November 2010

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  Writeup on The Clinical Practice Improvement Programme (CPIP) Convention and Award Ceremony
  The Clinical Practice Improvement Programme (CPIP) Convention and Award Ceremony was held in conjunction with the MOH Healthcare Quality Improvement Conference on 6 October 2010 at the Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre.
  
  We celebrated the “graduation” of 153 CPIP participants who had collectively completed more than 110 Clinical Quality Improvement projects.
  
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  Writeup on The 10th NHG Quality Day
  The 10th NHG Quality Day took place on Friday, 8 October 2010. Hosted by the Institute of Mental Health, the theme this year is ‘Continuous Learning and Improvement’.
  
  The event witnessed the cluster’s annual recognition of NHG Exemplary Patients, followed by the presentation of the NHG Excellence in Action Awards for staff.
  
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September 2010

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  Writeup on The inaugural NHG Adding Years of Healthy Life Conference 2010 – Many helping hands to improve population health!
  The first NHG Adding Years of Healthy Life Conference was held on 23 and 24 August 2010 at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel. It was well-attended by more than 600 staff from NHG institutions and partners from the primary care, step-down care, community and social services, education and public sector. We were privileged to have Ms Yong Ying-I, Permanent Secretary (Health) grace the opening ceremony and share some of MOH’s current efforts and new potential areas in integrating care.
  
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  Writeup on IHL Healthcare Leaders Series - Conflict Resolution & Mediation
  Conflict Resolution and Mediation – is one of the 4 topics covered in the flagship “Guide to Department Management Course”. It has always been well received by the participants, who felt that the contents are beneficial for other staff as well besides the HODs and potential HODs.
  
  This 4-day course held at The Pines aims to equip HODs and potential HODs with the practical skills required for the effective management of clinical departments.
  
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  Writeup on the Visit from healthcare organizations in Thailand under Quality Improvement & Risk Management Nursing Training Program
  On 20 July, College received a group of senior leaders from 3 Universities (The Thailand Red Cross College of Nursing, Payap University and Madidol University) and the Healthcare Accreditation Institute from Thailand.
  
  The visit was part of the Train-of-Trainers Program organized by NHG and Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP). Leaders from the organizations involved in the Program were invited to visit Singapore to better understand the local healthcare system as well as Quality Improvement and Patient Safety programs in NHG for similar improvement initiatives to be implemented in their organizations after their staff are trained by NHG and NP.
  
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July 2010

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  Writeup on Inaugural "Workplace Based Assessment Using Mini-Clinical Evaluation Exercise (Mini-CEX)" for Clinician Teachers
  The mini-CEX is a method to assess students’ or trainees’ clinical and professional skills in the ward, on ward rounds, in Emergency Department, or in outpatient clinics.
  
  On 29 & 30 Jun, the Institute of Medical Education (ICE) conducted 3 sessions of the Mini-CEX Workshop. Each session was originally targeted at 30 participants. However, the response was overwhelming and we had to increase the class size to 50 for each session!
  
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  Writeup on IILTC’s First Workshop at Ren Ci Community Hospital
  On 21 May, Nurses at Ren Ci Community Hospital attended their first 2-day Risk Management and Patient Safety workshop as part of the IILTC Program organized by the Institute of Intermediate and Long-Term Care (IILTC).
  
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  Writeup on Enhancing Our ELearning Capabilities
  From 24th May to 28th June 2010, NHG College engaged Nanyang Technological University’s Centre for Educational Development (NTU-CED) to conduct a series of three workshops various eLearning champions and instructors. These learning sessions were organised to provide opportunities for our eLearning champions to better utilize our eLearning system to deliver training programmes by equipping themselves with the necessary knowledge, skills and understanding of eLearning instructional design and conversion techniques.
  
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May 2010

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  NHG Distinguished Visitor Masterclass Lecture
  Transforming Healthcare through Innovative Solutions, The Geisinger Experience by Dr Glenn Steele, President and CEO, Geisinger Health System.
  
  

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  Writeup on The Quality Improvement and Risk Management Nursing Training Programmes in Thailand
  IHQ recently extended 2 programmes, namely Clinical Practice Improvement (CPI) Programme and Risk Management and Patient Safety (RMPS) Programme to 3 Nursing Universities in Thailand.
  
  This project is a collaborative effort between Ngee Ann Polytechnic and NHG, funded by Temasek Foundation. The purpose of the training package is to help improve standards of professional nursing care in Thailand, particularly in the areas of risk management, clinical practice improvement work, and nursing teaching.
  
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  Writeup on the 6th Guide to Department Management Course
  In April, College had our biggest group of particpants for the 6th Guide to Department Management Course.
  
  This 4-day course held at The Pines aims to equip HODs and potential HODs with the practical skills required for the effective management of clinical departments.
  
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• Writeup on Orientation for New Residents
  The orientation for the pioneer batch of residents commenced on 23 Apr 10, and Institute of Clinical Education (ICE) helped to coordinate the ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) training for 46 residents who would be joining NUHS.
  
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April 2010

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  Writeup on Study Trip to Queensland Health, Heals & CEX
  In March, College sent a study team to Queensland Health, Australia to study their work on Leadership development. The team visited their Workplace Culture and Leadership Centre (WCLC), which was established to find out what employees think about their workplaces, help identify what needs to change, and develop leaders with the capability to make the necessary changes.
  
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  Writeup on Health Executive Action Learning Sets
  Health Executive Action Learning Sets (HEALS) is a leadership development programme which allows Executive Directors from participating hospitals in Australia and Singapore to share their respective healthcare developments and leadership initiatives.
  
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February 2010

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  Writeup on The Passion for Life Workshop
  In conjunction with the inaugural Healthcare Improvement Festival 2010, a workshop called Passion for Life was held on 28 and 29 January at the Pines.
  
  The workshop is aimed at educating our healthcare providers and partners in step-down care to becoming facilitators of Passion for Life Cafes.
  
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  Writeup on The Inaugural Healthcare Improvement Festival 2010
  The first Healthcare Improvement Festival (HIF) 2010 ended on a high note in HortPark, Singapore. The festival was organised by the Healthcare Quality Network (HQN).
  
  Our keynote speaker was Mr Göran Henriks, CE of Learning and Innovation from Jönköping, a Swedish county that has been cited as having one of the best healthcare models in the world by Quality experts and forums.
  
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