Healthcare Leadership Management Program Closing Ceremony and MoU Exchange Between UKM and SingHealth

CHERAS, 8 May 2024 – Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz through the Corporate Communications Department organized the Healthcare Leadership Management Program Closing Ceremony and MoU Exchange between UKM and SingHealth yesterday at the Advanced Surgical Skills Center (ASSC) Auditorium, HCTM.

The first Healthcare Leadership Management Program was held in 2020 at the UMBI Auditorium with the involvement of 71 participants at that time. Prof. Dato’ Dr. Hanafiah, Pro Vice-Chancellor of the Kuala Lumpur Campus who represented UKM’s Vice-Chancellor in his speech said, “Within three (3) years we managed to reach 260 participants with about 20 projects presented.

“Who would have thought that in 3 years we have managed to cover management topics such as Healthcare Leadership, Healthcare Financing, Risk Management, Human Resource Management, Communication, Population Health, Healthcare Strategy & Patient Value Delivery, Epidemic Management at the system level, Diabetes Mellitus – Prevention & Management, and Clinical Quality and Patient Safety”, he said.

The participants of this program consist of management and professional groups from the teaching hospital group (KHUAM – Hospital Konsortium Universiti Awam Malaysia). The organization of this program is the result of collaboration between HCTM and Singapore Health Services (SingHealth) in fostering a network of healthcare practitioners empowered to improve healthcare as well as a platform for sharing expertise to build a sustainable healthcare system across communities in the region.

The organization of the Healthcare Leadership Management Programme, SingHealth acts as the provider of the Training Module, HCTM as a collaboration partner as a leader in ensuring that the planned program runs smoothly while the sponsorship and funds are from Temasek Foundation International.

An Exchange of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between UKM and SingHealth was also held. UKM was represented by YBhg. Prof. Dato’ Dr. Hanafiah Harunarashid as Pro Vice Chancellor of the Kuala Lumpur Campus. While SingHealth is represented by YBhg. Prof. Fong Kok Yong, Deputy Group CEO (Medical & Clinical Services). Also present in this ceremony was YBhg. Prof. Dato’ Dr. Razman Jarmin, Director of HCTM, Puan Vijaya Rao, Director of International Collaboration Office, SingHealth, Deputy Directors, Heads of Departments and staff of the Malaysian Public University Teaching Hospital.