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Pacific Open Learning Health Net (POLHN / ˈ p ɒ l h ən /) is a non-profit established in 2003, focused on distance education for health professionals working in the Pacific. . Since 2004, it has provided free online courses for continuing professional development in a wide range of health and science related discip
Institute of Mental Health, Woodbridge Hospital. Armour Pub. 2003. ISBN 978-981-4138-07-9. {}: CS1 maint: others ; Ng, Beng Yeong (2001). Till the break of day: a history of mental health services in Singapore, 1841 - 1993. Singapore: Singapore University Press, National University of Singapore. ISBN 978-9971-69-245-2.
In November 1999, then-Minister for Health Lim Hng Kiang announced that Singapore's public healthcare institutions would be reorganized into two delivery networks, or clusters. [2] In October 2000, the formation of the two clusters - National Healthcare Group and SingHealth - was officially completed. [ 3 ]
After the British had re-established colonial rule in Singapore at the end of World War II, the first person appointed as a psychologist was V W Wilson. He was appointed to the colonial Medical Service on 11 September 1956 on contract from the United Kingdom to build up and incorporate a full psychological service within the mental health programme at Woodbridge. [3]
From 17 March 2017, SIM University was renamed as Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) and brought under the ambit of the Ministry of Education (MOE). [24] [5] Ong moved a bill in Parliament to confer SUSS autonomous status. This signalled the government's support for SUSS and was intended to assure the public of SUSS' credibility and ...
The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) Act 2008 of Singapore [1] was passed in 2008 to regulate the involuntary detention of a person in a psychiatric institution for the treatment of a mental disorder, or in the interest of the health and safety of the person or the persons around him. [2]
Institute for Adult Learning Singapore (IAL) is the Training and Adult Education autonomous institute within the Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS). [1] It was established in 2008. IAL offers a range of education programmes such as Master's degree , WSQ Diploma, WSQ Advanced Certificate, and short courses in the field of training ...
In January 2008, the National University Hospital and the National University of Singapore's Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and Faculty of Dentistry came together to form the National University Health System. This will help meet the healthcare needs as it brings about synergy that will be achieved from the integration of education, and ...