THOUGHT LEADERSHIP SERIES 2: TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT
Check out what role EASB plays in shaping Singapore’s healthcare landscape See how EASB’s comprehensive postgraduate programmes help healthcare professional succeed.
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ast Asia Institute of Management or EASB is a top notch educational institution that aims to be a global education provider, equipping students with the latest knowledge and technical competence, and imbuing in them high ethical standards, that enable them to be immediate value contributors to businesses and society. EASB offers a wide range of programmes that cater to the healthcare sector such as the MSc in Nursing (Education) and MSc in Nursing (Management). Both programmes aim to promote excellence in practice by offering opportunities to develop personally and professionally in the discipline of Nursing and can also benefit nurses who work in hospitals as nurse educators. EASB also offers the Bsc Professional Practice (Nursing) part time post registration programme which is accredited by Singapore Nursing Board (SNB) and the BSc Hons Medical Bioscience programme, both of which are relevant to the healthcare setting in Singapore. Doris Lim Ching Lin is currently enrolled in Queen Margaret University – MSc in Nursing (Education), at the same time, she works as a Section Head and Lecturer in Health Sciences in the Nursing Education sector, specialising in the areas of nursing and also teaches
Doris Lim Ching Lin Queen Margaret University MSc in Nursing (Education)
anatomy and physiology at the Institute of Technical Education. A lecturer herself, Doris chose to upgrade academically to value-add to her organisation (an education institution), which in turns broadens her perspective of the nursing landscape. This will then be transferred down to her students, the future generation of healthcare professionals. As soon as Doris started her course with EASB, she knew the programme can help her enhance her professional development and succeed in her career. Thorough selection process Doris reckons that EASB collaborates with many well-known and prestigious universities from overseas. The mission and vision of EASB, its methods of lessons deliveries and mode of learning are at par or near equivalent to Singapore post-graduate education. During the process of course selection, Doris did a thorough market research to check out what were the modules and skills relevancy each university is offering. Realising that choosing an MSc
“In order to keep this passion going for years, I felt that there is a need for me to upgrade myself too.”
course is a serious career decision, Doris did check with her colleagues and peers who were currently doing their Masters as well as the university administrators on the course structure, the mode of assessment, course fees, the hours of direct contact with the university lecturers, the duration of the course, the reliability of the university as well as their success rate. After such a rigorous process, she took the MSc in EASB as she believes the course structure is comprehensive and modules offered are relevant to her current job scope. Being a nursing lecturer is a double calling as both professions require a lot of passion and dedication, according to Doris. “In order to keep this passion going for years, I felt that there is a need for me to upgrade myself too. As a nursing lecturer, I believe the programme offered by EASB gives an individual a helicopter view of the nursing education thus generate new thinking and ideas which could shape the nursing education in Singapore,” says Doris. Holistic learning Given that the system, processes & objectives of EASB are at par or near equivalent to other educational institutions, Doris is convinced that her current MSc degree in EASB will help her excel in her present role as a lecturer. It is without doubt that with the knowledge gain, the maturity level are understanding of complex issues pertaining to education and nursing will be attained. Knowledge is a powerful tool to a lecturer, a tool that could bring a better life to the student as a useful human being to the society. “I believe the MSc degree in EASB will also give me a holistic view of the different approaches of nursing education while imparting knowledge to my students. Currently at the management level, the skills that I would gain from EASB could allow me to review, re-modify, reform and shape a new meaning of the nursing education in Singapore. With a new meaning, it thus indirectly brings about a change of the healthcare system in Singapore.” SINGAPORE BUSINESS REVIEW | SEPTEMBER 2013 19