Pre-conference Workshop

(1) Building Effective Community Partnerships for Social Prescribing and a Healthier SG

 
Date: 27 Nov 2024, Wed | Time: 1000 - 1700 | Track Type: Workshop
Venue: Outram Community Hospital, 10 Hospital Boulevard, Level 2, A.L.I.C.E at SGH Campus
 
Course Fee:

• Public: S$150 (9% GST exclusive)
• SingHealth staff: Complimentary for SingHealth staff. Kindly obtain approval from your department before proceeding with registration. For any enquiries, please email school@singhealthch.com.sg 
  

Workshop Trainer:

Sam has been a GP in Tower Hamlets since 1989 in the Bromley by Bow Centre. The Centre is well-visited by many in Singapore who wish to learn more about health and social integration and social prescribing, and has over 100 projects under its roof supporting the wider determinants of health.

Co-Facilitator:

As a Technical Officer in the Healthy Ageing unit at WHO WPRO, April supports Member States in achieving the vision of healthy ageing. This includes providing technical assistance for the development of national policies and plans, as well as generating evidence to inform interventions. April also facilitates capacity building and knowledge exchange among Member States and has contributed to the development of key WHO knowledge products, including the Social Prescribing toolkit and the OpenWHO course. In addition, April serves as the innovation focal point for the Division of Healthy Environments and Populations at WHO WPRO.

April holds a Master of Public Health (Social and Behavioural Health Sciences) from the University of Toronto, with public health research experience in Canada, China, Malawi, Kenya, and the Philippines.

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(2) Introduction to the "Building Blocks" of Programme Evaluation for Population Health Programmes

Date: 26 & 27 Nov 2024, Tues & Wed | Time: 0900 - 1730 | Track Type: Workshop
Venue: Academia, Singapore General Hospital Campus, 20 College Rd, Singapore 169856

Course Fee:

• Public: S$600 (9% GST Inclusive)
• SingHealth staff: Please contact your respective L&D partner (corporate device required) to register, or email cphri@singhealth.com.sg if you require clarifications

Main Workshop Trainer:

Ms Milawaty Nurjono is a health services researcher with vast experience in population and community-based programmes evaluation. Mila received her Master in Public Health from Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health and was a recipient of the National Medical Research Council Research Fellowship, Singapore. At SingHealth cluster level, Mila offers programme evaluation training, consultation and leads a group of analysts in supporting programme evaluation.

Synopsis: With scarcity in resources, there is a growing need to evaluate healthcare programmes to facilitate improvement, optimize resources and make policy decisions. In this 2-day workshop, (i) rationale for evaluation, (ii) evaluation approaches, (iii) “know how” of conducting evaluation, data collection and analysis, (iv) dissemination of evaluation findings for decision making in population health settings will be discussed. Participants can expect to learn through lectures, discussions, and group work throughout this workshop.

Note:

• Bring your own laptop and charger
• Important: Ensure that your laptop can connect to Wireless@SG and access Google drive for collaborative course work
  • Please download and configure Wireless@SG by visiting the website and configure the applications at home prior to the workshop
    

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