Clin Asst Prof Tan Chee Wei

Dr Tan Chee Wei is a Consultant with the Department of Family Medicine at Changi General Hospital (CGH). After graduating from the National University of Singapore (NUS) Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine in 2005, he worked in the various clusters of primary care in Singapore, namely SingHealth Polyclinics, National Healthcare Group Polyclinics as well as the Family Medicine Center and private practices before joining CGH in 2015. Dr Tan is now involved in the care integration and reconciliation of medical care within the hospital, and is also actively involved in community healthcare, working closely with the community nurses to improve care transitions from hospital to home.

Dr Tan is interested in medical education, and has been appointed tutor as well as examiner for the Graduate Diploma of Family Medicine (GDFM) programme with the College of Family Physicians Singapore (CFPS). He is an appointed member of the Adjunct Teaching Faculty for the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, as well as a Physician Faculty Member for SingHealth Family Medicine Residency Programme. He believes a good physician treats the disease but a great physician treats the person who has the disease and finds great joy in empowering his patients.

• FCFP (Fellowship of the College of Family Physicians) (Singapore) 2019
• MMed (Family Medicine) 2013
• GDFM (Graduate Diploma in Family Medicine) 2009
• MBBS National University of Singapore 2005

• Member, CGH Joy@work – clinical processes pure clinical subgroup (pure clinical process), 2021 - 2022
• Adjunct Instructor, Duke- NUS Graduate Medical School, 2020- 2022
• Physician Faculty Member, SingHealth Family Medicine Residency, 2020 - Present
• Consultant, Department of Care & Health Integration, Changi General Hospital, 2019 - Present
• Clinical Practice Facilitator, NTU Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, 2018 - Present
• Tutor, College of Family Physicians Singapore, 2015 - Present
• Member, CGH Medical Records Committee, 2015 - Present
• Family Physician, Register of Family Physicians Singapore, 2012 - Present

• COVID-19 Healthcare Hero Award, Singapore Health Quality Service Award 2021
• Department Quality Award Commendation Clinical Category, CGH Department Quality Awards 2021
• SingHealth Best House Officer Award, 2006

• Health Literacy
• Chronic Diseases

• Survey on facilitators and challenges of health literacy of patients with chronic diseases in Changi General Hospital, 2017-2019

• Yingjuan Mok, Chee Wei Tan, Hang Siang Wong, Choon How How, Kah Leong Alvin Tan, Pon Poh Hsu. Obstructive sleep apnoea and Type 2 diabetes mellitus: are they connected? Singapore Med J. 2017 Apr; 58(4): 179–183.
  JIF: 1.14, Times Cited: 11
  
• Chee Wei Tan, Maciej Piotr Chlebicki. Urinary tract infections in adults. Singapore Med J. 2016 Sep; 57(9): 485–490.
  JIF: 1.14, Times Cited: 47