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MOH Holdings scholarships have helped Janice Koh, 26, pave the way to a rewarding
healthcare career, and equipped Koh Xiang Ting, 20, with skills to benefit her patients daily lives

While completing an would allow her to improve others lives. better nursing care
attachment at Tan Tock Through the Healthcare Merit Scholarship, Participating in NHGPs research assignments
Seng Hospital, Janice Koh, she enrolled in La Trobe Universitys Bachelor of has helped her advance nursing services and

NOTE: All public healthcare scholarships are centrally awarded and managed by MOH Holdings.
26, realised that nursing Nursing programme in Australia. make a difference in the primary healthcare
encapsulated her interests community.
biological sciences and Hands-on learning Regular training keeps me updated on new
psychology and During her four years of studies, Janice approaches in treating and caring for patients,
completed clinical placements in tertiary and offers more career opportunities, she said.
hospitals, community settings, outpatient Janice assesses, plans, implements and
clinics and inpatient mental health wards in evaluates nursing care for patients with chronic
Melbourne. She also had some attachments diseases. She advises them on dietary and
to healthcare institutions in Singapore to lifestyle changes, and formulates treatment
familiarise herself with local healthcare plans. She is also part of a teamlet, a special
and nursing practices. care unit in which each patient is assigned two
Occupation: These, together with a doctors, a nurse and a care coordinator.
Staff nurse placement in the Burns and While handling patients can sometimes
Scholarship: Plastic unit in Melbourne, be challenging, Janice derives satisfaction by
Healthcare Merit helped Janice identify fostering nurse-patient relationships and making
Scholarship her areas of interest: a positive impact on patients lives.
Course and institution: Wound care and patient She hopes to further her studies in Chronic
Bachelor of Nursing education in line with Disease Management and contribute more
(Honours) at La her role as a staff nurse to the advancement of primary care nursing
Trobe University, at the National Healthcare to better serve Singaporeans in the fields of
Australia Group Polyclinics (NHGP). disease prevention and management.

Koh Xiang Ting ventured into healthcare home modification, rehabilitation Award:
after volunteering at the Movement for the services and counselling. Healthcare
Intellectually Disabled of Singapore. Working Merit Award
with people with intellectual disabilities made What are the benefits of being Course and
her think about how she could help them a Health Merit Award Scholar? institution: Bachelor of
beyond conducting exercise sessions. I get to meet members of Science in Occupational
Therapy (Honours) at
I learnt more about occupational therapy the community whom I would Singapore Institute
when I went for the Healthcare Attachment eventually work with. The award of Technology
Programme organised by MOH Holdings. We also funded my week-long study trip
were brought to the Hand Therapy department to Hong Kong, where I examined the citys
at Changi General Hospital. I was so inspired rehabilitation services and its healthcare system.
that I decided to pursue a degree in this field at I learnt that OTs have to work closely with other
Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT), said professionals, like engineers and social workers,
the 20-year-old, who shares more here. due to the diverse nature of their job.

Tell us about SITs programme.
The four-year occupational therapy degree
programme comprises three terms per year,
with clinical placements every third term.
As an occupational therapist (OT), one
of our roles is to help people to regain their
physical function, allowing them to return
to their lives prior to their injury or disease.
Intervention methods are diverse and include
What are some challenges that OTs face?
That would be having so many options to work
with that they are not sure where to start. There
is no one definite way to treat a patient as each
persons environment and personality are different.
Rehabilitation takes a long time, so resilience
and patience are traits that an OT should have.
Helping others regain the confidence to return to
their daily lives gives me satisfaction.
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