Office of Patient Engagement (OPEN)
Patient Voices Matter
At LKCMedicine, we believe patients and their family caregivers are at the heart of healthcare and medical science. Through this partnership with patients to co-create patient-focused research and education, we can enable new and more effective cures and improve health outcomes and patient experience that matters to patients.
The Office of Patient Engagement (OPEN) is set up to bring patient and public voices into medical research and education in LKCMedicine.
We are an enabler, supporting researchers and educators in their endeavour to include patient-public perspectives into their work, connecting them to patients and the community for whom their works are targeted at.
OPEN has since welcomed a growing number of patients and their family partners, and caregivers, to OPEN Voices, a Patient Partner community. Through Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE), we want to foster active and meaningful interactions between patients with researchers and educators.
OPEN Voices was launched on 19 November 2024 at the Patient Voices Symposium 2024. Read more on the press release here.
This approach recognises patients' unique experiences, values, and expertise, ensuring that their voices are heard and integrated into research and medical education outcomes. OPEN also works closely with researchers and educators in the LKCMedicine community, to provide advice and consultancy on bringing PPIE into their projects.
Developing a National Guidance Document for Patient and Public Involvement in Health Research
To advance patient and public involvement in Singapore’s health research landscape, the Consortium for Clinical Research and Innovation Singapore (CRIS) and Nanyang Technological University Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (NTU LKCMedicine) formally signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the Singapore Clinical Research Institute (SCRI) Clinical Trials Symposium 2026 on 30 July 2026.
This milestone formalises our joint commitment to co-develop Singapore’s first National Guidance Document for Patient and Public Involvement in Health Research over a two-year period. Driven by a dedicated multi-stakeholder group comprising of 29 researchers, patient partners and healthcare professionals from public healthcare clusters, medical schools and research organisations, the Guidance Document will establish locally relevant principles, define roles, and provide practical to build a culturally-grounded foundation for meaningful patient and public involvement in health research.
To find out more about the direction and blueprint of the Guidance Document, read the Roadmap Report here.
If you are keen to find out more about OPEN, OPEN Voices or the National Guidance Document for PPI in health research, please contact us at lkcopen@ntu.edu.sg
