|
The objectives of the Academy's website are:-
- To keep members updated on all programmes run by the Academy.
- To enhance our online professional development activities, such as the distance-learning programme, to enable members to access learning modules on our website. The programme will also be open to subscribers, including doctors in developing countries in the region, who have access to the Internet. It will allow all to enjoy the flexibility of learning at their own pace and time. With the launch of the programme, doctors can now obtain the compulsory CME points required by the Singapore Medical Council more conveniently. The renewal of the doctors' practicing certificates has been made conditional upon their accumulation of compulsory CME points.
- To make available information regarding our members to doctors and other specialists, and others who may require such information. Members who have not submitted their particulars may do so by printing and completing the form here.
Continuing Professional Development
The Academy conducts regular continuing professional development (CPD) activities in the form of lectures and symposia (by visiting experts and local specialists) as well as conferences. To facilitate CPD for the busy clinician, we have commenced online professional development activities.
Quality Assurance Programme for Specialists
The Academy has developed a pilot programme on self-appraisal to allow for a self-directed appraisal, as well as to allow our medical colleagues and patients to appraise us. The focus is on facilitating self-awareness of core professional competencies. Three types of questionnaires are available to members on the Academy’s secured website. Members can download these 3 sets of questionnaires via the Member Login on the Academy’s homepage. To access to this restricted secured area, Fellows must key in their MCR/DBR No. and password.
Annals
The Annals is the official medical and dental journal of the Academy, and is circulated to all members of the Academy. It is an indexed journal of the US National Library of Medicine (Index Medicus) and has recently been included in the Science Citation Index - Expanded, ISI Alerting Services, and Current Contents/Clinical Medicine.
Practice Guidelines
As the body responsible for education and maintaining standards, the Academy has taken the lead to issue to its members practice guidelines defining the criteria for the proper use of certain procedures and practices that involve high-technology medicine, and specifying the specialists who are qualified to perform them, the training they should have and the optimal facilities required.
Congresses
The Academy regularly organises congresses and scientific meetings to enhance the continuing professional development of specialists in Singapore. Each Chapter of the Academy organises an annual scientific meeting while the Academy biennially organises and hosts the Singapore-Malaysia Congress of Medicine. When requests are made, the Academy also co-organises scientific meetings with other professional bodies in Singapore.
Advanced Specialist Training and Accreditation
The advanced specialty training (AST) programmes, which are common to all 35 registered specialties, are administered by the Joint Committee on Specialist Training (JCST). The JCST is appointed by the Specialist Accreditation Board (SAB) to set the professional standards for specialist training and establish the framework for assuring the quality of specialist training in Singapore. The JCST also oversees the accreditation of training departments and institutions. The JCST Secretariat is serviced jointly by the Academy of Medicine, Singapore and the Division of Graduate Medical Studies (DGMS), National University of Singapore. The Specialist Training Committees (STCs) for the 35 specialties report to the JCST. They are responsible for conducting specialist exit assessments and examinations. The Director, DGMS and the Master of the Academy are appointed as co-chairmen of the JCST. Four other representatives from the Academy are appointed as members to this committee.
Induction Comitia
An Induction Comitia and Dinner is organised annually to admit new Fellows into the Academy.
Orations/Lectures/Awards and Medals (in alphabetical order)
Academy of Medicine Gold Medal
Established in 1989, the Medal is awarded annually to the best student in the Pathology and Microbiology who has successfully completed the Second Professional BDS Examination.
Chapter of Paediatricians Lecture
Established in 1998, the Lecture is open to distinguished members of the medical profession by invitation (local as well as overseas). The Lecture is held biennially in conjunction with the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Chapter of Paediatricians, Academy of Medicine, Singapore.
Chapter of Surgeons Gold Medal
The Medal, funded by proceeds from the 23rd Annual Combined Surgical Meeting, is awarded annually to the top candidate in the M Med (Surgery) Examination.
Chapter of Surgeons Lecture
Established in 1990, the Lecture is open to Fellows of the Chapter of Surgeons. It is delivered at the Annual Combined Surgical Meeting of the Chapter of Surgeons, Academy of Medicine, Singapore.
Distinguished Academician
The Council of the Academy may, on the recommendation of its Chapters, appoint one distinguished overseas visitor per year as a Distinguished Academician for the year.
G A Ransome Gold Medal
Established in 1978 in memory of the late Emeritus Professor Sir Gordon Arthur Ransome, the Medal is awarded annually to the candidate who has distinguished himself in the M Med (Internal Medicine) Examination.
Galloway Memorial Lectureship
Instituted in 1959 in memory of the late Sir David Galloway, the Lectureship is open annually to all Academicians and practitioners of Medicine and its allied fields.
Gordon Arthur Ransome Oration
Established in 1971, the Oration is open to distinguished members of the medical profession and the public by invitation. The Oration is held biennially in conjunction with the Congress of Medicine in Singapore.
Joint Lectureship of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Established in November 1994, the Joint Lectureship serves as an ongoing exchange between the College and the Chapter.
Runme Shaw Memorial Lecture
Established in 1982, the Lecture is open to distinguished members of the medical profession by invitation. It is held biennially in conjunction with the Congress of Medicine in Singapore.
Seah Cheng Siang Gold Medal
The Medal, supported by the Seah Cheng Siang Memorial Fund, is awarded annually to the most outstanding candidate who has highest marks in the clinical section of the examination leading to the degree of Master of Medicine (Internal Medicine).
Seah Cheng Siang Memorial Lecture
Established in 1991, the Lecture is held annually in conjunction with the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Chapter of Physicians, Academy of Medicine, Singapore. It is open to distinguished members of the medical profession by invitation (local as well as overseas).
Visiting Academician
The Chairman of each Chapter of the Academy may recommend to Council the appointment of up to two Visiting Academicians a year. Each Visiting Academician shall stay at least two days and deliver at least one lecture to members of the host Chapter.
Visiting Lecturer
The Chairman of each Chapter of the Academy may recommend to Council the appointment of Visiting Lecturers. Each Visiting Lecturer shall deliver at least one lecture to members of the host Chapter.
Yahya Cohen Memorial Lecture
The Yahya Cohen Lecture (renamed Yahya Cohen Memorial Lecture in 2003) was established in 1994. The Lectureship is held annually and shall take place at an event organise by the Chapter of Surgeons. Only Fellows of the Chapter of Surgeons shall be eligible for the Lectureship.
Young Surgeons Award
Established in 1984, the Award is for the best original paper read by a young surgeon practising in Singapore. The Award is presented biennially at the Annual Combined Surgical Meeting.
Travel Assistance
Academy of Medicine Singapore Travel Assistance
Only Local Fellows of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore are eligible for consideration for travel assistance from the Common Fund for Advancement of Medicine. Applicants must be Fellows with the Academy for at least 3 years and be current with their subscription. Please read the guidelines [PDF] on eligibility to submit an application. For Fellows who wish to submit an application, please contact us for the application form.
Chapter of Surgeons Travelling Fellowship
Initiated in 1997 by Dr V K Pillay, a Past Master, the Fellowship is to enable young surgeons to participate in teaching programmes in the Asia Pacific Region or collaborate with medical institutions/colleges in this region.
Restructuring of Chapters into Specialist Colleges
With the rapid changes in Medicine in the past few years, the Academy has had to re-examine its role and formulate a strategy to maintain its position as the leading organisation for medical and dental specialists in Singapore. The Academy has restructured its Chapters with critical mass into Colleges so that they would be on par with the various Royal Colleges and other overseas specialist bodies.
The following Colleges were incorporated on 17 August 2004:
College of Anaesthesiologists
College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
College of Paediatrics and Child Health
College of Physicians
College of Radiologists
College of Surgeons
These Colleges are tasked to take up a leading role in maintaining the standards of practice and developing the respective specialties. The Colleges within the Academy are separate legal entities and have autonomy as part of their integral structure. This autonomy will allow individual colleges to engage specialty societies and like bodies globally in the provision of specialty-specific continuing professional development (CPD) activities for its Fellows.
The Academy will take the following steps to strengthen the Specialist Colleges:
- Work with the NUS Division of Graduate Medical Studies, JCST and SAB to include the Colleges in conducting basic specialty training, advanced specialist training and exit assessments/examinations.
- Devolve the development and execution of specialty-specific CPD activities to the Colleges. This will include the determination of core specialty CME.
The Academy through its Colleges and Chapters will continue to:
- Develop and maintain uniform requirements and standards for training across all specialties
- Develop and coordinate non-specialty specific, general CPD activities, for example, programmes on professionalism for the continued professional development of our Fellows.
- Explore and develop programmes with the Colleges to re-certify specialists through CPD/CME activities.
|
