Education & Research | Singapore General Hospital

Education

Dietetics Clinical Placement & Training

The Department of Dietetics partners with overseas universities including Flinders University and Curtin University to provide clinical dietetics placement opportunities for Dietetics students.

Postgraduate Allied Health Institute (PGAHI)

Dietitians at the Singapore General Hospital conduct various nutrition courses and workshops for Dietitians, doctors, nurses and other Allied Health Professionals. Examples include:

Enteral Nutrition workshop

Diabetes Nutrition workshop

Research

The Department of Dietetics is actively involved in research activities to support evidence-based nutrition practice. Besides conducting their own research, Dietitians also support the various multidisciplinary research trials by providing their nutrition expertise.

Our current key research areas of focus are:

Intervention and outcome-based research (in areas including nutrition support, diabetes, renal disease, liver disease, transplant, etc.)
Evidence-based practice