[Virtual] – Run It Forward 2021 with LKCMedicine

About the Event

Run It Forward 2021 with LKCMedicine is a virtual run proudly organised by Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University. The School aims to pay it forward and help the disadvantaged communities in Singapore affected by the COVID-19 pandemic through its support of President’s Challenge and its 92 beneficiaries. 2021 being NTU’s 30th anniversary, Run It Forward 2021 will also be supporting NTU Priorities Fund which was established in 2020 to help students affected by COVID-19. During these challenging times, LKCMedicine also wants to highlight the importance of mental and physical wellbeing through the adoption of enjoyable and healthy exercise.

About Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine

The Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine), a partnership between Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Imperial College London (Imperial), is training a generation of doctors who will put patients at the centre of their exemplary medical care. The School’s primary clinical partner is the National Healthcare Group, a leader in public healthcare recognised for the quality of its medical expertise, facilities and teaching. The School, named after local philanthropist Tan Sri Dato Lee Kong Chian, was officially opened on 28 August 2017 by Deputy Prime Minister Mr Teo Chee Hean. LKCMedicine aims to be a model for innovative medical education and a centre for transformative research.

Graduates of the five-year undergraduate medical degree programme that started in 2013 will have a strong understanding of the scientific basis of medicine, along with interdisciplinary subjects, including technology, data science and the humanities. Its first doctors graduated in 2018 with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), awarded jointly by NTU and Imperial.

For more information, please visit: http://www.lkcmedicine.ntu.edu.sg