SPECIAL COMMENDATION AWARD
Team leader, Professor KOH, David



“ Although we were challenged to work within strict time lines, all ofus enjoyed this opportunity to explore a new approach in teaching and to work together seamlessly as a team ”

  1. Professor KOH, David (Head, Department of Community, Occupational and Family Medicine)
  2. Professor LEE Hin Peng (Department of Community, Occupational and Family Medicine)
  3. Professor ONG Choon Nam (Department of Community, Occupational and Family Medicine)
  4. Associate Professor CHIA Sin Eng (Department of Community, Occupational and Family Medicine)
  5. Associate Professor CHOW, Vincent (Department of Microbiology)
  6. Associate Professor GOH Lee Gan (Department of Community, Occupational and Family Medicine)
  7. Associate Professor LIM Meng Kin (Department of Community, Occupational and Family Medicine)
  8. Associate Professor PHUA Kai Hong (Department of Community, Occupational and Family Medicine)
  9. Associate Professor SEOW, Adeline (Department of Community, Occupational and Family Medicine)
  10. Associate Professor TAMBYAH, Paul Anantharajah (Department of Medicine)
  11. Associate Professor WONG Mee Lian (Department of Community, Occupational and Family Medicine)
  12. Dr NG, Daniel (Department of Community, Occupational and Family Medicine)
  13. Adjunct Associate Professor CHEW Suok Kai (Ministry of Health/Department of Community, Occupational and Family Medicine)
  14. Mr CHANDRAN, Ravi (Centre for Instructional Technology)
  15. Mr PRASAD, Iyer (Centre for Instructional Technology)

The Special Commendation Award is conferred to a joint team from the Faculty of Medicine and the Centre for Instructional Technology for developing a module that is highly relevant to public health as it faces new challenges posed by emerging strains of viruses, such as the deadly SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome). Entitled The Nation's Health: Lessons from SARS, the module deals with the economic, ethical, legal and social implications of an epidemic which has a global outreach. The interdisciplinary module holds the added distinction of being the University's first completely online module. It was produced in limited time and brought together information from a large team of medical experts targeted at a broad-based audience. The module will be read by all NUS undergraduates.