Duke-NUS Self-Review

Welcome to the Duke-NUS Medical School self-review

For more than a year, the Department of Quality Assurance & Accreditation has been engaging with multiple stakeholders to critically self-review our practices and overall ability to meet the mission of the School. We referred to these efforts as “ACE 2024: Promoting Accountability, Engaging Community & Pursuing Excellence.

The culmination of this self-review resulted in a Medical School Evaluation Team (MSET) site visit that occurred on 22 April to 24 April 2024. The purpose of the MSET site visit was to explore Duke-NUS’ self-review against the National Standards for Basic Medical Education. This is part of the Ministry of Health’s efforts to promote continuous quality improvement in all of its medical schools

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What is the history of self-review in Singapore’s medical schools?

In 2018 prompted by a changing healthcare landscape, the Singapore Ministry of Health developed the National Standards for Basic Medical Education (“National Standards”) and the National Outcomes Framework for Medical Graduates (“National Outcomes”) to ensure that as medical schools expand in Singapore, they educate safe and capable doctors prepared for clinical practice. These documents set out the roadmap for Singapore’s medical schools to reach and maintain high standards. Later, the National Quality Improvement (QI) / Quality Assurance (QA) Framework was established to provide the mechanism for overseeing each school’s self-review process.

Who participated in the self-review process?

A successful self-review process depends on the efforts of the entire medical school community. Faculty, staff and student engagement is critical to the success of this process. More than 100 faculty, staff and students have participated in the self-review led by various workgroups. Participants provided valuable reflections on our strengths and important feedback on how we can continue to improve as a medical school. In addition, our colleagues from Duke University School of Medicine in the US also lended their expertise by providing an opportunity to experience a “mock site-review”, which was very helpful for demystifying the process and giving us an opportunity to explain our answers in a way that the MSET team would best understand.”

Details of the Duke-NUS self-review plan

Would you like to provide feedback on how we are doing?

We invite feedback from our community on our educational programmes. Please fill out this survey to share your thoughts. If you have specific questions, please email us at QA_A@duke-nus.edu.sg.

Preliminary reflections

"The recent external site-review of Duke-NUS, conducted by the Medical School Evaluation Team (MSET) organized by the Ministry of Health, validated our strategic direction and identified areas for further enhancement. I am immensely grateful for our community’s robust engagement and dedication, which exemplify the high standards and collaborative spirit at the heart of our institution." Professor Scott Compton, Senior Associate Dean.