Introduction Message
Advanced Internal Medicine focuses on providing comprehensive, patient-centred care, equipping internists to deliver holistic and high-value healthcare. The programme equips residents to manage complex, undifferentiated cases and patients with multiple, cross-specialty medical conditions.
The NHG Advanced Internal Medicine (AIM) Residency Programme is a comprehensive 2-year programme conducted across Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH), Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH) and Woodlands Health campuses. The programme enhances residents' competencies from junior Internal Medicine residency through diverse clinical exposure, curated teaching and bespoke mentorship.
The curriculum offers extensive exposure to Internal Medicine subspecialties e.g. Vascular Medicine and diverse care settings, including acute and subacute wards, outpatient clinics, and community-based 'hospital at home' care.
Ultimately, each AIM graduate will be a highly proficient:
Diagnostician: in the assessment and diagnosis of acute or chronic multi-system illnesses or undifferentiated conditions.
Provider of Integrated Care: who collaborates with other specialties in the management of patients in a holistic way.
Problem Solver: who is able to find solutions to problems that imprecisely conform to established guidelines and available evidence.
Patient Advocate: who values patients' preferences and is able to personalise management strategies based on patients' socioeconomic and cultural needs.
Communicator: who is able to counsel patients and their family members, and resolve conflicts.
Leader and Innovator: who provides evidence-based, cost effective, and quality care devoid of conflicts of interest. Someone who is able to function in leadership and management roles.
Teacher and Mentor: who imparts essential knowledge, attitudes, and skills that medical students, young doctors, and other health professionals need to acquire if they are to adequately cope with the challenges of modern healthcare.
Programme Faculty
Programme Director |
Dr Huang Wenhui (TTSH)
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Associate Programme Director |
Dr Valliammai Nallakaruppan (KTPH)
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Clinical Core Faculty Member |
Dr Ashish Sule (TTSH)
Dr Jackie Tan (TTSH)
Dr Jennifer Ting (TTSH)
Dr Julie George (TTSH)
Dr Ei Ei Thazin Win (TTSH)
Dr Tan Yan Ru (TTSH)
Dr War War Win Tun (KTPH)
Dr Gohar Sandeep (KTPH) |