To coincide with Teachers' Day, the Academic Medicine Education Institute (AM•EI) was officially launched on September 6, 2012 at Duke-NUS. The institute is another important milestone in Duke-NUS and SingHealth's education partnership to enhance the learning environment for our educators and students. The lunch-time event attracted over 250 invited guests and doctors, nurses and allied health professionals, who came to show their avid support.
Dean Ranga Krishnan, Duke-NUS and Prof. Ivy Ng, SingHealth Group CEO gave the welcome address before the AM•EI was officially launched by the four Golden Apple Awards winners: Mr. Ow Yong Lai Meng, Principal Medical Social Worker, Department of Medical Social Services, Singapore General Hospital, Assoc. Prof. Darren Koh, Senior Consultant, Department of Anesthesiology, Singapore General Hospital, Ms. Chua Lee Kheng, Nurse Educator, Nursing Development Unit, National Heart Center Singapore and Dr. Tin Aung Soe, Analyst, Center for Health Services Research, Singapore Health Services. They each represented the medical, nursing, allied health and research professions. Holding on to 'A-M-E-I' respectively, the AM•EI was launched as they pieced the four letters together, in a show of synergy and unity.
A collaboration between SingHealth and Duke-NUS, the AM•EI aims to create a vibrant community of clinician educators. Open to all in the healthcare profession, the AM•EI brings together educators and leaders to foster excellence in teaching and learning, to promote medical education research. The aim is to build a pool of educators who are passionate in developing and nurturing the next generation of healthcare professionals towards excellence in patient care.
This story was published in Duke-NUS Vital Science, September 2012. Please click here for more stories in this issue.