Project Prism Clinical Communications Workshop 2026
- Medsoc PnP
- Feb 21
- 2 min read
Overview
Event Details | |
Date | 21/02/2026 |
Time | 0900-1730 |
Venue | Clinical Sciences Building, 11 Mandalay Rd, Singapore 308232 |
Event Report
Project Prism’s Clinical Communications workshop was held on 21 February 2026 from 9am - 5.30pm at the Clinical Sciences Building. It provided an avenue for medical students from Lee Kong Chian and Yong Loo Lin medical schools to learn about the unique challenges faced by LGBTQ+ patients in accessing healthcare, as well as the importance of sensitive communication to make healthcare more inclusive.
The students first participated in focus group discussions with Project Prism’s research partner, Kayos Kollective. This presented the opportunity for students to share their perspectives on queer issues such as discrimination and healthcare accessibility. Participants also discussed significant milestones for the queer community in Singapore, such as the repealing of Section 377A as well as the shift towards greater acceptance amongst the general public.
Next, we invited the co-founder of The T Project, Singapore’s sole transgender-focused community initiative, Ms June Chua as our keynote speaker. She delivered an engaging sharing based on her years of experience in managing the T Project shelter for homeless transgender and queer individuals. She addressed the positive and negative healthcare experiences of transgender individuals in Singapore, stating that the most important marker of satisfaction was for the healthcare provider to accept and affirm the identity of transgender patients.
Our next speaker was her close collaborator, Dr Jeremiah Pereira (they/them) whose clinical interests include gender affirming care, sexual health and community mental health. They shared an enlightening perspective on the need for transgender healthcare that goes beyond prescriptions, instead focusing on building social support networks and mental health awareness. Their use of evidence-based medicine built upon the deeply personal experiences shared by the previous speaker, allowing the audience to gain both a clinical and humanistic view of treating transgender patients.
Dr Jeremiah also gave a step-by-step demonstration of a clinical encounter with a trained simulated patient from Kayos Kollective. They provided expert guidance on communicating sensitively while also extracting information of clinical relevance. Participants were then given the opportunity to apply these skills in scenarios specifically tailored towards caring for queer patients, through simulated patient interactions at the Communication Suite. They were then given feedback by the facilitators and simulated patients on the effectiveness and sensitivity of their interactions. Most notable were areas such as learning to ask for the patient’s preferred name and pronouns to affirm their identity, as well as taking a sexual history without assuming the gender of the patient’s sexual partner.
Finally, tokens of appreciation were presented to the speakers and our partners from Kayos Kollective, followed by a short debrief. A feedback form was promptly sent out to participants, based on which we learned that the activities planned were extremely useful as a starting point to learn about the needs of queer patients.
