Clin Prof Lalit Kumar Radha Krishna

About

Dr Lalit Krishna is a Senior Consultant at the Division of Supportive and Palliative Care, National Cancer Centre. He is also currently a Visiting Consultant at Bright Vision Hospital and Assisi Hospice.

 

Dr Lalit Krishna also holds the appointments of Clinical Professor at Duke-NUS Medical School, and Clinical Senior Lecturer at Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. He is the chairman of the Clinical Ethics Committee and the Internal Audit Committee at NCCS. He is actively involved in teaching and continues to participate in medical, nursing and allied health education and is undertaking a PhD in Medical Education. 

Education and Training

• August 2017, University of Liverpool, MD in Palliative Medicine (ongoing)
• March 2016, Dundee University, Masters in Medical Education 
• March 2015, Dundee University, Diploma in Medical Education 
• September 2014, Dundee University, Post Graduate Certificate of Medical Education 
• August 2013, National University Singapore, Doctorate in Philosophy (PhD Biomedical Ethics) 
• May 2013, Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh, FRCP (Edin) 
• May 201,3 Fellowship of the Academy of Medicine Singapore, FAMS 
• June 2007, Keele University, MA in Ethics of Cancer and Palliative Care 
• Apr 2007,  Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training 
• Dec 2001, MRCP (UK) 
• Dec 1995,  University of Liverpool M.B.,Ch.B

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

National Cancer Centre Singapore 

• Chair of the Clinical Ethics Committee 
• Chairman of the Internal Audit Committee  
  

SingHealth

• Core Faculty Member for Internal Medicine Residency Program

Awards

Teaching awards 

• YLL Dean’s Award for Teaching 2013 
• WHB Society –SMA Outstanding Mentor Award 2013 
• YLL Role Model of the Year 2014 
• YLL Role Model of the Year 2015
• SingHealth Outstanding Educator Staff 2016
• WHB Society –SMA Outstanding Mentor Award 2019

Awards

• Excellence Service Award 2009 
• Singapore Health Quality Service Award 2012 
• Public Healthcare Clinician Special Recognition Award 2013 
• DukeNUS Faculty Appreciation Award 2014 
• DukeNUS Faculty Appreciation Award 2015 
• Singapore Health Quality Service Award Silver 2017
• Singapore Health Quality Service Award Gold 2018

Research Interests

• Mentoring in Medical Education 
• Professional identity formation and Personhood at the End of Life

Publications

• Krishna L, Tay KT, Yap HW, et al. Combined novice, near-peer, e-mentoring palliative medicine program: A mixed method study in Singapore. PLoS One. 2020;15(6):e0234322. Published 2020 Jun 5. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0234322
• Krishna L, Neo HY, Chia EWY, Tay KT, Chan N, Neo PSH, Goh C, Peh TY, Chiam M, Low JAYH. The role of palliative medicine in ICU bed allocation in COVID-19: a joint position statement of the Singapore Hospice Council and the Chapter of Palliative Medicine Physician. Asian Bioethics Rev. 2020;12:205-211. doi:10.1007/s41649-020-00128-0. PMCID: PMC7262490
• Ong YT, Kow CS, Teo YH, Tan LHE, Abdurrahman ABHM, Quek NWS, Prakash K, Cheong CWS, Tan XH, Lim WQ, Wu J, Tan LHS, Tay KT, Chin A, Toh YP, Mason S, Krishna L. Nurturing professionalism in medical schools. A systematic scoping review of training curricula between 1990–2019. Medical Teacher. 2020;42(6):636-649. doi:10.1080/0142159X.2020.1724921
• Ng YX, Koh ZYK, Yap HW, Tay KT, Tan XH, Ong YT, Tan LHE, Chin AMC, Toh YP, Shivananda S, Compton S, Mason S, Kanesvaran R, Krishna L. Assessing mentoring: A scoping review of mentoring assessment tools in internal medicine between 1990 and 2019. Plos One. 2020;15(5):e0232511. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232511.

• Ng CH, Ong ZH, Koh JWH, Ang RZE, Tan LHS, Tay KT, Chin AMC, Toh YP, Zhou JX, Krishna L. Enhancing Interprofessional Communications Training in Internal Medicine. Lessons Drawn From a Systematic Scoping Review From 2000 to 2018. Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions. 2020;40(1):27-35. doi: 10.1097/CEH.0000000000000278.
• Compton S, Sarraf‐Yazdi S, Rustandy F, Krishna L. Medical students’ preference for returning to the clinical setting during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Med Educ. 2020;00:1-8. doi:10.1111/medu.14268

• Chua WJ, Cheong CWS, Lee FQH, Koh EYH, Toh YP, Mason S, Krishna L. Structuring mentoring in medicine and surgery. A systematic scoping review of mentoring programs between 2000 and 2019. Journal of Continuing Education in Health Professionals (in press)

• Kow CS, Teo YH, Teo YN, Chua KZY, Quah ELY, Kamal NHBA, Tan LHE, Cheong CWS, Ong YT, Tay KT, Chiam M, Mason S, Krishna L. A systematic scoping review of ethical issues in mentoring in medical schools. BMC Med Educ 2020;246(20). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-020-02169-3
• Lim SYS, Koh EYH, Tan BJX, Toh YP, Mason S, Krishna L. Enhancing geriatric oncology training through a combination of novice mentoring and peer and near-peer mentoring: A thematic analysis ofmentoring in medicine between 2000 and 2017. Journal of Geriatric Oncology. 2020;11(4):566-575. doi: 10.1016/j.jgo.2019.09.008.
• Krishna L, Toh YP, Mason S, Kanesvaran R. Mentoring stages: A study of undergraduate mentoring in palliative medicine in Singapore. PLOS One. 2019;14(4):e0214643. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0214643