Profile
Dr Pamela Chia is currently a Consultant at the Department of Women’s Anaesthesia, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH), Clinical Instructor at Duke-NUS Medical School, Clinical Senior Lecturer at NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and Clinical Physician Faculty Member at Singhealth Anaesthesiology Residency Programme. She specialises in providing pain management during childbirth and anaesthesia for caesarean deliveries and gynaecology surgeries. After graduating from the University of Newcastle, Australia in 2010, she pursued anaesthesiology training in SingHealth Anaesthesiology Residency Programme, completing her training in 2021. She has a keen interest in sustainability in anaesthesia and simulation-based medical education. Her research interests includes interprofessional collaborative practice and healthcare simulation debriefing, with several education grants awarded to support her work in these areas.
Education
- BMed (University of Newcastle, Australia) 2010
- MCAI (Ireland) 2015
- MMed Anaesthesiology (Singapore) 2018
- Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (Society for Simulation in Healthcare) 2021
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Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships
- Member, Programme & Faculty Development Committee, Singhealth Duke-NUS Institute of Medical Simulation (SIMS), 2024-2025
- Member, KKH Academic Simulation Committee, 2022-present
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Awards
- Singapore Health Quality Service Award – Silver Award, 2023
- AMEI Golden Apple Awards – Programme excellence award for Malignant Hyperthermia Preparedness through Interprofessional Education, 2021
- SingHealth Associate in Education Recipient for Singhealth Duke-NUS Institute of Medical Simulation (SIMS), 2020
- SingHealth 10 year Long Service Award, 2021
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Research Interests
- Postpartum recovery
- Labour analgesia
- Simulation education in obstetric anaesthesia
- Healthcare Simulation Debriefing
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Publications
- Validity, reliability, and feasibility of the Malay version of Obstetric Quality-of-Recovery tool (ObsQoR-10). P Chia, CW Tan, J Nithiuthai, R Sultana, F Ithnin, P Sultan, BL Sng. Bali Journal of Anesthesiology. 2024 April-June;8(2):115-121.
- Factors associated with an inadvertent dural puncture or post-dural puncture headache following labour epidural analgesia: A retrospective cohort study. A Kakde, P Chia, HS Tan, R Sultana, CW Tan, BL Sng. Heliyon. 2024 Mar;10(6).
- Improving compliance with personal protective equipment among anaesthetists through behaviour-changing interventions during the coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19) pandemic. P Chia, L Tang, G Tse, M How, LT Wong, M Mok, SY Chong. Int J Qual Health Care. 2024 Jan;36(1).
- Novice learners' perspectives on obstetric airway crisis decision-making training using virtual reality simulation. J Chan, C Chan, P Chia, R Goy, BL Sng. Int J Obstet Anesth. 2024 Feb;57:103926.
- Anaesthesia in a Patient with Tracheal Diverticulum: A Case Report. P Chia, Zheng ZX, Huang XY. (2024). Sri Lankan Journal of Anaesthesiology. 2024;32(1):91-94.
- Anaesthesia for caesarean section in a morbidly obese parturient with history of lignocaine allergy: A case report. P Chia, SM Cheng, SC Tan, BL Sng. Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare. 2022;31.
- Analgesic efficacy of the ON-Q* pain management system after lower midline laparotomy for ovarian cancer. P Chia, ENL Han, J Eng, E Lu, E Lew. Journal of Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality. 2022;1(2):101-109.
- Cardiopulmonary arrest following a single 25mg dose of quetiapine: a case report. P Chia, CP Lim, J Ong, S Ong. J Crit Care Med (Targu Mures). 2020;6(4):253-258.
- S Khan, P Chia, S A Khan. Simulator evaluation of the additional verification of intravenous drug (AVOID) -error system: A prospective randomized controlled study. Indian Journal of Clinical Anaesthesia. 2019 April-June;6(2):274-279.
- The association of pre-operative STOP-BANG scores with postoperative critical care admission. P Chia, Seet E, Macachor JD, Iyer US, Wu D. Anaesthesia. 2013;68(9):950-952.
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Research Trials
- AMEI Education Grant- Programme Development/Improvement, 2024-2025
Academic Medicine Education Institute Singhealth Duke-NUS
Pioneering Experiential Training Simulation for Inter-Professional Shared Decision Making in Complex Obstetric Care
- Pilot Research Grant, 2022-2024
SingHealth Anaesthesiology and Perioperative Sciences Academic Clinical Programme(ANAES ACP)
The association of ON-Q pump utilisation with postoperative sedation, nausea, vomiting: a retrospective cohort study - AMEI Education Grant- Programme Development/Improvement, 2022-2023
Academic Medicine Education Institute Singhealth Duke-NUS
Developing Advanced Difficult Airway Competencies in Anaesthesia Nurses - AMEI Education Grant- Programme Development/Improvement, 2022-2023
Academic Medicine Education Institute Singhealth Duke-NUS
PEARLS (Promoting Excellence And Reflective Learning in Simulation) debriefing method programme development- A blended simulation based approach to reduce the cognitive load of debriefers
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