Undergraduate Research and Funding Opportunities

NCCS aims to provide medical students with mentorship in research and provides students with a gateway into academic activities in Oncology ACP. For medical education and palliative care research opportunities, kindly contact epeu@nccs.com.sg

Funding opportunities available for medical students

The SingHealth Medical Student Talent Development Award (SMSTDA) is an Academic Medicine Initiative designed to provide high potential medical students with developmental opportunities to experience the implementation of research and develop their career in medicine through the Academic Clinical Programme (ACP) and their faculty.

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Past Grant Awardees

Year/Cycle	Student Awardee	Oncology ACP Mentor	Project Title
FY20 Cycle 2	Ong Yun Ting	Prof Lalit Krishna	Understanding Professional identity Formation in Medical Students and Doctors (PGY-1 and Residents in Palliative Medicine, Medical Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Emergency Medicine, and Radiation Oncology
FY21 Cycle 1	Ho Chong Yao		Impact of Death and Dying on the Personhood of Physicians and Advanced Practice Nurses (APN)s in National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS): A Qualitative Study
FY22 Cycle 1	Elaine Quah Li Ying		A Systematic Scoping Review on Dignity and Euthanasia
	Keith Chua Zi Yuan		Theory-based Assessment of Dignity in Dying Patients
	Nicole-Ann Lim Shuan		In pursuit of a “Good Death”: Challenges and conflicts faced by palliative physicians in a terminal cancer patient’s journey
FY22 Cycle 2	Chrystie Quek Wan Ning		A Systematic Scoping Review on Moral Distress amongst Physicians