, modifying recipe and meal planning.
Travel and vaccination	Dr Luke Low Sher Guan	1. To learn tips on safe travel practices 2. To learn about medicines (include vaccines) to use to prevent and treat travel-related illnesses
Cancer screening	Prof Koo Wen Hsin	1. To appreciate one's risk of developing cancer 2. To learn and distinguish about screening and prevention of the common cancers in Singapore
Ageing and falls	Dr Simon Stacey	1. To appreciate the importance and risks of falls 2. To learn how to prevent falls and fractures

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Testimonials and feedback from previous participants:

“Thanks SKH for conducting this course. Would like to see more community education courses as they are very practical and I can learn useful knowledge, for self and for caring of others.”

“Learnt a lot from all the doctors, thank you.”

“Good practical knowledge that clears the air about all the misconceptions that the public might have.”

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