Events

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.

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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.

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.