Events
We feature cross cutting clinical and research from our national and international partners. All our events are accredited or pending accreditation for CME points.
Primary Care Multimorbidity Series
13 July: The first of four primary care multimorbidity seminars was successfully conducted on 13 July 2024, from 2 pm to 5 pm, hosted by A/Prof Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis. Adj A/Prof Victor Loh from the Department of Family Medicine, National University Health System, spoke on the ‘Year of Care Programme approach to Personalised Care and Support Planning' at National University Polyclinics, followed by Prof Jose Valderas, who shared on the ‘Applicability of Patient Reported Experience and Outcome Measures (PREMS and PROMS) to patients with Multimorbidity.’After the tea break, Asst/Prof Lee Eng Sing elaborated on the conceptual framework for Multimorbidity described in the Healthier SG Multimorbidity Care Protocol. Next, a presentation of the draft Healthier SG care protocol for Stroke was made, followed by a ‘Question and Answer’ session facilitated by Dr Wong Tien Hua (President of the College of Family Physicians, Singapore) with A/Prof Deidre Anne De Silva (National Neuroscience Institute) and Asst/Prof Lee Eng Sing as panelists.
01 Introduction of Primary Care and Family Medicine (PCFM) and Singapore Primary Care Research and Knowledge (SPARK), LKCMedicine by Prof Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis, Academic Director, PCFM LKCMedicine NTU
02 PACE-D: The YOCP approach to Personalised Care and Support Planning (PCSP) at National University Polyclinics by Adj. A/Prof Victor Loh, Senior Consultant Department of Family Medicine, National University Health System
03 Applicability of Patient Reported Experience and Outcome Measures (PREMs and PROMs) to patients with Multimorbidity by Prof Jose M. Valderas Martinez, Head, Department of Family Medicine, National University Health System
04 HealthierSG Care Section – Management of Stable Chronic Stroke
Q&A on Stroke Protocol
Panel Discussion:
Dr Wong Tien Hua, President of College of Family Physician (Facilitator)
Assoc Prof Deidre Anne De Silva, Senior Consultant, Dept of Neurology, NNI
Asst Prof Lee Eng Sing, Clinical Director, PCFM LKCMedicine NTU; Medical Director, MOHT
Primary Care Multimorbidity Seminar on HealthierSG Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Care Protocol
01 Introduction of Multimorbidity by Asst Prof Lee Eng Sing
02 Patient Activation through Conversations (PACT) by Asst Prof Sabrina Wong, Deputy Director, Clinical Research Unit, NHGP
03 Shared Decision Making in Multimorbidity by Prof Ng Chirk Jenn, Senior Consultant, SingHealth Polyclinic, Clinical Professor, DUKE-NUS
04 HealthierSG Care Protocol – Management of Stable Chronic Stroke
Dr Jeremy Koh, Family Physician, Consultant, NHGP
Q&A on Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
Protocol Panel Discussion:
Dr Elaine Chua, Family Physician and Honorary Assistant Secretary, College of Family Physicians Singapore (Facilitator)
Adj Asst Professor Yeo See Cheng, Senior Consultant and Head Dept of Renal Medicine, TTSH
Dr Jeremy Koh, Family Physician, Consultant, NHGP
Primary Care Multimorbidity Seminar on HealthierSG Ischaemic Heart Disease Care Protocol
01 Introduction of Multimorbidity – Capacity by Asst Prof Lee Eng Sing
02 PACE-IT: PrimAry CarE Based Integrated Community Team – Delivering Person-Centred Care to Patients Living with Diabetes and Complex Needs in the Community by Dr Galih Kunarso, Associate Consultant, Family Physician, SingHealth Polyclinics – Tampines
03 Data Driven Quality Improvement in Practice by Prof Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis, Academic Director, PCFM LKCMedicine NTU
04 HealthierSG Care Protocol – Ischaemic Heart Disease
Dr Tham Tat Yean, Family Physician, CEO of Frontier Healthcare Group
Q&A on Ischaemic Heart Disease (IHD)
Protocol Panel Discussion:
Dr Suraj Kumar, Vice President of the Council for the College of Family Physicians, Spore (Facilitator)
Dr James Yip, Executive Director of National University Heart Centre, Singapore
Dr Tham Tat Yean, Family Physician, CEO of Frontier Healthcare Group
Primary Care Multimorbidity Seminar Tackles Chronic Disease through Lifestyle Medicine
Led by Assistant Professor Lee Eng Sing, the seminar was hosted by our Primary Care and Family Medicine team, highlighting the rising burden of chronic disease in Singapore's aging population. Associate Professor Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis chaired a panel with GP speakers, Assistant Professor Lee Eng Sing, Dr Ng Lee Beng, Dr Shariffa Syahidah Chisty, Dr Leonard Leng, Ms Marine Chioh, Assistant Director of Primary and Community Care Development Division (Agency for Integrated Care) and Dr Suraj Kumar, Vice President from The College of Family Physicians on integrating lifestyle medicine into primary care. We would like to extend our appreciation to the speakers and panellists for their valuable contributions.
01 Introduction of MM Education Seminar by Asst Prof Lee Eng Sing
02 Lifestyle Medicine for patients with multimorbidity by Dr Ng Lee Beng , Senior Consultant, Family Physician, Family Medicine and Continuing Care (FMCC) Dept, Singapore General Hospital
04 Tailoring Family Medicine practice for diverse communities by Dr Shariffa Syahidah Chishty, Family Physician
NHGP-LKC Research Forum
24 Feb: 4th NHGP-LKC Research Forum
The 4th NHGP-LKC Research Forum was successfully concluded on 24 Feb. This hybrid event brought together medical students and colleagues from LKCMedicine and NHGP. We would like to extend our appreciation to the speakers for their valuable contributions.
Their sharing greatly enriched our discussions and provided invaluable knowledge to all participants. Stay connected for the next research forum before end of the year!
RAISE Primary Care Research Seminar Series
16 July – Primary Care Research Alliance In Singapore (RAISE) is a collaboration between Family Medicine Departments across polyclinic partners and three local universities. The first RAISE seminar was hosted virtually by LKCMedicine, focussing on practice-based research networks. The speakers were University of Melbourne’s Professor Jon Emery, LKCMedicine’s Research Fellow Sam Xin Hui and Assistant Professor Lee Eng Sing.
Developing General Practice Based Research Networks – Experience from Australia by Prof Jon Emery
Primary Care Research Network – The Singapore Experience by Ms Sam Xin Hui
Launch of SPARK! Singapore Primary Care Research and Knowledge by Assistant Professor Lee Eng Sing
17 September – Co-organised by LKCMedicine and hosted by SingHealth Duke-NUS Family Medicine Academic Clinical Programme, the second seminar was attended by 43 clinicians and academics from Singapore’s three medical schools, its three polyclinic clusters and the SPARK Network. Moderated by SingHealth Polyclinics Deputy Director (Research) Professor Ng Chirk Jenn, the seminar focused on diverse topics of palliative care and multidisciplinary weight management.
Implementing palliative care in primary care – What are the potential challenges and opportunities by Dr Park Yaesol
Implementing a multi-disciplinary weight management programme in busy primary care clinics – What must we consider by Dr Rachel Lim
The third RAISE Primary Care Seminar featured National University Polyclinic’s Dr Desmond Ong’s presentation on his PhD thesis, which explores multimorbidity and minimally disruptive care in primary care. He is co-supervised by LKCMedicine Assistant Professor Lee Eng Sing. RAISE is the Primary Care Research Alliance in Singapore, with monthly seminar series coordinated by Primary Care and Family Medicine at LKCMedicine.
Developing a Value-Driven Approach for the Management of Multimorbidity in Primary Care by Dr Desmond Ong
19 Nov: The 4th RAISE seminar was hosted by PCFM, LKCMedicine on 19 Nov with 25 attendees in Zoom. Dr Tim Hart, formerly a Research Fellow with Primary Care and Family Medicine at LKCMedicine and an ongoing collaborator, presented his research exploring Urinary Tract Infection and Management in private general practice setting in Singapore. Dr Ng Xin Rong, a family physician and Associate Consultant from NHGP-Toa Payoh shared his research protocol for A Randomised Controlled Study on the Impact of Self-Sampling HPV DNA test for Cervical Cancer Screening. RAISE (Primary Care Research Alliance in Singapore) is a collaboration between all three Singapore University family medicine departments, healthcare clusters and SPARK. We look forward to sharing more primary care research in 2025!
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Co-organised by LKCMedicine and hosted by SingHealth Duke-NUS Family Medicine Academic Clinical Programme, the 5th RAISE seminar was completed on 18 Feb.
We would like to extend our appreciation to the speaker Dr Swetha Saravana Kumar for her valuable contributions on “Addressing psychological wellbeing of postnatal mothers in Singapore’s primary care clinics”.
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Addressing psychological wellbeing of postnatal mothers in Singapore’s primary care clinics by Dr Swetha Saravana Kumar
18 Mar: RAISE Primary Care Research Seminar Series
The 6th RAISE seminar was hosted by Department of Family Medicine, National University Health System with presentation from Associate Professor Josefien van Olmen from University of Antwerp on "Implementation Research in Support of Primary Care Strengthening in Asian Health Systems". RAISE is excited to continue working with our partners, researchers and stakeholders to enhance research opportunities and drive positive change. This reaffirmed our commitment to continue our collaboration across institutions, organising forums to build a thriving research community.
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Implementation Research in Support of Primary Care Strengthening in Asian Health Systems
The 7th RAISE seminar was hosted by Department of Family Medicine, National University Health System with Dr Yaiza del Pozo Martin, Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet Primary Care introducing the new journal. Dr Yaiza shared the history of the journal, why publish with Lancet, their publication scope, editorial and submission processes. It was a great exchange with participants highlighting some of the challenges associated with publishing and some helpful feedback to increase the chances of successful submission
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Introducing The Lancet Primary Care by Dr Yaiza del Pozo Martin
15 July: RAISE Primary Care Research Seminar Series
The 8th RAISE seminar was hosted by SingHealth Duke-NUS Family Medicine Academic Clinical Programme, with Clinical Assistant Professor (Dr) Gabriel Yee, Consultant, Family Physician, Department of Care and Health Integration, Changi General Hospital and Dr Yang Kaymond, Staff Registrar, Department of Care and Health Integration, Changi General Hospital, speaking on the Development and Use of RLO for the Critical Appraisal of Research Articles, titled, "The Cross-Causeway ASPIRation to Elevate Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) through Reusable Learning Objects (RLOs) - the Malaysian and Singaporean FM Experience.