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Published September 29, 2009
</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=452 colSpan=2>S'pore studying all options to widen local doctor pool: PM
Higher med school intake still won't be sufficient as population ages
By CHEN HUIFEN
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(SINGAPORE) Singapore will continue to study other options to expand the local pool of doctors, even after raising the annual intake of students at medical schools here, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
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</TD></TR><TR class=caption><TD>Strong support: PM Lee unveiling a bust of the late tycoon Khoo Teck Puat at the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School yesterday </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>'Currently, the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine trains 250 doctors each year,' said Mr Lee.
'Its facilities are being expanded to train another 50 doctors. The Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School will produce about 50 doctors annually. Altogether, these efforts will expand our pipeline to a total of 350 new doctors a year.'
However, the current rate of expansion of local medical graduates will not be enough to cope with a growing and an ageing population, Mr Lee added.
'While we can hire a good number of doctors and specialists from overseas, we still need a substantial core of locally-trained doctors,' he said. 'Therefore we are continuing to study options to expand the supply of local doctors.'
Mr Lee was speaking at the official opening of the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School last evening when he made those comments. Besides helping to beef up the medical talent pool, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School is also part of Singapore's efforts to encourage translational research, a key component of the Republic's phase 2 biomedical sciences research drive.
The country is training a pool of doctors who can be both astute physicians and scientists. The curriculum at Duke-NUS, which involves intensive training in both medicine and research, is aimed at that.
Other than gaining basic science knowledge and experience in clinical work, students have to devote one year out of the four-year course to research and independent scholarship.
'However, whether these students can follow-through after their training to become clinician-scientists themselves also depends on us creating the right healthcare and research ecosystem,' said Mr Lee. 'Over time, we must develop the right support structures and culture to enable a good balance of research, teaching and patient care.'
Singapore also needs to import good practices from different systems, as the medical practice is becoming more complex and continues to evolve. For instance, there is a greater need for doctors to be part of a multi-disciplinary team to deliver integrated, rather than episodic, care.
They also need good communication skills to better serve today's patients who are more knowledgeable and have higher expectations.
Established in 2005 as a strategic collaboration between Duke University School of Medicine in North Carolina, US and the National University of Singapore, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School has since received three intakes of students. The inaugural class, which began lessons in 2007, will graduate in 2011.
The school is housed at the new Khoo Teck Puat Building, along College Road, next to the Ministry of Health.
The building was completed six months ahead of schedule. Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School is supported by an $80 million donation from the estate of the late tycoon Khoo Teck Puat. The sum is matched by a dollar for dollar contribution from the government.
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Published September 29, 2009
</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=452 colSpan=2>S'pore studying all options to widen local doctor pool: PM
Higher med school intake still won't be sufficient as population ages
By CHEN HUIFEN
<TABLE class=storyLinks border=0 cellSpacing=4 cellPadding=1 width=136 align=right><TBODY><TR class=font10><TD width=20 align=right>
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</TD></TR><TR class=caption><TD>Strong support: PM Lee unveiling a bust of the late tycoon Khoo Teck Puat at the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School yesterday </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>'Currently, the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine trains 250 doctors each year,' said Mr Lee.'Its facilities are being expanded to train another 50 doctors. The Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School will produce about 50 doctors annually. Altogether, these efforts will expand our pipeline to a total of 350 new doctors a year.'
However, the current rate of expansion of local medical graduates will not be enough to cope with a growing and an ageing population, Mr Lee added.
'While we can hire a good number of doctors and specialists from overseas, we still need a substantial core of locally-trained doctors,' he said. 'Therefore we are continuing to study options to expand the supply of local doctors.'
Mr Lee was speaking at the official opening of the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School last evening when he made those comments. Besides helping to beef up the medical talent pool, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School is also part of Singapore's efforts to encourage translational research, a key component of the Republic's phase 2 biomedical sciences research drive.
The country is training a pool of doctors who can be both astute physicians and scientists. The curriculum at Duke-NUS, which involves intensive training in both medicine and research, is aimed at that.
Other than gaining basic science knowledge and experience in clinical work, students have to devote one year out of the four-year course to research and independent scholarship.
'However, whether these students can follow-through after their training to become clinician-scientists themselves also depends on us creating the right healthcare and research ecosystem,' said Mr Lee. 'Over time, we must develop the right support structures and culture to enable a good balance of research, teaching and patient care.'
Singapore also needs to import good practices from different systems, as the medical practice is becoming more complex and continues to evolve. For instance, there is a greater need for doctors to be part of a multi-disciplinary team to deliver integrated, rather than episodic, care.
They also need good communication skills to better serve today's patients who are more knowledgeable and have higher expectations.
Established in 2005 as a strategic collaboration between Duke University School of Medicine in North Carolina, US and the National University of Singapore, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School has since received three intakes of students. The inaugural class, which began lessons in 2007, will graduate in 2011.
The school is housed at the new Khoo Teck Puat Building, along College Road, next to the Ministry of Health.
The building was completed six months ahead of schedule. Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School is supported by an $80 million donation from the estate of the late tycoon Khoo Teck Puat. The sum is matched by a dollar for dollar contribution from the government.
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