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Jan 2018 // read more

Intellectual Disability and Mental Capacity Assessment

Dr Giles Tan , Dr Bhavani Sriram , Dr Wei Ker-Chiah , Dr T Thirumoorthy

Introduction Intellectual disability (ID) is a lifelong condition that occurs during an individual’s developmental years and can impair decision-making capacity. Other terms that are often used interchangeably include “mental retardation”, “mental handicap”, “d...

Category: Professionalism

Nov 2017 // read more

Professionalism in Medical Education - What Makes For An Effective Student-Faculty Relationship

Dr T Thirumoorthy

Introduction There is significant literature on professional ethical codes of conduct, charters and declarations on the doctor-patient relationship both in clinical care and medical research, but relatively few in medical education on the student-faculty or resident-faculty relationship. There...

Category: Professionalism

Nov 2017 // read more

Professionalism in Medical Education – What Makes for an Effective Student-Faculty Relationship?

Dr T Thirumoorthy

Introduction There is significant literature on professional ethical codes of conduct, charters and declarations on the doctorpatient relationship both in clinical care and medical research, but relatively few in medical education on the studentfaculty or resident-faculty relationship. There i...