Dr Khoo Su Ann

Dr Su Ann has been working in the department of emergency medicine, KKH since 2015. She obtained her medical degree in Malaysia and served as a house and medical officer for 7 years before coming to Singapore.

Beyond paediatric emergency medicine, she is passionate about health professions education, particularly in the field of feedback, education research and scholarship, interprofessional education- collaboration (IPE/ IPC) as well as communication. She is actively leading and facilitating various education programmes as well as initiatives within the department, institution and cluster level, for residents, medical officers, nurses, allied health professionals and medical students.

As a lifelong learner, she has completed the Fellowship in Team Based Learning (FTBL) with Academic Medicine Education Institute (AMEI) in 2021, the Virtual Interprofessional Learning and Collaboration (VITAL) in 2022, and the Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) Executive certificate with DUKE-NUS in 2023. She is a recipient of the KKH Formal Education Sponsorship Programme and is currently pursuing Master of Medical Education. She also completed the Mentorship for the Development of Education Researchers (MIDAS) programme organised by AMEI/CHERS, and now facilitates qualitative research workshops, while participating actively in collaborative education research and scholarship.

• MD (Universiti Malaysia Sarawak), 2009
• MRCPCH (United Kingdom), 2016
• Master of Medicine (MMed) (Paediatric Medicine), National University Of Singapore, 2017
• Certification of Health Professions Medical Education, National Univeristy Of Singapore, 2019
• Master of Medical Education (MMed), University of Dundee, Scotland, 2026

• Staff Physician, Children’s Emergency Department, KKH (2022 - present)
• Core Committee Member, Centre of Interprofessional Education (Ciphe), SingHealth Duke-NUS (Jan 2025 - present)
• Committee Member, Centre of Healthcare Education and Scholarship (Chers), Singhealth Duke-NUS (Jan 2024 - present)
• Committee Member, AMEI Scholarship/ Grant Committee (2024 - present)
• Committee Member, KKH Education Council (2023 - present)

• SingHealth Excellence Distinguished Educator Award (2025)
• SingHealth Duke-Nus AMEI Golden Apple Award For Outstanding Young Educator (2024)
• Covid-19 Resilience Medal (2023)
• EMACP Education Research Merit Award (2021)
• Singapore Healthcare Quality Award (2018)
• SingHealth Rise Award- Partners in Education (2019)
• KKH Edo (Education Office) Teacher Appreciation Award (2024)
• LKC (Lee Kong Chian) Special Recognition Award (2024)

• Feedback, feedback tool, learning culture, communication

• Learning culture and survivability of a feedback tool
• Exploring how faculty’s feedback experiences influence their choices, perception and practices of feedback
• Video discharge advice (VDA) to improve understanding and retention of information, among patients and caregivers in the KKH Children’s Emergency (CE) department - an interprofessional initiative and team collaboration.

• Improving Communication Skills Among Doctors and Nurses in the Children Emergency Department (ED), Su Ann Khoo, Warier Aswin, Germac Qiao Yue Shen, Hashim Mubinul Haq, Badron Junaidah, Luther Jinmian Yiew, Mahendran Abiramy, Ganapathy Sashikumar. The Asia-Pacific Scholar, Singapore, 18 February 2020, Vol 5(3), p28-41.
• Use of Ocular Point-of-care Ultrasound In A Difficult Pediatric Examination: A Case Report of An Emergency Department Diagnosis of Retinoblastoma. The Journal of Emergency Medicine, Su Ann Khoo, Gene Yong-Kwang Ong, 2020, Vol 58, No. 4, p 632-635.