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Continuing Education & Training

Education is a continuous and on-going process and here at NUHS, our education mission is to nurture and upgrade our healthcare professionals to be future ready, innovative and work in multidisciplinary teams.

Together with education providers such as National University of Singapore, part-time, online and short courses that are available to meet the learning needs of adult learners. Click on the Upcoming Courses to select one to sign up for.

The list below includes courses that leverage on SSG Funding. The courses offered are eligible for subsidies during the claim period of 1 Jul 2021 to 30 June 2024. In essence, Singaporeans can take advantage of these highly subsidised courses and make use of their SkillsFuture credits. In addition, we have partnered NUS-SCALE under the All-You-Can-Learn (NUS AYCL), a skills-based training initiative to offer even more courses for continuous and lifelong learning.

NUS School of Continuing & Lifelong Education

(NUS-SCALE)

NUS-SCALE was set up to provide a one-stop, future-oriented learning, through a multi-disciplinary approach and industry collaborations. The courses available cover areas such as Healthcare & Medicine, Data Analytics. More information on the courses can be found here.

NUS Medicine Continuing Education & Training

(NUS Medicine CET)

NUS Medicine CET builds and maintains a suite of healthcare courses that leverages on SSG Funding. These courses are highly relevant to the healthcare industry’s needs, enable NUS Medicine to be a key training pillar for healthcare professionals and a health education hub for the general public. Visit our website or subscribe to our mailing list to learn more about our upcoming courses. For more details or collaborative opportunities, please contact Mr. Zenn Goh at nusmedcet@nus.edu.sg.

NUS Medical Executive Education

(NUS MEDEx)

NUS MEDEx offers programmes that are designed to enhance your leadership skills, build your foundation in healthcare management and connect you to a global network of peers in the healthcare sector. Established in 1905, the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine has shaped the design of medical school education, philosophy and practice through preparing generations of physicians and nurses for leadership roles in patient care, education, research and policy. For more information on course offered, click on https://medicine.nus.edu.sg/cet.

Upcoming Courses

Course Title	Description	Information
Fundamentals of Simulation-Based Healthcare Education	This two-day course is designed to be interactive; consisting of short didactic sessions and hands-on practice of the essential skills needed for simulation-based healthcare education. Participants will work in groups to run their simulation scenarios, discuss the common pitfalls encountered and receive feedback on these sessions.	Date: 21 – 22 Feb 2022 For enquiries, contact Zarinna at nusmedcet@nus.edu.sg Who Should Attend: Doctors, Nurses, Healthcare Educators
Debriefing in Simulation-Based Healthcare Education	In this one day course, participants will be exposed to different debriefing techniques and strategies and work in groups to discuss and role-play various debriefing situations using both standardized patients and high-fidelity simulators.	Date: 23 Feb 2022 Download_Brochure For enquiries, contact Zarinna at nusmedcet@nus.edu.sg Who Should Attend: Doctors, Nurses, Healthcare Educators
Foundations in Health Professions Education: Ensuring Quality in Health Professional Education	This course is designed to provide foundational knowledge and skills for faculty & administrative staff who teach, develop and manage educational programmes in the healthcare sector. It aims to develop competent healthcare educators who are able to make the best evidence educational decisions such as curriculum development, assessment, quality assurance and leadership. The course is structured into two parts in which participants will have to complete 5 online modules and attend 1 online workshop.	Date: 15 Feb 2021 (Registration Closed) Download_Brochure For queries, contact Zarinna at nusmedcet@nus.edu.sg
Foundation in Health Professions Education: Interactive Teaching - Learning Strategies in Small and Large Group Settings~	This course is designed to provide foundational knowledge and skills for faculty & administrative staff who teach, develop and manage educational programmes in the healthcare sector. It aims to develop competent healthcare educators who ae able to make the best evidence educational decisions such as curriculum development, assessment, quality assurance and leadership. The course is structured into two parts in which participants will have to complete 5 online modules and attend 1 online workshop.	Date: 16 Sept 2021 (Registration Closed) Download_Brochure For queries, contact Zarinna at nusmedcet@nus.edu.sg
Foundation in Health Professions Education: Leading and Managing in Medical Education	This course is designed to provide foundational knowledge and skills for faculty & administrative staff who teach, develop and manage educational programmes in the healthcare sector. It aims to develop competent healthcare educators who are able to make the best evidence educational decisions such as curriculum development, assessment, quality assurance and leadership. The course is structured into two parts in which participants will have to complete 5 online modules and attend 1 online workshop.	For queries, contact Evelyn Ouyang at nusmedcet@nus.edu.sg
Educators’ Course in Healthcare Ethics, Law & Professionalism	This three and a half days course is designed to train nurses and nurse educators, who are interested to train colleagues in the Core Ethics Healthcare, Law and Professionalism Programme. The course is structured as 3 parts: Part 1: Modules & Readings in Clinical Ethics Part 2: Core Concepts in Healthcare Ethics Part 3: Ethical Analysis & Case Facilitation *Please contact Evelyn for the detailed dates of the online workshops & group sessions.	Date: Next 2021 Run TBA Download_Brochure Registration Link: https://myapplications.nus.edu.sg/ For enquiries, contact Evelyn at nusmedcet@nus.edu.sg Who should attend: Nurse educators, staff nurses, nurse managers, nurse leaders, nurses with some experience of teaching/training and an interest in biomedical ethics.
Preceptorship Program	This course is a formal training targeted to build up staff nurses with the essential roles, responsibilities and accountabilities on preceptorship.	For queries, contact Ms Lam Zhi Xuan at 67163286 Who should attend: Nurses

Course Title	Description	Information
Beginning Artificial Intelligence Through Neuroscience (Synchronous E-Learning)	Neuroscience helped inspire deep learning - which is the basis of AI technologies such as speech recognition by personal digital assistants and face recognition for access control, and is being developed for applications such as assisted interpretation of medical images and scene analysis by self-driving cars. This course introduces the relevant neuroscience - including the function and connectivity of the cerebral cortex, which is used to motivate the architecture of deep learning artificial neural networks. Participants will learn the mathematical and statistical concepts needed to fit models to data; beginning with simple examples such as linear regression and binary classification, followed by the application of these principles to train deep learning models.	Date: 2 & 9 Oct 2021 (Register Closed) Download_Brochure For enquiries, contact Evelyn at nusmedcet@nus.edu.sg Who should attend: Allied health professionals, nurses, doctors, teachers, managers, data analysts, IT professionals, technology officers, technical advisors, and anyone who is interested in gaining a basic understanding of AI.
Health Informatics and Data Visualisation	This course introduces participants to foundational concepts in healthcare informatics, healthcare data and regulations governing its use, consumer health technology, value-based healthcare framework and basics of data visualization.	For queries and registration, email to chpt@nuhs.edu.sg Who should attend: Healthcare administrators, nursing and allied health managers and professionals

Course Title	Description	Information
Effective Clinical Supervision Skills - Basic Course (Synchronous E-learning)	This two-day course for Speech Therapists aims to introduce the foundations of clinical education and models of supervisory practice, including the stages of supervision as well as corresponding supervisory skills and activities, to Beginner Clinical Supervisors. As a participant, you will learn techniques for developing clinical reasoning skills in your supervisees, giving effective feedback, and applying strategies for specific supervisory contexts such as paired learning.	Date: 7 - 8 Oct 2021 (Register Closed) Download_Brochure For enquiries, contact Zarinna at nusmedcet@nus.edu.sg
Effective Clinical Supervision Skills -Intermediate Course	This two-day course for Speech Therapists will focus on advanced topics in clinical supervision for experienced clinicians with supervisory and management responsibilities. As a participant, you will develop skills for planning advanced clinical education programmes (e.g. VFS training, ICU management), providing clinical supervision in interprofessional settings, and managing challenges related to the training of advanced clinical skills. Models of supervision will be applied to further focus on providing mentorship to junior colleagues and planning the professional development of staff.	Date: 21 - 22 Oct 2021 (Registration Closed) Download_Brochure For enquiries, contact Zarinna at nusmedcet@nus.edu.sg
Introduction to Supervisory Skills – Motivating and Managing for Results	This course works on laying a sturdy foundation for Supervisors to build their people management skills from inside out. Participants will master personal leadership, create awareness of how they impact others, walk away with several practical tips on how to communicate task expectations to different team members, and motivate team to align with team goals.	For queries and registration, email to chpt@nuhs.edu.sg Who should attend: Senior Executive Assistants, Service Team Leaders, Supervisors, Senior Patient Associates, Staff Nurses

Course Title	Description	Information
Navigating Medical Law and Ethics in the Current and Future Landscape	This course seeks to refresh and update clinicians, patient safety officers, nursing staff and clinical pharmacists with a current understanding of medical law and statutes involving ethical and legal considerations affecting clinical care practices in an evolving litigious landscape. The primary outcome of this course is to achieve higher-order critical thinking skills towards enhanced risk management capabilities of healthcare professionals.	Date: 25 Oct 2021 (Register by 27 Sept 2021) Download_Brochure Apply Now Registration Link: https://myapplications.nus.edu.sg/ For queries, contact Zarinna at nusmedcet@nus.edu.sg Who should attend: Hospital specialists and generalists, primary care physicians in polyclinics, general practitioners, clinical pharmacists and registered nurses.
Basic Health Literacy Workshop	This workshop aims to educate and equip participants with knowledge and skills in healthcare topics such as nutrition, exercise, medications, health screening and vaccinations, financial literacy for healthcare needs and traditional chinese medicine. Due to COVID-19, this course will be conducted as two half-day online sessions via Zoom	Date: 20 & 27 Nov 2021 (Register by 1 Nov) Download_Brochure Apply Now For queries, contact Zarinna at nusmedcet@nus.edu.sg Who should attend: Community-based health ambassadors and health coaches interested in improving their basic health literacy related skills and knowledge
Core Module in Healthcare Ethics, Law & Professionalism	This course aims to train allied healthcare professionals & nurses to develop a sound ethical and professional approach to practice, acquire essential knowledge on duty of care, consent, mental capacity, confidentiality, accountability, integrity and justice, grounded in Singapore’s practice context and to address the ethical and professional issues that occur in daily practice. This is a blended course with online modules and readings, and a case-based interactive workshop conducted as two separate half day sessions online via Zoom.”	For Allied Healthcare Professionals: 6 & 8 Dec 2021 (Register by 8 Nov) For Nurses: Next 2021 Run TBA For Allied Health Professionals: Download_Brochure Apply Now For Nurses: Download_Brochure For queries, contact Zarinna at nusmedcet@nus.edu.sg
Fundamentals of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy	There is strong evidence that Cognitive Behavioral Therapy has proven to be effective in helping people who are treated for depression, anxiety, addictions, bipolar disorder, mood disorders, phobias and similar behavioral, emotional, and mental health challenges. This course aims to introduce the fundamentals of cognitive behavioural therapy, which can be useful for both healthcare professionals and the general public. It aims to equip learners with the understanding of maladaptive thinking patterns and basic techniques on therapeutic approaches. Learners will become more aware of the thinking process in their patients or people around them, so that they can respond or provide support in a more effective and efficient manner. This course will be conducted via Zoom.	Date: Next Run TBA Download_Brochure For queries, contact Ms Evelyn at nusmedcet@nus.edu.sg Who Should Attend: Healthcare professionals such as doctors, nurses, counsellors, social workers, social service practitioners and general public
Tai Chi for Arthritis and Fall Prevention	In today’s ageing population, fractures, falls and other injuries are commonly occurring. Older people aremore likely to experience falls which may result in serious injuries. This could be due to muscle weakness, poor balance and vision, low confidence in mobility and the after-effect of certain medications. This upcoming two-day course aims to educate learners on how toimprove their balance, flexibility, fitness, confidence and muscular strength. This exercise programme iseasy to learn, helps to relieve pain for people with arthritis, and aids in fall prevention for older adults.	Date: Next 2021 Run TBA Download_Brochure For queries, contact Ms Evelyn at nusmedcet@nus.edu.sg
Tai Chi for Memory	Dementia is an increasingly common condition in Singapore’s aging population. Studies have shown that exercise such as Tai Chi have been proven to be effective in the prevention of dementia. Apart from improving memory and brain health, it also strengthens breathing and enhances a person’s sense of balance. This upcoming two-day "Tai Chi for Memory" course aims to educate participants on how to improve key aspects of their health such as balance, immunity, relaxation and memory loss. The lessons are designed for flexible application, with engaging elements incorporated to improve adherence.	Date: Next 2021 Run TBA Download_Brochure Online Registration TBA For queries, contact Ms Evelyn at nusmedcet@nus.edu.sg
Recognising Patient Deterioration & Using Appropriate Communication	The course equips Registered Nurses with the essential knowledge and skill sets in recognizing and communicating with deteriorating patients.	For queries, contact NE Lau Meng Er at meng_er_lau@nuhs.edu.sg Who should attend: Registered Nurses
Diabetic Management and Point of Care Testing for Nurses	This course equips the Registered and Enrolled Nurse with the knowledge and skills to manage the diabetic patient.	For queries, contact NE Thaivanai Samiappan at Samiappan_Thaivanai@nuhs.edu.sg Who should attend: Registered and Enrolled Nurses
Childhood Immunisation	The aim of the course is to ensure that Registered Nurses are competent in giving childhood immunisation to children when working in the Immunisation room.	For queries, contact Ms Lam Zhi Xuan at 67163286 Who should attend: Registered Nurses
Developmental Assessment	This course aims to provide primary care nurses with the essential knowledge and skills to perform development assessment to children accurately.	For queries, contact Ms Lam Zhi Xuan at 67163286 Who should attend: Registered Nurses
Vaccination Services	This course aims to equip primary care Registered Nurses with the essential knowledge and skills in vaccinations and to provide patients with effective education on vaccinations for their travel health protection.	For queries, contact Ms Lam Zhi Xuan at 67163286 Who should attend: Registered Nurses
Well Women's Programme	This course aims to enhance nurses' knowledge on interpretation and management of pap smear results, health education and management of early pregnancy, breastfeeding and patient education on family planning.	For queries, contact Ms Lam Zhi Xuan at 67163286 Who should attend: Nurses
Asthma Education and Lungs Auscultation	This course aims to ensure that nurses working in both acute care and chronic care services are equip with up-to-date knowledge in bronchial asthma and be competent in performing lung auscultation to provide timely and quality care to patients with bronchial asthma in primary care.	For queries, contact Ms Lam Zhi Xuan at 67163286 Who should attend: Nurses
Wound Management for Registered Nurses and Healthcare Professionals	This course aims to enhance participants with in-depth discussion on wound diagnosis and accurate assessment and a holistic approach in the care plan and management according to patient’s needs.	For queries, contact Ms Lam Zhi Xuan at 67163286 Who should attend: Nurses
Diabetic Foot Screening	This course aims to provide primary care nurses and relevant healthcare professionals with essential knowledge and skills to perform comprehensive diabetic foot screening and provide effective patient education.	For queries, contact Ms Lam Zhi Xuan at 67163286 Who should attend: Nurses, healthcare professionals
Diabetic Retinal Photography	This course aims to provide primary care nurses and relevant healthcare professionals with essential knowledge and skills in providing eye screening for all patients with diabetes.	For queries, contact Ms Lam Zhi Xuan at 67163286 Who should attend: Nurses, healthcare professionals

Course Title	Description	Information
Osteoporosis Management (Intermediate)	This course will teach general practitioners (GPs), nurses and pharmacists in the community, to screen, diagnose and treat osteoporosis to prevent Singaporeans from sustaining fragility fractures. Due to COVID-19, this course will be conducted as 2 separate half-day sessions online via Zoom.	Date: 13 - 14 Nov 2021 (Register by 11 Oct) Download_Brochure Apply Now For queries, contact Evelyn Ouyang at nusmedcet@nus.edu.sg Who should attend: Primary care physicians, hospital generalists and specialists, pharmacists and nurses
Antimicrobial Resistance and Drug Discovery	This module provides a brief introduction to antimicrobial resistance, its origins, impact on healthcare and current strategies employed in the search of new antimicrobials. Participants will engage in interactive discussions on different approaches to antimicrobial drug discoveries and explore alternative therapies that are rapidly gaining interest with the recent technological advances and the growth of personalised medicine. Lectures will take place every Monday and Wednesday (6 – 8pm).	Date: 16 Aug – 10 Nov 2021 (Registeration Closed) Download_Brochure For queries, contact Ms Evelyn at nusmedcet@nus.edu.sg Who Should Attend: Researchers and clinicians in public/private hospitals working on antimicrobial resistance and chemotherapy for infections, lab medicine / infectious diseases division personnel and pharmaceutical company personnel interested in drug discovery
Becoming an Osteoporosis Technologist	This course will teach learners to accurately perform DXA Bone Mineral Density (BMD) scans and interpret the scans.	Date: TBA Download_Brochure For queries, contact Evelyn Ouyang at nusmedcet@nus.edu.sg Who should attend: DXA Technologists and Radiographers
Osteoporosis Management (Advanced)	This advanced course will teach specialists, general practitioners (GPs), nurses and pharmacists in the community and hospitals, advanced skills to screen, diagnose and treat osteoporosis to prevent Singaporeans from sustaining fragility fractures.	Date: TBA Download_Brochure For queries, contact Evelyn Ouyang at nusmedcet@nus.edu.sg Who should attend: Primary care physicians, hospital generalists and specialists, pharmacists and nurses with a high interest in learning about osteoporosis.
Pharmacology Essentials for Pharmaceutical Professionals	This course aims to improve the existing knowledge and skills gap of pharmaceutical sales representatives and other non-clinical pharmaceutical professionals, in communicating evidence-based information on pharmaceutical products.	For queries, contact Evelyn Ouyang at nusmedcet@nus.edu.sg
Techniques in Biomedical Research	This module aims to educate participants on current techniques in biomedical research, including molecular and cellular biology, protein analysis and animal modelling. With this knowledge, participants will gain better productivity in the workplace and be able to contribute increasingly to cutting-edge research which improves overall healthcare delivery	Date: Next 2021 Run TBA Download_Brochure Registration Link: https://myapplications.nus.edu.sg/ For queries, contact Evelyn Ouyang at nusmedcet@nus.edu.sg Who should attend: Research and lab officers in biomedical industries, research institutes and hospitals as well as science teachers in junior colleges and polytechnics.
My Microbes and me, in Sickness and in Health	This module aims to educate participants on current techniques in biomedical research, including molecular and cellular biology, protein analysis and animal modelling. With this knowledge, participants will gain better productivity in the workplace and be able to contribute increasingly to cutting-edge research which improves overall healthcare delivery.	For queries, contact Evelyn Ouyang at nusmedcet@nus.edu.sg
Cadaver Dissection Workshop for Neurosurgery Residents	Organised by the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Department of Anatomy and Ng Teng Fong General Hospital Division of Neurosurgery, this upcoming one-day workshop will enable neurosurgery residents/trainees to enhance their knowledge of surgical anatomy through cadaveric dissections in a guided and safe environment. Participants of this course will have access to fresh frozen cadavers to practise their surgical skills and learn from surgical mentors under direct supervision	Date: 26 Jul 2021 - Postponed Download_Brochure For queries, contact Evelyn Ouyang at nusmedcet@nus.edu.sg
Cadaver Dissection Workshop for Orthopaedic Surgery Residents	Organised by the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Department of Anatomy and the National University Hospital, Department of Otolaryngology, this upcoming one-day workshop will enable Otolaryngology (ENT) residents/trainees to enhance their knowledge of surgical anatomy through cadaveric dissection in a guided and safe environment. Participants of this course will have access to fresh frozen cadavers to practise their surgical skills and learn from surgical mentors under direct supervision.	For queries, contact Evelyn Ouyang at nusmedcet@nus.edu.sg
Cadaver Dissection Workshop for Surgery Residents	This workshop will allow surgery residents and trainees to practice and enhance their skills in a safe and guided environment.	Date: 25 – 26 Aug 2021 (Registration FULL) Download_Brochure For queries, contact Evelyn Ouyang at nusmedcet@nus.edu.sg Who should attend: Residents and trainees from General Surgery
Head & Neck Dissection Workshop for Otolaryngology (ENT) Residents	Organised by the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Department of Anatomy and the National University Hospital, Department of Otolaryngology, this upcoming one-day workshop will enable Otolaryngology (ENT) residents/trainees to enhance their knowledge of surgical anatomy through cadaveric dissection in a guided and safe environment. Participants of this course will have access to fresh frozen cadavers to practise their surgical skills and learn from surgical mentors under direct supervision.	Date: 28 Aug 2021 (Registration Full) Download_Brochure For queries, contact Evelyn Ouyang at nusmedcet@nus.edu.sg
Cadaver Dissection Workshop for Obstetrics & Gynaecology (O&G) Residents	Organised by the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Department of Anatomy and Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology (O&G), this upcoming one-day workshop will enable O&G residents/trainees to enhance their knowledge of surgical anatomy through cadaveric dissection in a guided and safe environment. Participants of this course will have access to fresh frozen cadavers to practise their surgical skills and learn directly from surgical mentors under direct supervision.	Date: Next Run TBA Download_Brochure For queries, contact Evelyn Ouyang at nusmedcet@nus.edu.sg
Cadaver Dissection Workshop for Hand & Reconstructive Microsurgery Residents	This cadaveric workshop will allow *hand surgery residents and trainees* to practice and enhance their skills in a safe and guided environment.	Registration Link: https://myapplications.nus.edu.sg/ For queries, contact Evelyn Ouyang at nusmedcet@nus.edu.sg
Cadaver Dissection Workshop for Plastic Surgery Residents	This workshop will allow *plastic surgery residents and trainees* to practice and enhance their skills in a safe and guided environment.	Date: TBA Registration Link: https://myapplications.nus.edu.sg/ For queries, contact Evelyn Ouyang at nusmedcet@nus.edu.sg Who should attend: Residents and trainees from Plastic Surgery
A Practical Approach to Wound Management	The course provides learning opportunities for Registered Nurses to acquire the knowledge and skills to relating to wound care, wound care products, negative wound pressure therapy and stoma management.	For queries, contact ANC Sarina Idris at Sarina_Idris@nuhs.edu.sg Who should attend: Registered Nurses
Insertion of Subcutaneous Winged Needle	This course equips the Registered Nurse with the knowledge and skills to perform insertion of subcutaneous winged needle safely according to procedural guidelines.	For queries, contact NE Noormazreen Maswan at Noormazreen_maswan@nuhs.edu.sg Who should attend: Registered Nurses
Administration of Intravenous Medications	This course equips Registered Nurses with enhanced knowledge and skills to administer intravenous (IV) medicines safely according to JHC policy and procedural guidelines.	For queries, contact NE Noormazreen Maswan at Noormazreen_maswan@nuhs.edu.sg Who should attend: Registered Nurses
Peripheral Intravenous Cannulation Venepuncture of the Upper Limbs for Registered Nurses	This course equips Registered Nurses with knowledge and skills to perform peripheral intravenous cannulation and venepuncture safely according to procedural guidelines.	For queries, contact NE Thaivanai Samiappan at Samiappan_Thaivanai@nuhs.edu.sg Who should attend: Registered Nurses
Venepuncture of the Upper Limbs for Enrolled Nurses	This course equips Enrolled Nurses with knowledge and skills to perform venepuncture of the upper limbs for patient safely according to procedural guidelines.	For queries, contact NE Thaivanai Samiappan at Samiappan_Thaivanai@nuhs.edu.sg Who should attend: Enrolled Nurses

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Continuing Education & Training

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