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Fatimah Binte Abdul Lateef

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Education Qualifications:  MBBS, FRCSEd (A&E), FAMS

Prof Fatimah Lateef graduated with an MBBS from the Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS). She also qualified with an FRCS from the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh as well as specialisations in Emergency Cardiovascular and Neurovascular Care and Prehospital Care Medicine from the Medical College of Virginia and the University of Cincinnati. She is also a Fellow, Academy of Medicine Singapore and holds Fellowship in Emergency Cardiac Care & Emergency Medical Services.

She serves as Senior Consultant, Director of Undergraduate Training and Education and Director of Clinical Service and Quality at the Department of Emergency Medicine, Singapore General Hospital (SGH). She holds faculty positions as Adjunct Professor at Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School and Yong Loo Lin Medical School, NUS. She teaches part-time at the School of Health Sciences, Nanyang Polytechnic. Her other portfolios include Vice Chair, Research - Emergency Medicine Academic Clinical Programme at SingHealth and Director, SingHealth Duke-NUS Institute of Medical Simulation, the largest simulation training facility in SE Asia. Her sub-specialisations include Prehospital Care Medicine, Cardiovascular and Neurovascular Emergencies. She has contributed and shared her professional expertise in countries such as the UK and USA and in many Asian countries. She serves as an International Consultant to Maxihealthcare, India.

Prof Fatimah’s medical education research interests are broad and wide-ranging. Her current research and studies include ‘sepsis and early goal-directed therapy’ and ‘the area of consciousness practice in medicine’. Emergency Medicine, Traumatology, Emergency Cardiac Care, Neurovascular Emergencies and Prehospital Care Medicine are her speciality and clinical interests. She champions improving communication skills of healthcare professionals using inter-disciplinary practices like drawing on “Look, Listen and Feel” (LLF) concept.

A strong advocate of lifelong learning and empowerments, she has presented over 500 abstracts at international conferences, published more than 300 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals and is on the editorial board and reviewer for some 40 international journals. She leads various leadership groups. grooming youths and doctors to excel, which is also befitting her role as a core faculty, nurturing residents in Emergency Medicine. She is also an active volunteer in International Humanitarian Medicine and Acute Disaster Response.

Awards:

  • Singapore Healthcare Quality Awards 2019
  • Academic Medicine Award July 2019, TOPCOM International Conference, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
  • Dean’s Awards for Excellence in Clinical Teaching and Programme in Emergency Medicine, 2018-2019
  • Reviewer Recognition Award, Singapore Medical Journal. 2018
  • Reviewer Recognition Award. Singapore Medical Journal. 2017
  • Undergraduate Research Certification awarded to NUS YLL undergraduate Student Charlotte Choo whom I supervised by for the research paper: Traumatic Cardiac Arrest. Published in The Chronicles of Emergency Medicine; 2017: 1(1): 002: 1-8
  • National Day Awards. Long Service Award 2017.
  • Reviewer Recognition Award. Singapore Medical Journal. 2016
  • Gold Award. SGH IQC Assessment. Topic: ED and Radiology Investigators: The CT scan workflow to improve outcomes in the ED.
  • FLAME (Female leadership award in Academic medicine) 2016. Awarded by Indusem, World Council of Academic Emergency medicine, Bangalore India
  • Deans Awards for Excellence in Clinical Training/ Teaching  2016 National University of Singapore
  • Excellent Educator Award. Singhealth 2015
  • The National Day Long Service Award 2017
  • NUS Dean's Awards for Excellence in Clinical Teaching, NUS MED (2016)
  • Singapore Medical Journal Recognition Award for Review with Distinction (2007-2016)
  • Excellent Educator Award, Singhealth (2015)
  • The Academy of Medicine Gold Reviewer Award 2011
  • Critical Talent Retention Award from SingHealth
  • NUS Luminary Award 2009
  • The Outstanding Young Person of the World Award 2006

Leadership positions / roles in Education: 

  • EXCO member: Education Council SingHealth
  • EXCO member, College of Clinical Medicine
  • ENRICH Tutor, NUS YLL Medical School
  • Core Faculty, EM Residency Programme
  • Board and Founding Member, World Academic Council in Emergency medicine
  • On the Editorial Board and Reviewer for some 50 peer-reviewed national, reguional and international journals journals 
  • Reviewer for research grants including NMRC grant applications

Research Interests:

Emergency Cardiovascular Care and Prehospital Care Medicine, Medical Education, Simulation and Technology –driven education, Serious gaming and Virtual Reality training, Humanitarian Medicine, Leadership, Emergency Medicine, Mentoring, Nurturing and Developing Doctors, Global Academic Medicine. 

Selected Publications:

  1. Lateef Fatimah.  Face with face with coronavirus disease 19: maintaining motivation, psychological safety and wellness. Special Article. Journal of emergency, Trauma and shock 2020; 13:116-123
  2. Stawicki S, MillerAC, Gaieski DF, Galwankar SG,  Lateef Fatimah et al. The 2019-2020Novel Coronavirus (SARS Coronavirus 2) pandemic: A Joint American College of Academic International Medicine-World Academic Council of Emergency Medicine Multidisciplinary COVID 19 Working Group Consensus paper. J Global Infect Diseases 2020. DOI: 10.4103/jgid.jgid_86_20 
  3. Lateef Fatimah. Maximizing Learning and Creativity: Understanding Psychological Safety in Simulation-based Learning. J Emergencies, Traum and Shock 2020; 13: 5-14
  4. Lateef Fatimah. Through the ethical lenses: There is really more than meets the eye with COVID 19. Archives of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care 2020; 3(1): 6-16
  5. Lateef Fatimah, Chia S Sunny, Teo H Alan, Tan TC. The evolving demand for negative pressure isolation facilities during COVID 19: Trial of the Negative pressure isolation Tent. Biomedical research and Clinical Review 2020; 1(2): DOI: 10.31579/brcr.2020/011
  6. Lateef Fatimah. The Basics on Aerosols and Aerosol-generating Procedures. Science Forecast Journal of Medicine and Research. 2020; 1(2): 1009
  7. Chen ZY Chloe, Lateef F. Understanding the Brain Heart Connection: the Occurrence of Ventricular Arrhythmia in Subarachnoid Haemorrhage. Review Article. American Journal of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care 2020; 20-1002
  8. Tan WJ Daniel, Lateef Fatimah. Have you heard of Acrometastasis? Journal of Medical Case Reports and Case Series. 2020; 1(1). Available at https://doi.org/10.38207/jmcrcs20206  
  9. Chu SM, Chee QMJ, Lateef F. To Order or Not to Order? The KUB radiograph in Patients presenting with symptoms of urolithiasis. Science Forecast Journal of Medicine and Research 2020; 1(1): 1003
  10.  Lateef Fatimah. The standardized patient in Asia: Are there unique considerations? American Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine 2020; 3(1): 31-35
  11. Lateef F, Yin SQ, Madhavi Suppiah. The 2019 WACEM Expert Document on the Framework for Setting up a Simulation Centre. A Position Paper.Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock 2019; 12: 232-242
  12. Lateef Fatimah, Too XY. The 2019 WACEM Expert Document on Hybrid Simulation for Transforming Health‑care Simulation Through “Mixing and Matching”. A Position Paper. Journal of Emergency , Trauma and Shock 2019;12: 243-247
  13. Lateef Fatimah. COVID-19 pandemic: Disruption or a fertile experiential learning platform for emergency medicine residents? Education in Medicine Journal 2020: Due out in Sept
  14. Hee JS Jonathan Lateef Fatimah. Evaluating the utility of FAST in acute blunt abdominal trauma in the  Emergency Department: 20 Years On. Under Review by Journal Of Acute Diseases
  15. Lateef Fatimah. Computer-based Simulation and Online Teaching Netiquette in the Time of COVID 19. EC Emergency Medicine and Critical Care 2020; 4.8