NUS Pre-Medical Programme (PMP): Competency-Based Curriculum

The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) have defined eight competencies which focus on the sciences basic to medicine and their corresponding learning objectives for premedical science education.

The NUS Pre-Med Committee then identified the following list of modules which forms the competency-based PMP curriculum for our NUS PMP students.

Competencies Recommended modules which can meet the respective competencies

Writing & Communications EG1413/ES1513 Critical Thinking & WritingES1501X Academic Expository WritingES2331 Communicating EngineeringSP1202 Communicating with the AcademyES2007S Profession Communication

Competency E1Apply quantitative reasoning and appropriate mathematics to describe or explain phenomena in the natural world.

BN2102 Bioengineering Data AnalysisCN3421 Process Modelling and Numerical Simulation MA1505 Math 1MA1506 Math 2ST1232 Statistics for Life Sciences

Competency E2Demonstrate understanding of the process of scientific inquiry, and explain how scientific knowledge is discovered and validated.

BN3402 Bio-Analytical Methods in Bioengineering CM1191 Experiments in Chemistry 1 CM1502 General and Physical Chemistry for EngineersCM2142 Analytical Chemistry EG1108 Electrical & Computer EngineeringEG1109 Statics & Mechanics of MaterialsLSM1401 Fundamentals of BiochemistryLSM2201A Experimental Biochemistry LSM2202A Experimental Molecular & Cell Biology LSM2203 Experimental MicrobiologyLSM3231 Protein Structure and FunctionPC1431 Physics IEPC1432 Physics IIE

Competency E3Demonstrate knowledge of basic physical principles and theirapplications to the understanding of living systems.

BN2101 Principles of BioengineeringBN2201 Quantitative Physiology for BioengineersBN2202 Introduction to BiotransportBN2401 Biosignals ProcessingBN2203 Introduction to Bioengrg DesignBN3101 Biomedical Engineering DesignBN3201 Introduction to BiomechanicsBN3501 Equilibrium & Kinetic BioprocessesBN4202 Biofluids DynamicsBN4402 ElectrophysiologyCN4241R Engineering Principles for Drug Delivery LSM1104 General PhysiologyLSM3243 Molecular Biophysics

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PC1421 Physics for Life Sciences

Competency E4Demonstrate knowledge of basic principles of chemistry and some of their applications to the understanding of living systems.

CM1401 Chemistry for Life SciencesCM1501 Organic Chemistry for Engineers

Competency E5Demonstrate knowledge of how biomolecules contribute to thestructure and function of cells.

LSM1101 Biochemistry of BiomoleculesLSM1401 Fundamentals of Biochemistry

Competency E6Apply understanding of principles of how molecular and cell assemblies, organs, and organisms develop structure and carry out function.

BN4301 Principles of Tissue EngineeringBN4403 Cellular Bioengineering LSM2103 Cell Biology

Competency E7Explain how organisms sense and control their internal environmentand how they respond to external change.

BN2201 Quantitative Physiology for BioengineersBN2202 Introduction to BiotransportLSM1104 General PhysiologyLSM1202 Human Anatomy

Competency E8Demonstrate an understanding of how the organizing principle ofevolution by natural selection explains the diversity of life on earth.

LSM1102 Molecular GeneticsLSM3252 Evolution and Comparative Genomics

Reference

1. Report of the AAMC-HHMI Committee 2009

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