Our Students

Project title: Communication of Cancer Screening and Risk in Singapore’s Primary Care: Development of Risk-Stratified Decision Support Tools and Usage Guidelines for Physicians and Patients

In my PhD I aim to explore the following areas in communicating cancer screening and risk information in primary care: (1) explore the barriers and facilitators in doing so; (2) design and develop decision support tools and usage guidelines to enable primary care physicians to better communicate such information to patients; (3) evaluate the effectiveness of these tools in enabling patients to better understand and interpret cancer screening and risk information and encourage screening uptake. To achieve this, I plan to conduct a mixed methods multiphase study using a combination of various methods such as a systematic review, focus groups and interviews, online experiment and questionnaires, and conversation analysis of doctor-patient communication on cancer screening and risk. 

Leong Li Zi, Year 1 PhD Student, LKCMedicine

Project title: “You Sure or Not?” Examing the Trust, Acceptance and Adoption of Falls Risk – Artificial Intelligence Recommender (FAIR) by nurses

Hi there! I am a Senior Nurse Researcher at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, on the NHG-LKCMedicine Clinician-Scientist Fellowship. I am currently in the first year of my PhD.

My project examines nurses’ trust and acceptance of a planned AI-powered falls risk recommender (FAIR) to support the rapid assessment and change in status of patients’ risk of falls during their stay in hospital. This entails coverage of three intersecting fields – Implementation Science, Artificial Intelligence and Realist Methodology.

My primary supervisor is Associate Professor Jo-Anne Manski Nankervis, and my co-supervisors are Asst Prof Fan Xiuyi and Prof Emerita Marianne Weiss from the College of Nursing from Marquette University, an expert in Realist Methodology.

Using these findings, I aim to develop and integrate a programme theory on ‘what would raise trust, acceptance and usage of FAIR’ into its development and implementation, leading to a much better-received co-pilot tool and better care outcomes.

George Class, Year 1 PhD Student, LKCMedicine

I am currently a part-time 3rd year PhD student at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine. In my full-time role, I am currently the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer of Bridgepoint Health, a wholly owned entity of Sheares Healthcare. My current research focuses on Primary Healthcare in Singapore and looks to investigate the impact of patient registration in chronic disease management. Juggling a part time PhD study and a full time Job is a non-trivial endeavour, and I am fortunate to have Prof Jo-Anne and Prof Jennifer supporting and providing guidance along the way.

Coming from a non-research background, their expertise in this area is also instrumental in the progress of my PhD. I look forward to contributing to the academic scene in Private Primary Healthcare in Singapore and to chart a path for researchers in the Private Healthcare space!