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Scott Compton

Professor, Office of Education

Deputy Head, Office of Education

Senior Associate Dean (Medical Education), Office of Education

scott.compton@duke-nus.edu.sg

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Professor Scott Compton is Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education, Deputy Head of Office (Education), and Program Director of the Master of International Translational Medicine program at Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore.

Prof Compton earned his PhD from Wayne State University (USA) in Educational Evaluation & Research. He has an extensive research background in both Emergency Medicine and Medical Education. Since joining Duke-NUS in 2012, he has been dedicated to elevating the institution's educational strategy, ensuring it not only aligns with but also exceeds international excellence benchmarks.

In his career, Prof Compton has focused his research efforts on improving outcomes from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, enhancing palliative emergency medicine, and improving medical education. He has mentored over 100 Emergency Medicine residents, medical students, faculty members, and post-doctoral fellows while completing research in these areas. He has been recognized for his teaching at every level of the educational spectrum and has been awarded the Golden Apple Award for Generativity by the Academic Medicine Education Institute of the SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre. Prof Compton also has a very active history of service at local and international levels in Singapore and the United States. Throughout his career he has led or served many committees on strategic planning initiatives, department chair searches, accreditation activities (including LCME, SACS, and Middle States accreditations in the US, and the first ever Singapore National Standards for Basic Medical Education self-review of Duke-NUS) and chaired numerous medical school curriculum committees. Internationally, he has served as a reviewer for several research journals and as a member of the Editorial Boards of three academic journals.

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Education

Doctor of Philosophy

Wayne State University, United States

Master of Education

Wayne State University, United States

Bachelor of Science (Education)

Wayne State University, United States

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Bio

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

Master of Education

Bachelor of Science (Education)

Research Interests

Teaching

Publications

Public-access defibrillation and survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

Prognostic value of a normal or nonspecific initial electrocardiogram in acute myocardial infarction.

Cardiac arrest in private locations: different strategies are needed to improve outcome.

Outcomes from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Detroit.

Factors associated with neurologically intact survival for patients with acute heart failure and in-hospital cardiac arrest.

The presence of a family witness impacts physician performance during simulated medical codes.

Family-witnessed resuscitation: bereavement outcomes in an urban environment.

Post-traumatic stress disorder symptomology associated with witnessing unsuccessful out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

The relationship between the hospital setting and perceptions of family-witnessed resuscitation in the emergency department.

Emergency medical service providers' experience with family presence during cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Medical Student Preference to Return to the Clinical Setting During the Covid-19 Pandemic.

A survey of student perceptions of team-based learning in anatomy curriculum: favorable views unrelated to grades.

Team-based learning in anatomy: an efficient, effective, and economical strategy.

Using a human patient simulation mannequin to teach interdisciplinary team skills to pharmacy students.

A randomized comparison trial of case-based learning versus human patient simulation in medical student education.

Grit protects medical students from burnout: a longitudinal study

From Trial to Implementation: Bringing Team-Based Learning Online – Duke-NUS Medical School’s response to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Tolerance for uncertainty, burnout, and satisfaction with the career of emergency medicine.

Knowledge translation consensus conference: research methods.

Emergency medicine resident education in palliative care: a needs assessment.

Directory

Bio

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

Master of Education

Bachelor of Science (Education)

Research Interests

Teaching

Publications

Public-access defibrillation and survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

Prognostic value of a normal or nonspecific initial electrocardiogram in acute myocardial infarction.

Cardiac arrest in private locations: different strategies are needed to improve outcome.

Outcomes from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Detroit.

Factors associated with neurologically intact survival for patients with acute heart failure and in-hospital cardiac arrest.

The presence of a family witness impacts physician performance during simulated medical codes.

Family-witnessed resuscitation: bereavement outcomes in an urban environment.

Post-traumatic stress disorder symptomology associated with witnessing unsuccessful out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

The relationship between the hospital setting and perceptions of family-witnessed resuscitation in the emergency department.

Emergency medical service providers' experience with family presence during cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Medical Student Preference to Return to the Clinical Setting During the Covid-19 Pandemic.

A survey of student perceptions of team-based learning in anatomy curriculum: favorable views unrelated to grades.

Team-based learning in anatomy: an efficient, effective, and economical strategy.

Using a human patient simulation mannequin to teach interdisciplinary team skills to pharmacy students.

A randomized comparison trial of case-based learning versus human patient simulation in medical student education.

Grit protects medical students from burnout: a longitudinal study

From Trial to Implementation: Bringing Team-Based Learning Online – Duke-NUS Medical School’s response to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Tolerance for uncertainty, burnout, and satisfaction with the career of emergency medicine.

Knowledge translation consensus conference: research methods.

Emergency medicine resident education in palliative care: a needs assessment.

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