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Dr Ng Lee Beng
MBBS, GDFM, MMed (FamMed), FCFPS
Senior Consultant
Singapore General Hospital
Specialty: Family Medicine
Clinical Interests
Family Medicine
About
Dr Ng Lee Beng underwent her medical training in Singapore and has practised in diverse Family Medicine settings from ambulatory general practice and polyclinic settings to inpatient acute hospital and community hospital arenas. She was involved in pioneering the post discharge transitional home care model of care to reduce hospital utilisation.
She is actively involved in family medicine training on undergraduate and postgraduate levels. She was Programme Director for the College of Family Physicians Singapore’s Master of Medicine and Fellowship programmes successively between 2010 and 2018. Her areas of special interest include advocating for and training facilitators in advance care planning conversation, and improving health literacy, especially in the application of therapeutic lifestyle changes to not just prevent, but treat and reverse chronic disease, as well as for physician self-care. She has attained International Certification in Lifestyle Medicine.
Education and Training
- FAMS
- FCFPS
- MCFPS
- MMed (Family Medicine)
- GDFM
- MBBS (Singapore)
Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships
- Advisor, Chapter of FM Physicians, AMS
- Advisor, Singaporean Society of Lifestyle Medicine
- Member, College of Family Physicians Singapore
- Member, Singapore Medical Association
- Member, Alumni Association
Awards
- SGH CEO Award 2021
- College of Family Physicians Singapore Distinguished Educator Award 2015
- Singhealth Service with a Heart Award (2016, 2015, 2014, 2012, 2011)
- Singhealth Inaugural Service with Quality Award (Star) 2010
- SGH Heart of Service award 2009
- Excellent Service Award (EXSA) Gold (2009, 2008)
Publications
- Applying the Integrated Practice Unit Concept to a Modified Virtual Ward Model of Care for Patients at Highest Risk of Readmission: A randomised controlled trial. LL Low, SY Tan, MJM Ng, WY Tay, LB Ng, K Balasubramaniam, et al. Jan 2017; PLoS ONE 12(1) Journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0168757
- Effectiveness of a transitional home care program in reducing acute hospital utilization: a quasi-experimental study. LL Low, FF Vasanwala, LB Ng, C Chen, KH Lee, SY Tan. BMC Health Services Research 2015; 15(1), 100
- Transitional care for the highest risk patients: findings of a randomized control study. KH Lee, LL Low, J Allen, S Barbier, LB Ng, MJM Ng, WY Tay, DY Tan. International journal of integrated care. 2015; 15(4)
- Assessment and Management of Dysphagia. Grace Yu Tik Yin, Ng Lee Beng. The Singapore Family Physician Apr- Jun 2015; Vol 4 (2) 11-16
- Advance Care Planning in the Primary Care setting. Ng Lee Beng. The Singapore Family Physician Jan-Mar 2015; Vol 4 (1) 22-28
- Role of the Multidisciplinary Team in Transitional Care. Jesmine Lee Mei Gene, Ng Lee Beng. The Singapore Family Physician Jan-Mar 2015; Vol 4 (1) 17-22
- Limits to Relational Autonomy - The Singapore Experience. LKR Krishna, DS Watkinson, NL Beng. Nursing Ethics, June 9, 2014; Volume 22 (3) 331-340. http://nej.sagepub.com/
- Entrustable Professional Activities to enhance continuity of care. LB Ng, M Ng Joo Ming. Medical Education November 2014; Volume 48 (11), 1115
- The Effect of a Brief Low-Intensity Therapeutic Lifestyle Counselling Intervention on Weight Loss among Overweight Patients in Primary Care: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. LB Ng, Y Yang, GCH Koh. Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare 2014; Volume 23(2) 118-125
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