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Associate Professor

Clement C. YAN

Member, Institutional Review Board (SIT-IRB)
Doctor of Education [EdD], University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States
Cluster:
Health and Social Sciences
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SIT Appointments

  • Member, Institutional Review Board (SIT-IRB)
    – Present

Education

  • WSQ Diploma in Design and Developement of Learning for Performance (DDDLP)
    Institute for Adult Learning , Singapore
  • Doctor of Education [EdD]
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign , United States
  • WSQ Advanced Certificate in Learning and Performance [ACLP]
    Institute for Adult Learning , Singapore
  • Doctor of Physical Therapy [DPT]
    Creighton University , United States
  • Bachelor of Science summa cum laude in Respiratory Care [BS(RespCare)]
    State University of New York Upstate Medical University , United States
  • Bachelor of Health Science in Physiotherapy [BHScPT)]
    The University of Sydney , Australia
  • Diploma in Physiotherapy [DipPT]
    Nanyang Polytechnic , Singapore

Achievements

  • SingHealth GCEO Excellence Awards – Outstanding Educator Award
  • The COVID-19 Resilience Medal (CRM)
  • The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
  • SIF Long Service Award - Singapore International Foundation
  • Long Service Award - 5 years (Inaugural) - Sengkang General Hospital, Singapore
  • FY2017 HMDP Fellowship Award for Training at St Mark’s Hospital, Harrow, Greater London, U.K. in Enhanced Recovery Programme for the Elderly after Colorectal Surgery – Ministry of Health, Singapore
  • AMEI Golden Apple Awards – Outstanding Young Educator Award (Allied Health) – SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre, Singapore
  • Teaching & Learning Achievement Award – Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore
  • The Lambda Beta Society - National Honor Society for the Profession of Respiratory Care – State University of New York Upstate Medical University, USA
  • Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence – State University of New York Upstate Medical University, USA
  • Academic Excellence Award – New York State Society for Respiratory, Central New York Chapter
  • Office of Residential Life Resident Assistant of the Year Award – State University of New York Upstate Medical University, USA
  • Department of Respiratory Therapy Education Outstanding Student Award – State University of New York Upstate Medical University, USA
  • Jimmy A. Young Memorial Education Recognition Award – American Respiratory Care Foundation
  • Health Sciences Award for Academic Excellence in Physiotherapy – The University of Sydney, Australia

Professional Certification

  • MBTI® Certified Practitioner
    The Myers-Briggs Company
  • Specialist Adult Educator (Curriculum Development)
    Institute for Adult Learning, Singapore
  • Registered (Full) Physiotherapist
    Allied Health Professions Council, Singapore
  • Board-Certified Clinical Specialist in Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Physical Therapy
    American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties
  • Certificate in Teaching & Learning (Higher Education)
    Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore
  • Certified Instructor for Basic Cardiac Life Support and Automatic External Defibrillation
    Sengkang General Hospital / Singapore Resuscitation and First Aid Council
  • Credentialed Clinical Instructor
    American Physical Therapy Association
  • Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT)
    National Board for Respiratory Care, USA
  • Licensed/Registered Physical Therapist (PT)
    New York State Board for Physical Therapy, USA

Professional Memberships

  • Singapore Physiotherapy Association
  • Institute for Adult Learning Adult Education Network (IAL-AEN)
  • Association of Medical Education in Europe (AMEE)
  • American Association for Respiratory Care

Corporate Experience

  • Chair, SingHealth Academy College of Allied Health, Singapore
    Present
  • Member, SingHealth Education Council, Singapore
    Present
  • Member, SingHealth Academy Executive Council, Singapore
    Present
  • Lead, Workforce Development Unit, Allied Health Division, Sengkang General Hospital, Singapore
    Present
  • Member, Curriculum and Organization Review Committee (CORC) for Physiotherapy, Allied Health Professions Council, Singapore
    Present
  • Member, Credentials Committee for Physiotherapy, Allied Health Professions Council, Singapore
    Present
  • Clinical Education Lead (Allied Health), Sengkang General Hospital, Singapore
    Present
  • Senior Principal Physiotherapist, Sengkang General Hospital, Singapore
    Present
  • Co-Lead, Subgroup 2 - Professional Development, Community Rehabilitation Transformation Workgroup, Ministry of Health, Singapore
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  • Deputy Chair (Quality & Governance), SingHealth Academy College of Allied Health, Singapore
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  • Deputy Chair (Academic Support & Continuing Education), SingHealth Academy College of Allied Health, Singapore
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  • Member, Curriculum Review Working Committee, Ministry of Health, Singapore
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  • Deputy Chair, SingHealth Academy College of Allied Health, Singapore
    –
  • Senior Lecturer, School of Health Sciences (Allied Health), Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore
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  • Principal Physiotherapist, Singapore General Hospital
    –
  • Respiratory Therapist, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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  • Senior Physiotherapist, Changi General Hospital, Singapore
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  • Respiratory Therapist, University Hospital SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA
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  • Physiotherapist, Changi General Hospital, Singapore
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Research Interests

  • Clinical supervision & workplace learning
  • Workplace-based assessment
  • Acute respiratory and critical care physiotherapy
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Journal Papers

  • Ang, S. W., Liew, J., Dharmaratnam, V. M., Yik, V. Y. J., Kok, S., Aftab, S., Tong, C., Lee, H. B., Mah, S. M., Yan, C. C., Teh, B. T., & Koh, F. H. (2024). Diagnostic performance of various radiological modalities in the detection of sarcopenia within Asian populations: A systematic review. Annals of Coloproctology. https://doi.org/10.3393/ac.2024.00080.0011

  • Dong, C., Low, S. C., & Yan, C. C. (2024). Workplace-based assessment in healthcare: Key concepts and best practices. Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare, 33, 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1177/20101058241310618

  • Koh, F. H., Yik, V., Chin, S. E., Kok, S. S. X., Lee, H. B., Tong, C. C. Y., Tay, P. D. W., Chean, E. Y. R., Lam, Y. E., Mah, S. M.,  Foo, L. X., Yan, C. C., Chua, W. T., Jamil, M. H., Khasthuri, G., Ong, L. W. L, Tan, A. Y. H., Chue, K. M., Ho, L. M. L., Chong, C. X. Z., Ladlad, J., Tan, C. H. M., Khoo, N. A. X., Ng, J. L., Tan, W. J. H., & Foo, F. J. (2024). Evaluating the impact of multimodal prehabilitation with high protein oral nutritional supplementation (HP ONS) with beta-hydroxy beta-methylbutyrate (HMB) on sarcopenic surgical patients: Interim analysis of the HEROS Study. Nutrients, 16(24), 4351. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16244351

  • Koh, F. H., Chew, L. M., Wong, N., Kow, A. W., Yap, D., Ng, S., Ng, J., Tan, M. Y., Lee, D. J., Au-Yong, A. P., Yan, C. C., Darmawirya, P., Jayachandran, B., Maier, A., El Yeong, H., Chew, S. T., Foo, F. J., How, K. Y., & Ng, D. H. (2024). Perioperative management of sarcopenia in patients undergoing major surgeries in Singapore: A modified Delphi consensus. International Journal of Surgery, 110(8), 4552-4558. https://doi.org/10.1097/JS9.0000000000001515

  • Cheong, K. Y., Syed Mahmud, S. M., Chng, N. W., Kwek, G. J., Yan, C. C., & Yeung, M. T. (2024). Cross-sectional survey of health literacy among health science students in Singapore. The Journal of Medicine Access, 8, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1177/27550834231222382

  • Yeung, M. T., Tan, N. K., Lee, G. Z., Gao, Y., Tan, C. J., & Yan, C. C. (2023). Perceived barriers to mobility in the intensive care units of Singapore: The Patient Mobilisation Attitudes and Beliefs Survey for the intensive care units. Journal of the Intensive Care Society, 24(1), 32-39. https://doi.org/10.1177/17511437221099791

  • Yan, C. C. (2022). Clinical supervision of physiotherapists in Singapore: A mixed methods exploration [Doctoral dissertation, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign]. IDEALS. https://hdl.handle.net/2142/117626

  • Yan, C. C. (2022). Clinical supervision in the health professions: A literature review. Journal of Learning Design and Leadership, 1(1), 77-104. https://ldljournal.web.illinois.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ClementYan_ClinicalSupervision_JLDL_Vol1Issue1September2022.pdf

  • Lee, B. X., Tiew, J. C., Lim., J. G., Sani, D., Yan, C. C., Patman, S, Chan, M., & Yeung, M. T. (2022). Minimum standards of clinical practice for physiotherapists working in adult intensive care units (ICU) in Singapore. Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare, 31, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1177/20101058221111577

  • Lim, E. K. H., Loh, G. J. T., Ong, R. Y., Tan, R. R., Yan, C. C., Huang, K. S., Chan, M. Y., & Yeung, M. T. (2022). Finding echoes: An exploration of empathy among physiotherapists and physiotherapy students in Singapore. Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare, 31, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1177/20101058211048581

  • Yeung, M. T., Chan, M. Y., Yan, C. C., & Huang, K. S. (2021). Ensuring continuity of education during a pandemic - Experience from an entry-level physiotherapy programme. The Asia Pacific Scholar, 6(3), 114-117. https://doi.org/10.29060/TAPS.2021-6-3/PV2376

  • Tan, V. Z., Lee, M. Q., Wong, D. L., Huang, K. S., Chan, M. Y., Yan, C. C., & Yeung, M. T. (2021). The Chinese (Mandarin) instructions of the 6-minute walk test: A validation study. Hong Kong Physiotherapy Journal, 41(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1142/S1013702521500049

  • Yan, C. C. (2008). Optimizing postural control after traumatic brain injury: A task-oriented approach to examination and intervention. Physiotherapy Singapore, 11, 6-13.

Conferences

  • Pillai, H. N., Chua, M. H. L., Soh, S. K., Koh, S. K., Goh, S. C., Sng, L. H., Loo, L. H., Yeow, H. X., Fan, J. T. H., Jiang, B., Kiman, K., & Yan. C. C. (2024, November 1-2). Empowering allied health professionals and pharmacists in SingHealth: Implementing and evaluating the effectiveness of the Building-A-Portfolio programme [Paper presentation]. International Allied Health Conference 2024, Singapore.

  • Pillai, H. N., Yan, C. C., Yeoh, T. T., Mun, S., Fan, J. T. H., & Jiang, Bo. (2024, November 1-2). Evaluating the effectiveness of the Allied Health & Pharmacy Education Mentoring Programme in SingHealth [Poster presentation]. International Allied Health Conference 2024, Singapore.

  • Yan, C. C. (2024, September 27-28). Bias and discrimination in workplace learning in healthcare. In C. Dong (Chair), Addressing bias and reduce discrimination in health professions education [Symposium]. Singapore Duke-NUS Education Conference 2024, Singapore. 

  • Pillai, H. N., Chua, M. H. L., Soh, S. K., Koh, S. K., Goh, S. C., Sng, L. H., Loo, L. H., Yeow, H. X., Fan, J. T. H., Jiang, B., Kiman, K., & Yan. C. C. (2024, September 27-28). Empowering allied health professionals and pharmacists: Implementing and evaluating the effectiveness of the Building-A-Portfolio (BAP) programme [Poster presentation]. Singapore Duke-NUS Education Conference 2024, Singapore.

  • Yan, C. C. (2023, May 26-27). Clinical supervision of physiotherapists in Singapore: A mixed methods exploration [Paper presentation]. 20th Asia-Pacific Medical Education Conference (APMEC), Singapore.

  • Yan, C. C. (2022, October 13-15). Effectiveness of clinical supervision of Singapore-based physiotherapists: A survey [Poster presentation]. Singapore Allied Health Conference 2022, Singapore.

  • Yeung, M. T., Tan, N. K., Lee, G. Z., Gao, Y., Tan, C. J., & Yan, C. C. (2022, June 18-20). Perceived barriers to mobility in the intensive care units (ICU) of Singapore: The Patient Mobilisation Attitudes and Beliefs Survey for the ICU [Paper presentation]. World Physiotherapy-Asia Western Pacific Regional Congress 2022, Hong Kong.

  • Lee, B. X., Tiew, J. C., Lim., J. G., Sani, D., Yan, C. C., & Yeung, M. T. (2021, June 18-19). Minimum standards of clinical practice for physiotherapists working in intensive care units (ICUs) in Singapore [Paper presentation]. 6th Annual Asia Pacific Conference on Early Mobilization and Rehabilitation in ICU 2021, South Korea.

  • Tan, L. J., Ong, S. T. C., Ong, W. L., Chua, X. J., & Yan, C. C. (2015, October 2-3). Smoking cessation and counseling: Knowledge and views of Singapore physiotherapists [Poster presentation]. Singapore Health and Biomedical Congress 2015, Singapore.

  • Koh, L. H., Lee, X., Low, W. H., Ong, S. P., Pei, M., & Yan, C. C. (2015, February 6-8). Accuracy and inter-rater reliability in the auscultation of lung sounds among final year physiotherapy students in Singapore: A cohort study [Poster presentation]. 12th Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference (APMEC) and 3rd International Conference on Faculty Development in the Health Professions (ICFDHP), Singapore.

  • Yan, C. C., & Tan, T. L. L. (2014, January 17-19). Attitudes toward death anxiety and dying among physiotherapy students in Singapore [Paper presentation]. 11th Asia-Pacific Medical Education Conference (APMEC), Singapore. 

  • Lim, S. Q., Tay, O. S. M., Tay, W., Yun, Y. S., & Yan, C. C. (2014, January 17-19). Exploring the learning experience and outcomes of peer teaching as a knowledge reinforcement methodology in a first-year physiotherapy academic module: A pilot study [Poster presentation]. 11th Asia-Pacific Medical Education Conference (APMEC), Singapore. 

  • Yan, C. C. (2012, September). The use of film to teach final-year physiotherapy students about end-of-life care [Poster presentation]. 8th Singapore Physiotherapy Association National Congress, Singapore.

  • Yan, C. C., Chan, M., Ong, B., & Seah, F. (2010, October). Manual hyperinflation as a respiratory physiotherapy technique in airway secretion management: A systematic review [Poster presenation]. SingHealth Duke-NUS Scientific Congress 2010, Singapore.

  • Zubaidah, S., Yow, L., Yee, Y. W., Yan, C. C., & Tan, H. Y. (2007, September). The impact of early postoperative ambulation on patients who underwent un-complicated upper abdominal surgery: An Asian context [Paper presentation]. 2007 Changi General Hospital Annual Scientific Meeting, Singapore.

Books

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Teaching Modules

Physiotherapy, BSc (Hons)

  • PTY2028 - Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy 1
  • PTY3018 - Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy 2
  • PTY3016 - Simulated Practice Education
  • PTY3009 - Clinical Decision Making in Patients with Complex Health Issues

Past

  • HSC4004 - Patient and Client Education
  • PTY2001 - Cardiopulmonary Physiotherapy
  • PTY3008 - Critical Care Physiotherapy
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