The Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School located in Singapore was initially created with the intention of transplanting the Duke University School of Medicine curriculum to Singapore, where the British fashion of health instruction had been dominant.
A small team of pioneer faculty confronted many challenges, including transplanting the U.S. version while making attempt to improve upon and conform it to the local environment, confronting disbelief from the local medical community, and securing reinforcement for an advanced educational approach both inside and outside the school. The public viewed attentively as the first cohort of students prepared to graduate. How would these grads perform? What would their performance say about the efforts of the Duke NUS faculty and its own supporters?
PUBLICATION DATE: January 24, 2014 PRODUCT #: W13589-PDF-ENG
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