Full-Time Diploma Courses

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¹All prospective healthcare students must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with a vaccine regime recognised in Singapore. Those who are medically-ineligible will be subject to prevailing MOH and healthcare institutions’ guidelines. Those who are medically eligible and choose to remain unvaccinated may not be able to access the healthcare and community care settings to complete their clinical posting and meet the clinical training requirement necessary for graduation.

As the delivery of direct patient care is a requisite of healthcare professions, all applicants must pass a medical examination and be certified to have the following abilities to perform patient care activities in a safe and effective manner:

1. Mental-Cognitive ability (including interpersonal-communication ability and behavioural stability) to:
   • provide safe care to populations, as well as safety to self 
   • demonstrate emotional-behavioural stability to function under the stress and pressure when performing nursing care on patients
   • being observed by instructors and other health care personnel during clinical practice attachments.
2. Physical ability to 
   • move around in clinical environment, walk/stand, bend, reach, lift, climb, push and pull, carry objects
   • perform patient transfers and complex sequences of hand-eye coordination.
3. Auditory ability to 
   • hear faint body sounds
   • auditory alarms
   • normal speaking level sounds (i.e., blood pressure sounds, monitors, call bells and person-to-person report).
4. Visual ability to 
   • detect changes in physical appearance, colour and contour
   • read accurately medication/ drug labels, markings on syringes and manometers, written and electronic communication.

² Please ensure you have read and understood the Fitness to Practice Advisory before applying. The guidelines in the advisory and the required abilities are stipulated in consultation with Singapore Nursing Board to ensure nursing students are fit to practise when they apply for registration upon graduation from nursing programme. Interested applicants with known condition(s) or unsure if their condition(s) may affect their ability to deliver safe and effective patient care are highly encouraged to contact us for more information.

³ Applicants will have to pass a manual dexterity test (MDT) as the MDT is required under industry standards to assess the applicant’s fine motor skills crucial for handling of specialized instruments for effective and safe delivery of dental treatment.

⁴ Course has course-level intake allowance of 50%.

⁵ Interviews for Nursing and Social Work will be conducted in-person while interviews for Oral Health Therapy will be conducted online.