It was Aristotle who said, 'Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all'. This is especially true for the medical profession which has as its core mission,
service to humanity. As an educator,I aspire to integrate the education of the mind and heart, to nurture future doctors who will 'treat the patient who has the disease',
rather than merely 'treating the disease'.
”
Assoc Prof HOOI Shing Chuan
PhD (Harvard University); MBBS (NUS)
Department of Physiology
It was Aristotle who said, 'Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all'. This is especially true for
the medical profession which has as its core mission,
service to humanity. As an educator,I aspire to integrate the education of the mind and heart,
to nurture future doctors who will 'treat the patient who has the disease',
rather than merely 'treating the disease'.
”
Assoc Prof HOOI Shing Chuan
PhD (Harvard University); MBBS (NUS)
Department of Physiology
Provides leadership as Vice Dean (Education) at the medical school overseeing all education-related matters, including implementing and developing a new curriculum
Initiated, developed and implemented innovative Harvey simulator case-based teaching programmers that are widely acknowledged by students to be fun and useful in helping them apply knowledge and effective in preparing them for clinical training
Received more than 600 nominations for teaching awards over the last three years, with consistently high ratings and glowing reviews from students
Led the planning and establishment of a Simulation and Clinical Skills Centre that will significantly promote experiential learning
Teaching Strengths
Enables students to bridge theory and practice by using case studies to illustrate how the basic knowledge they learn in pre-clinical science is relevant to clinical practice
Makes concepts come to life through simulation-based scenarios and hands on experiential learning
Makes difficult concepts easier to understand through clear, well-organised explanations and illustrations both to freshmen and graduate students
Publication Credits
Published 40 widely cited full research papers in international journals, 75 conference papers and three book chapters
Reviewer for international journals such as American Journal of Physiology, Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, Endocrine and Journal of Hepatology, as well as for national journals such as The Annals, Academy of Medicine, Singapore
International Standing
Member, American Association for Cancer Research, US (since 2000)
Member, Society for Simulation in Healthcare, US (since 2007)
Member, College of Family Physicians, Singapore (since 2009)
Awards and Accolades
Best Poster Award, 1st International Symposium on Cancer Metastasis and the Lymphovascular System: Basis for Rational Therapy (2005)
Excellent Paper (Poster), 21st International Asia-Pacific Conference on Tumour Biology and Medicine (2004)