Medical Education Office (MEO) works with clinical departments to organise post-graduate training, inter-disciplinary/inter-professional training, immersion programmes and scholarships.
The 5 sectors of MEO i.e. Clinical Training, Medical Library, Life Support, SSTC and SIMTAC, aim to provide educational leadership and coordinate resources; to facilitate clinical departments in education and position TTSH as the preferred teaching hospital.
| ℹ️ | Please contact Medical Education Office for more details. For SIMTAC enquiries, please contact SIMTAC. |
Who does MEO care for?
MEO supports the departments and the doctors while they are completing the above programmes.
- Doctors on TTSH and external conference sponsorships
- Medical officers under MOPEX
- Hospital level and clinical specialty level mandatory educational and training programmes for TTSH doctors and MOHH junior doctors, e.g. assessment of bladder catheterisation
- Doctors on TTSH Scholarships and HMDP programmes
- International medical graduates (IMGs) on Immersion Programmes
What is MEO's scope of work?
- Clinical fellowships and observerships
- Conference sponsorships
- Hospital level mandatory educational and training programmes for TTSH doctors and MOHH's e.g. assessment of bladder catheterisation
- Immersion programmes for IMGs, in collaboration with MOHH
- Life support training
- Medical Library and Learning Resource Centre, collaboration with NHG Education on e-journals and e-books
- SIMTAC, on behalf of NHG
- Surgical Sciences Training Centre
- TTSH Scholarships and HMDP for doctors
- Others: Hospital monthly conference, co-organisation of faculty development programmes, partnership with NHG on teaching awards, collaboration with MOHH on MOPEX/DOPEX end posting evaluations etc.
