16Jul2011 GS OH Presentation

NHG-AHPL General Surgery Residency Program:

NHG-AHPL General Surgery Residency Program

Overall Educational Goals:

Overall Educational Goals To develop a holistic and independent surgeon, who is able to provide patient centered and cost effective care. This is achieved through a structured and progressive clinical and academic environment, and a robust assessment and remedial system, anchored by qualified and dedicated faculty. To instill the core competences of Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Practice-based Learning and Improvement, Interpersonal and Communication Skills, Professionalism and System-based Practice in the residents of the program.

Curriculum:

Curriculum Outcome-based training: from a Beginner to a Proficient Surgeon (based Dreyfus model of skill acquisition) Responsibilities Independence Low High Simple Complex Medical School Graduate Medical Education (GME) CME / Lifelong Learning Advanced Beginner Novice Competent Proficient Expert Master

Curriculum:

Curriculum A rigorous program: 4 major components supervised and assessed Non-operative Clinical Training Ward based (elective & emergency) Outpatient clinic based Graded responsibility to patient care System knowledge Operative Training Perio-operative management Surgical decision making (elective & emergency) Surgical skills (Open and MIS) Core Knowledge Development Didactics Journal Clubs Specialty meetings Courses Research Tutorials Grand Ward Rounds Audit Meetings General Professional Development Communication Skiils Ethics Quality Improvement Patient safety Team training Teaching responsibilities Administrative responsibilities Project work

Training Sites:

Training Sites Primary Training Site: Tan Tock Seng Hospital Major Participating Site: Khoo Teck Puat Hospital Participating Site: National University Hospital Participating Site: KK Women’s & Children’s Hospital

Education & Training Activities:

Education & Training Activities Competency-based education & training activities

Structured Weekly Didactics:

Structured Weekly Didactics

Assessments & Evaluations:

Assessments & Evaluations Regular assessments & evaluations aim to constantly evaluate the progress & development of the resident, and to identify the learning needs and remediation plans

Rotations:

Rotations

Our Faculty:

Our Faculty Dr Teo Li-Tserng Dr Cheong Ee Cherk Dr Leong Quor Meng Dr Shenthilkumar Dr Belina Chan Dr Sriram Narayanan Dr Ho Wai Thong Thomas Dr Melanie Seah Dr Tan Choon Chieh Dr Fong Sau Shung

Our Faculty:

Our Faculty

Workshops for Residents:

Workshops for Residents

Scholarly Activities of Residents:

Scholarly Activities of Residents Poster / Abstract Presentations Joseph Lo (R2, PGY4) The role of sentinal lymph node biospy in breast ductal carcinoma in-situ: a single institutional review International Surgical Week (ISW) 2011, Yokohama, Japan 28 August to 1 September 2011 Toh Bin Chet (R1, PGY4) Pattern of recurrence of lower limb varicose veins post EVLT: A Single Centre Experience 13th World Congress of the World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Vienna, Austria. 26 August 2011 to 29 August 2011 Tan Bo Chuan (R1, PGY3) Endovascular repair of blunt popliteal artery injury, 12th Asian Society for Vascular Surgery (ASVS) 2011, Taipei Taiwan 29 September 2011 to 2 October 2011 Liu Huimin (R1, PGY3) Treatment of ulcerated perineal hemangiomas with simple local wound dressing: A case series of 3 patients with excellent outcome. KKH, Annual Scientific Meeting, 2011 15 & 16 July 2011 High Impact Foreign Domestic Help Falls in Singapore : An Instituition’s Experience Comparing Pre/Post Government Policy Changes In Improving Their Work Environment International Surgical Week (ISW) 2011, Yokohama, Japan 28 August to 1 September 2011

Scholarly Activities of Residents:

Scholarly Activities of Residents Participation in Research Projects Saleem Ahmed (R2, PGY2) Cost effectiveness of doughnuts in Anterior Resection Department of General Surgery, TTSH Tan Yan Sheng (R2, PGY2) Outcomes of surgeries in octogenarians Department of General Surgery, TTSH Management of complications of colorectal surgeries Department of Surgery, KTPH Use of methylene blue in hemorrhoidectomy to reduce post op pain Department of Surgery, KTPH Ngaim Juzheng (R1, PGY5) A local experience on the use of drug eluting balloons (DEB) in the treatment of patients with below knee peripheral vascular disease (PVD) and vascular access dysfunction. Department of General Surgery, TTSH Toh Bin Chet (R1, PGY4) Pattern of recurrence of lower limb varicose veins post EVLT: A Single Centre Experience. Department of General Surgery, TTSH Participation in Research Projects Junice Wong (R1, PGY4) Accuracy of clinical scoring systems for acute appendicitis Department of General Surgery, TTSH Hepatobiliary surgery in the elderly Department of General Surgery, CGH Tan Bo Chuan (R1, PGY3) Endovascular repair of blunt popliteal artery injury Department of General Surgery, TTSH Liu Huimin (R1, PGY3) Treatment of ulcerated perineal hemangiomas with simple local wound dressing: A case series of 3 patients with excellent outcome. Department of Paediatric Surgery, KKH High Impact Foreign Domestic Help Falls in Singapore : An Instituition’s Experience Comparing Pre/Post Government Policy Changes In Improving Their Work Environment Department of General Surgery, TTSH Pravin Lingam (R1, PGY1) Approach to syncope Department of General Medicine, TTSH

Recognition of Residents’ Teaching:

Recognition of Residents’ Teaching NHG Teaching Award for PGY1s

A Family:

A Family

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Contacts:

Contacts Program Director Dr Vijayan Appasamy Email: Vijayan_A@ttsh.com.sg Associate Program Directors Dr Adrian Ooi Seng Wae Email: Adrian_OOI@ttsh.com.sg Dr Cheng Shin Chuen Email: Shin_Chuen_Cheng@tts.com.sg Dr Tan Kok Yang Email: tan.kok.yang@alxendrahealth.com.sg Program Coordinator Ms Seek Win Nie Email: Win_Nie_Seek@nhg.com.sg