Teaching is not only a privilege and an honour but also a
great responsibility. The success of a teacher pivots on the success of his
students and this in turn moulds the future of nations.
”
Assoc Prof Gerald KOH Choon Huat
PhD (Western University); MMed, MBBS (NUS)
Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
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- Family medicine
- Geriatric medicine
- Public health, biostatistics and epidemiology
- Leads Saw Swee Hock School of Public
Health’s Continuing Professional Education
programme to support the national strategy
for lifelong learning
- Launched a university-wide module to
equip students with knowledge on areas
such as demography of ageing; normal
and abnormal ageing; common geriatric
conditions; as well as health, social services
and policies for older persons
- Serves as main academic advisor to the
Neighbourhood Health Service project,
which has seen, to date, more than 1,000
families benefitting from free door-to-door
health screening offered by students; has
published, together with the students, 10
papers on the residents’ health profile and
clinical outcomes
- Adopts a student-centric approach for the Community Health Project module, where
students form their own groups based on their preferred research topic, after which they are matched with a tutor with similar
interest
- Makes the practice of medicine come alive
through the use of case-based discussions
which allow students to examine real-world
issues, and underscores the impact
of ageing through videos on elderly
community members with social and health
issues
- Encourages students to think deeper during
tutorials by asking probing questions to
stimulate their thinking and strengthen their
analytical skills
- Published close to 90 original research
articles and contributed more than 25
editorials, research letters and commentaries
in peer-reviewed academic journals
- Contributed articles on teaching to university publications
- Section Editor, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Invited Lecturer for United Nations International Institute for Ageing
- Honorary Associate Professor, Department of Social Work and Social Administration, University of Hong Kong
- Presented at numerous international conferences and symposia, including 60 invited papers
- Gold Prize, Annals of Academy of Medicine Best Publication Award (2015)
- Distinguished Educators’ Award, College of Family Physicians of Singapore (2015)
- Research Mentor Award, Singapore General Hospital Academic Clinical Programme (2015)
- Top 10 Tutor Award, NUS Medical Society (2009)
- Annual Teaching Excellence Award, NUS (2007/2008)
- Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (2007/2008)
" To nurture inquisitiveness, critical thinking
and logical reasoning; help bright students
achieve greater excellence; help weak students
cope better; foster passion, compassion,
integrity and professionalism by being a role
model; and foster inter-professional education
to develop teamwork skills. "