Staff Profiles

Clinical Instructor. 

SRN Poongothai Shanmugaraja qualified with a Diploma from Puteri Nursing College, Kuala Lumpur in 1995, followed by a Nursing Degree from Northumbria University . She has worked in various private Malaysian and Singaporean Hospitals before joining NUMed to become a Clinical Instructor. Her role in NUMed is to teach and supervise students in the Clinical Skills Lab. She is also involved in Simulation Teaching Team to prepare Stage 3 and 5 students before their clinical attachments. She is now pursuing her Post Graduate Certificate in Medical Education which she hopes to complete this year.

Phase 1 

Stage 1 :

• Introduction to Clinical Skills and Basic Hand Hygiene – Lecture

•  – Hand Hygiene Practical

•  – Skills Revision 

•  – Blood Pressure & Pulses 

•  – Clinical Skills Revision

• MOCK OSCE Examiner

• OSCE Examiner

Stage 2 :

•  – Basic First Aid

•  – Venepuncture & Hand Hygiene

•  – BP & Pulses Revision

•  – Breast Examination

•  – CPR Revision & Ethics

•  – Hospital Visit Debrief

Stage 3 :

• – Blood Glucose Procedure

•  – Preparing Sterile Field, Donning of Sterile Gowns n Gloves

• - Manual Handling 

•  – Simulation

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1. SimLAb (Simulation Lab) – Critical Care , HBP, Paediatric Emergencies, O&G Emergencies

Stage 3 & 5 :

• Involved in simulation practice as “Nurse” to help medical students to practice clinical based scenarios.

• Involved in giving feedback to students post simulation to improve learning.

   

1. MOSLER

• EJR ( Stage 3 ) – Translator

• ESR ( Stage 5 ) – Translator

• SIM MOSLER – as “Nurse” assisting medical students to practice clinical based scenarios.

   

   

• Young TJ, Tullo AS, Schartner A, Smith D, Shanmugaraja P, Ong G, Goodson ML. Communication, person-centeredness and the care of people with dementia: Perspectives of medical students in the UK and Malaysia. In: American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference. 2018, Chicago, Illinois: American Association for Applied Linguistics.