helping our students realise their dreams feb 2014 - secondary healthcare
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Helping Our
Students Realise Their
Dreams
Feb 2014 - Secondary
Healthcare
In this issue you will find
1. Singapore’s Public Healthcare 2. Allied Health
Professionals.
3. Special Highlight:Nurses,
Physiotherapists, Occupational
Therapists
Singapore Public Healthcare
AcuteHospital
Rehab Centre
Family Physician
Polyclinic
Palliative Care
Screening&
Prevention
Nursing Home
Patient
Community Hospital
3
Singapore’s Public Healthcare 6 Healthcare Clusters. One Public Healthcare
Family
Great Challenges Ahead
Coping with Challenges…
Singapore Public Healthcare is Rising and Growing
Expanding the Hardware for Our Future
800 beds
1,100 beds
1,400 beds
250 beds
National Heart Centre (by 2013)
Changi General Hospital
Integrated Building
(2014)
Yishun Community Hospital (by 2015)
Sengkang General Hospital (2018) Ng Teng Fong General Hospital (by 2014)
Sengkang Community Hospital (2018)
Jurong Community Hospital (by 2015)
National University Hospital Medical Centre (by 2013)
Outram Community
Hospital (by 2020)
Attracting Talents For Our Future
Attracting Talents For Our Future
In this issue you will find
1. Singapore’s Public Healthcare 2. Allied Health
Professionals
3. Special Highlight:Nurses,
Physiotherapists, Occupational
Therapists
Have You Heard of Allied Health Professionals?
Do Allied
Health
Professional
s work
alongside
doctors?
What are
the career
prospects of Allied Health
Professionals?
What are the
different Allied Health
Professions?
How can I become
an Allied Health
Professional?
Who Are Allied Health Professionals?
@www.caretogobeyond.sg
Allied Health Professionals work closely with members of the healthcare teams by providing a range of diagnostic, therapeutic, direct patient care and specialist roles to
patients.
To Help Improve Others Lives and Make a Difference
Examples of Allied Health Professionals
In this issue you will find
1. Singapore’s Public Healthcare 2. Allied Health
Professionals
3. Special Highlight:Nurses,
Physiotherapists, Occupational
Therapists
What Do You Know About Nurses?
Nurses are the pillars of support in every good health system. Doctors diagnose but nurses saves lives because they are the ones monitoring your loved ones on a daily basis
DID YOU KNOW? OUR Nurses from the school health teams screen about half a million
students in the schools annually to detect common health problems and
refer them to the Student Health Centre for further management
A Nurse touches the lives of many at the point of care. Nursing is a profession from the heart for the well being of
the sick and infirmed. The nurse is an essential member and collaborator in the healthcare team who :
makes assessments on patients’ physical, mental and social well-being
performs medical and nursing procedures facilitate treatment and care delivery
NURSING CAREERS & PA?
A Sneak Peak Into a Nurse’s Text Book
How can I Become a Nurse?
What is an Occupational Therapist?
1 TREATPatients with injuries, illnesses or disabilities through therapeutic use everyday
2 HELPPatients develop, recover and improve the skills needed for daily living and working
How an Occupational Therapist Help This Patient Connect the Dots?
Fields of Practice for Occupational Therapists
What are the fields of practice for Occupational Therapists?
There are opportunities to work in areas such as (but not limiting to):
Burns and Plastics Rehabilitation
Cardiac Rehabilitation
Driving Assessment and Rehabilitation
Occupational Health and Ergonomics
Oncology Rehabilitation
Orthopaedics Rehabilitation
Psychosocial Rehabilitation
Paediatrics and Child Development
How can I become an Occupational Therapist?
• minimum diploma qualification from Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP)
• 3-year Diploma in Occupational Therapy course.
• Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) offers a 1-year degree-conversion programme for NYP graduates.
What is Physiotherapy?
What Does a Physiotherapist Do?
Physiotherapists treat individuals who have limited abilities to
move and perform functional activities in their daily lives.
Physiotherapists use treatment techniques to promote the
ability to move, reduce pain, restore function, and prevent
disability
Be a Young Physiotherapist and Learn More About Your Own Body
Time For Answers!
What are the fields of practice for Physiotherapists?There are also opportunities to work in areas such as (but not limiting to):
Burns and Plastics Surgery Rehabilitation
Cardio-respiratory Physiotherapy
Chronic Pain Management
Child Developmental Assessment/Therapy
Gerontology Care of the elderly
Neurological Rehabilitation Head injury, stroke and neurological diseases
Orthopaedics
Paediatrics, Child Developmental Assessment/Therapy
Sports Physiotherapy
Fields of Practice for Physiotherapists
• minimum diploma qualification from Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP)
• 3-year Diploma in Physiotherapy course.
• Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT), offers a 1-year degree-conversion programme for NYP graduates.
How can I become an Physiotherapist?
Quizz Time: What are the Key Differences Between
Physiotherapist and Occupational Therapist?
In Summary:
1. Physiotherapy deals with the muscles and limbs of a person. It helps in recovery and enables a person to move around. Occupational therapy deals with this and much more. It is all about a person making the best of his home as well as his occupation.
2. Physiotherapy does not involve anything about the mind. However, occupational therapy has a lot to do with the mental faculties of a person.
3. Occupational therapy helps a person in improving his functional abilities. Physical therapy focuses only on his physical abilities.
4. A physiotherapist may prescribe a few medicines. However, an occupational therapist generally doesn’t.
What Do Medical Social Workers Do?
• support patients and their families during recovery from and/or adjustment to illnesses.
• Help patients cope and adjust to the impact of the illness and disability on their lifestyle, finances, employment and relationships.
• help patients and their families learn how to manage life crises.
Fields of Practice for Medical Social Workers
What are the fields of practice for Medical Social Workers?
There are also opportunities to work in the different medical disciplines and in specialized fields:
Geriatrics / Nephrology / Oncology / Psychiatry
Trauma Work
Grief and Bereavement Counselling and Palliative care
Case Management
Individual Psychotherapy, Marital Counselling and Family Mediation and Therapy
Group Work
Community Network and Advocacy
Research and Teaching
How can I Become a Medical Social Worker?
What Educational Qualifications do I need to practice as a Medical Social Worker in Singapore?
You must complete formal tertiary education to qualify as a Medical Social Worker.
Minimum QualificationBA (Majoring in Social Work ) or Bachelor Degree in Social Work
Institute for trainingNational University of Singapore (NUS)
Overseas tertiary institutions
Duration of Study3-4 years for Bachelor Degree
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