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SINGAPORE PUBLICHEALTH& OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINECONFERENCE

Innovations in Public Health & Occupational Medicine The Next Frontier

24 26 August 2011 Furama Riverfront Singapore

www.phom-singapore.org

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MAINSPONSORS

ChapterofPublicHealth& OccupationalPhysicians, AcademyofMedicine,Singapore

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GuidelinesInternationalNetwork

COMMITTEE

WELCOMEMESSAGE

OrganisingCommittee
Chairman DrJeremyLim Members DrFereenLiew DrKennethChoy DrNgYihYng DrPweeKengHo DrWongChiaSiong

ScientificCommittee
Chairman DrPweeKengHo Members DrChanMeiFen DrJeremyLim DrLimJohnWah DrLimWeiYen DrMariaAbraham DrRajibGhosh DrWongChiaSiong AsstProfYoungKyungDo

Welcome to the 6th Singapore Public Health and Occupational Medicine Conference. We have selected as the theme for the conference, Innovations in Public Health andOccupational Medicine The Next Frontier, to challenge ourselves and the larger public health and occupationalmedicinecommunitywiththeconundrumof enablingwideraccesstohigherqualityhealthservicesata costindividualsandsocietycanafford.Onlybybeingtruly innovative can we reconcile these often conflicting objectives. We have lined up an exciting program with over a dozen internationalspeakerswhowillsharewithusleadingedge insightsonaplethoraofissuesrangingfromtheuseofnew mediainpublichealth,innovativehealthfinancingmodels, wellbeing and mental health promotion, workplace wellnessandmanyothers. Thisyear,wearedeeplyprivilegedtohaveasourguestof honourProfPeterGluckman,ChiefScienceAdvisortothe New Zealand government and the only New Zealander elected to the Institute of Medicine of the United States NationalAcademiesofScienceandaFellowofAcademyof MedicalSciencesofGreatBritain.ProfGluckmanisalsoa Fellow of the Royal Society of London and a recipient of New Zealands top science award, the Rutherford Medal. Other distinguished guests speaking include Prof Paul Glasziou, currently Professor of EvidenceBased Medicine inthedepartmentofPrimaryCareatBondUniversityand the University of Oxford, Dr S Aravind from the world renowned Aravind Eye Care System (Lighting up Lives ThroughReverseInnovation),DrKurtHegmann,Chairof theAmericanBoardofPreventiveMedicinewhowillspeak onpreventivemedicineeducationandmanyothers. Innovation is a multidisciplinary effort that requires new partnerships and even newer mental models. This years conference brings together an unprecedented number of international and local expert faculty members across a diverse array of disciplines to deliver a wide array of workshops,discussionsandsymposia. I look forward to meeting you at the conference in Singapore,andhopethatthisconferencewillincreaseyour knowledgeandstiryourappetiteforinnovation. DrJeremyLim Chairman,OrganisingCommittee

PROGRAMMEHIGHLIGHTS
MAINLECTURES DesperateTimes:ReversingtheDiabetesEpidemic ProfPeterGluckman,FirstChiefScienceAdvisortoNewZealandPrimeMinister LightingUpLivesThroughReverseInnovation DrSAravind,DirectorProjects,AravindEyeCareSystem TheWaterSuccessStory ProfSeetharamKallidaikurichi,VisitingProfessorandDirector InstituteofWaterPolicy,LeeKuanYewSchoolofPublicPolicy KnowledgeisNotEnoughInnovationsinDiffusingthePracticeofEBM DrPaulGlasziou,ProfessorinEvidenceBasedMedicine,BondUniversity,Australia PreventionofMusculoketalDisordersintheWorkplace:EvidencefromaLargeCohortStudy DrKurtHegmann,Director,RockyMountainCenterforOccupationalandEnvironmentalHealth SYMPOSIUMHIGHLIGHTS WellnessattheWorkplace MentalHealth SocialMedia HealthcareFinancing Education PsychologicalHazardsintheWorkplace CommunicableDiseases UpdateinOccupationalDiseases GuidelinesinPublicHealthand Methods EnvironmentalMedicine GlobalHealth SPECIALLUNCHSYMPOSIUMONTHEFUTUREOFPHARMACEUTICALACCESS (26Aug2011) Outline: DiscussiononaccessandpricingtrendsinAsianhealthcare Strategiestoimproveaccesstomedicinesinbothindividualhouseholdsandinthehealthcare system Learningfrombenchmarkprogramswithnationalorregionalpayers:RiskSharingSchemes Learningfrombenchmarkprogramswhenpatientisthepayer:PatientAccessPrograms Faculty 1. DrJeremyLim(DukeNUS) 2. DrAbdulkadirKeskinaslan(Novartis) 3. DrAnitaWagner(HarvardMedicalSchool)

PRECONFERENCEWORKSHOP

FATIGUERISKMANAGEMENTSYSTEM(24August2011) Keyareascovered FundamentalsofSleepPhysiology FatigueAssessmentTechniques FatigueRiskManagement ManagingFatigueinShiftWorkers Youdonotneedtoattendthemainconferenceinordertoregisterforthepreconferenceworkshop. REGISTRATIONFEES MainConference(25&26August2011)

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EarlyBirdFee (By30June2011) SGD380.00 SGD480.00 SGD200.00

RegularFee (After30June2011) SGD480.00 SGD580.00 SGD200.00

PreconferenceWorkshop(24August2011)

FellowsofAMS NonFellowsofAMS

SGD300.00 SGD450.00

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SPONSORSHIPFOROVERSEASDELEGATESANDSTUDENTS
Travel grants will be offered to selected participants from developing countries. To qualify for the travelgrant,aparticipantmustsubmitanabstractandhavetheabstractselectedforpresentation. Fulltimelocalstudentswhohavesubmittedabstractsandareselectedforabstractpresentationwill beeligibleforfundingofregistrationfees. Allsponsorshipapplicationswillbesubjectedtoapprovalbytheorganisingcommittee. CONTACTINFORMATION ChapterofPublicHealth&OccupationalPhysicians,AcademyofMedicine,Singapore 81KimKeatRoad,#1100NKFCentre,Singapore328836 Tel:(65)65937804Fax:(65)65937860 Email:phom@ams.edu.sg