Course catalogue
Fifty-three self-paced online courses for professionals registered with the SMC, SNB, SDC, SPC, AHPC and OOB, in six groups that run from ethics and conduct to patient safety, records and the path after a complaint. Each course is built on Singapore law and your board's code; the tables below list every course with its hours, price and the main Singapore rules behind it.
43 courses · Doctors (SMC)
Registration types, conditions, titles and credentialing, plus aesthetic, telemedicine and delegation boundaries and safe ways to extend practice in Singapore.
The SMC Ethical Code applied to self-treatment, prescribing, MCs, fees and referrals, advertising, AI, end-of-life care and colleagues.
SMC standards in practice: registration and titles, clinical care and results, prescribing, aesthetic rules, supervision, teaching and telemedicine.
Every course is online and self-paced, with knowledge checks, a 20-question final assessment (pass mark 80%, or 16 of 20), a structured reflective account and a certificate of completion. Forty-eight courses take about 3 hours (S$125). Five take about 2 hours (S$95): Reflective Practice, and the ethics and professional standards courses for optometrists and opticians and for allied health professionals. The last column names the main law, code or guidance behind each course; the course page lists everything it covers. The twelve board-specific ethics and standards courses are written for one profession each; every other course is open to all six board groups.
| Course | Hours | Price | Singapore anchor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethics for Singapore Health Practitioners | 3 | S$125 | Board codes of ethics and conduct; Civil Law Act s 37; Mental Capacity Act 2008; Advance Medical Directive Act 1996 |
| Professionalism in Practice for Health Practitioners | 3 | S$125 | Registration Acts and practising certificates; board codes; Healthcare Services (Advertisement) Regulations 2021 |
| Probity and Honesty in Practice | 3 | S$125 | Board codes on honesty; Healthcare Services Act 2020; Wong Meng Hang v SMC [2018] SGHC 253 |
| Professional Boundaries with Patients, Families and Colleagues | 3 | S$125 | SMC ECEG and Handbook on Medical Ethics; SNB, SDC, SPC, AHPC and OOB codes; Mental Capacity Act 2008 |
| Financial Integrity in Practice | 3 | S$125 | Board codes on fees and conflicts of interest; AHPC circular on overservicing, overcharging and fee splitting |
| Social Media and Online Professionalism | 3 | S$125 | SMC Handbook C12.2 (social media and internet presence); Healthcare Services (Advertisement) Regulations 2021 |
| Chaperones and Intimate Examinations | 3 | S$125 | Board codes on respect, consent and boundaries; SMC Handbook on Medical Ethics; Mental Capacity Act 2008 |
| Cultural Competence and Respectful Care | 3 | S$125 | Board codes on respect and fair treatment; communicating across languages and cultures in Singapore practice |
| Course | Hours | Price | Singapore anchor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethics for Doctors | 3 | S$125 | SMC Ethical Code and Ethical Guidelines (2016) and Handbook on Medical Ethics; SMC Circular 2/2018 |
| Professional Standards for Doctors | 3 | S$125 | SMC ECEG and Handbook; amended Medical Registration Act; CME and mandatory medical ethics points |
| Ethics for Nurses and Midwives | 3 | S$125 | SNB Code for Nurses and Midwives (2018); Nurses and Midwives Act 1999 |
| Professional Standards for Nurses and Midwives | 3 | S$125 | SNB Code (2018), scope of practice and core competencies; APN practising certificate rules |
| Ethics for Dental Professionals | 3 | S$125 | SDC Ethical Code and Ethical Guidelines (2018); Dental Registration Act 1999 |
| Professional Standards for Dental Professionals | 3 | S$125 | SDC ECEG (2018); SDC CPE requirements and Ethics Self-Assessment Exercise |
| Ethics for Pharmacists | 3 | S$125 | SPC Code of Ethics (2015); Pharmacists Registration Act 2007 |
| Professional Standards for Pharmacists | 3 | S$125 | SPC Code of Ethics and Guidelines for Registered Pharmacists; SPC CPE requirements |
| Ethics for Optometrists and Opticians | 2 | S$95 | OOB Code of Professional Conduct and Professional Practice Guidelines; Optometrists and Opticians Act 2007 |
| Professional Standards for Optometrists and Opticians | 2 | S$95 | OOB Code and Professional Practice Guidelines; OOB CPE requirements |
| Ethics for Allied Health Professionals | 2 | S$95 | AHPC Code of Professional Conduct; Allied Health Professions Act 2011 |
| Professional Standards for Allied Health Professionals | 2 | S$95 | AHPC supervised practice and delegation guidelines (2023); AHPC CPE from 2027 |
| Working Within Your Scope of Practice | 3 | S$125 | Registration Acts; SNB scope of practice; AHPC supervised practice and delegation guidelines |
| Course | Hours | Price | Singapore anchor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Informed Consent and Communication | 3 | S$125 | Civil Law Act s 37; Hii Chii Kok v Ooi Peng Jin London Lucien [2017] SGCA 38; SMC ECEG C6; Mental Capacity Act 2008 |
| Patient Confidentiality and the PDPA | 3 | S$125 | PDPA 2012 and PDPC Advisory Guidelines for the Healthcare Sector (2023); SMC ECEG C7 |
| Open Disclosure After Harm: Honest Communication When Care Goes Wrong | 3 | S$125 | SMC ECEG C13; board codes; MOH serious reportable event licence conditions |
| Effective Communication with Patients and Families | 3 | S$125 | Board codes on communication; Civil Law Act s 37; interpreters and family involvement |
| Mental Capacity and the Mental Capacity Act 2008 | 3 | S$125 | Mental Capacity Act 2008 and Code of Practice; Lasting Powers of Attorney; deputies |
| Teamwork and Collaboration | 3 | S$125 | Board codes on working with colleagues; SMC ECEG on team leadership |
| Clinical Handover and Patient Safety | 3 | S$125 | Board codes on continuity of care; Healthcare Services Act 2020 governance |
| Course | Hours | Price | Singapore anchor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adverse Event Reporting and Learning | 3 | S$125 | Healthcare Services Act 2020; MOH serious reportable event licence conditions (2 working days; 60-day review) |
| Human Factors and Patient Safety | 3 | S$125 | Serious reportable event reviews; quality assurance committees under the Healthcare Services Act |
| Systems Analysis After Adverse Events | 3 | S$125 | Quality assurance committee reviews of serious reportable events; Healthcare Services Act 2020 |
| Clinical Risk Management | 3 | S$125 | Healthcare Services Act 2020: Key Appointment Holders, Principal Officer, Clinical Governance Officer |
| Medication Safety and Error Prevention | 3 | S$125 | MOH National Guidelines on High Alert Medications (2021); Health Products Act and HSA |
| Controlled Drugs: Safe Prescribing and Supply | 3 | S$125 | Misuse of Drugs Act 1973; HSA controlled drugs and psychotropic substances controls |
| Prescribing Standards for Health Practitioners | 3 | S$125 | Health Products Act and HSA product classes; SMC ECEG and Circular 2/2018 on telemedicine |
| Infection Prevention and Control | 3 | S$125 | CDA national infection prevention and control guidelines and standards; Infectious Diseases Act 1976 |
| Sepsis and the Deteriorating Patient | 3 | S$125 | Board codes on clinical standards; recognising, escalating and documenting deterioration |
| Quality Improvement and Clinical Audit | 3 | S$125 | Healthcare Services Act 2020 governance; PDPA 2012; Human Biomedical Research Act 2015 |
| Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults | 3 | S$125 | Children and Young Persons Act 1993; Vulnerable Adults Act 2018; Women's Charter |
| Course | Hours | Price | Singapore anchor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical Documentation and Record Keeping | 3 | S$125 | Board codes on records; Healthcare Services Act 2020; PDPA access and correction requests |
| Reflective Practice for Health Practitioners | 2 | S$95 | Board CME and CPE requirements; writing reflections after a concern |
| Maintaining Clinical Competence | 3 | S$125 | Registration Acts; board codes on competence; CME and CPE frameworks |
| Building Your CME and CPE Portfolio for Renewal | 3 | S$125 | SMC CME, SNB, SDC, SPC, AHPC and OOB CPE requirements and qualifying periods |
| Returning to Practice | 3 | S$125 | Registration Acts and practising certificate requirements of each board |
| Clinical Supervision and Professional Development Planning | 3 | S$125 | AHPC supervised practice and tele-supervision guidelines; board CME and CPE planning |
| Work-Based Learning and Professional Competence | 3 | S$125 | Board CME and CPE frameworks; learning from everyday practice |
| Course | Hours | Price | Singapore anchor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Responding to a Complaint or Board Inquiry | 3 | S$125 | Amended Medical Registration Act; Nurses and Midwives, Dental Registration, Pharmacists Registration, AHP and O&O Acts |
| Insight: Understanding, Developing and Demonstrating It | 3 | S$125 | SMC Sentencing Guidelines (2020); Wong Meng Hang v SMC [2018] SGHC 253 |
| Remediation After a Concern | 3 | S$125 | Complaints Committee orders for training and counselling; board conditions on practice |
| Preventing Recurrence After an Error or Misconduct | 3 | S$125 | Serious reportable event reviews; SMC Sentencing Guidelines; board codes |
| Rebuilding Trust After a Complaint | 3 | S$125 | Board codes; SMC Inquiry and Complaints Committees, mediation, Disciplinary Tribunals |
| Raising Concerns and Speaking Up | 3 | S$125 | SMC Handbook D4 (colleagues' performance, fitness to practise and conduct); board codes |
| How to Avoid a Complaint in Singapore Practice | 3 | S$125 | Board codes on communication, consent, records and fees; common complaint themes |
Start with the gaps in your own practice. Building Your CME and CPE Portfolio for Renewal helps you check points, categories and deadlines board by board, Clinical Supervision and Professional Development Planning helps you set goals, and topic courses such as consent, PDPA confidentiality, record keeping or medication safety fill specific gaps. Remember that our courses do not carry CME or CPE points; use them for the learning, and confirm with your board what you can claim.
Responding to a Complaint or Board Inquiry, Insight and Remediation After a Concern work as a set with the topic course that matches what was raised. Preventing Recurrence and Rebuilding Trust suit the later stages, when you need to show that change has held. Our board complaints guide explains how each board's process runs, and the remediation courses page groups courses by concern.
Where a Complaints Committee, Tribunal or board has ordered training or counselling, that body decides what satisfies the order, so ask it, your supervisor or your lawyer before you enrol.
Buying for a clinic, ward or department? Ask us about group enrolment through the contact page.
Start with the biggest gap in your own practice or learning plan. If nothing stands out, Informed Consent and Communication or Clinical Documentation and Record Keeping suit most professionals, because consent, communication and records feature in many complaints. After a concern, choose the course that matches what was actually raised, alongside Responding to a Complaint or Board Inquiry.
The price follows the study time. Five courses take about 2 hours and cost S$95: Reflective Practice and the ethics and standards courses for optometrists and opticians and for allied health professionals. The other 48 take about 3 hours and cost S$125. The format is the same for all: knowledge checks, a 20-question final assessment at 80% and a certificate of completion.
No. The certificate shows the course title, study hours and completion date. Whether any of that learning can be claimed depends on your board's rules, so check with your board before you count it.
You can enrol in any course, but the twelve board-specific ethics and standards courses are written around one board's code and will be most useful to that profession. The other 41 courses are shared and point to each board's standards inside the material, so they suit everyone.
Yes. Many professionals combine Responding to a Complaint or Board Inquiry, Insight and Remediation After a Concern with the matching topic course, then add Preventing Recurrence once the immediate response is done. This does not replace legal advice or training ordered by a committee or board, and no course can promise an outcome.
Yes: S$125 for each 3-hour course and S$95 for each 2-hour course. The checkout shows the final amount before you pay. Clinics and employers who want several places can ask about group enrolment, and each learner receives their own certificate.
It depends on your goal. The six board-specific ethics courses go deep into one code, such as the SMC Ethical Code and Ethical Guidelines or the SNB Code for Nurses and Midwives. Ethics for Singapore Health Practitioners covers the shared framework, including section 37 consent, the Mental Capacity Act and family-centred decisions, with examples across professions. Many professionals take one now and the other later.
Checked October 2026. Rules and processes change, so confirm the current position with the official source. This page is general information, not legal advice.
Every legal and regulatory point comes from primary sources: the Acts that set up each professional board, the boards' own codes and guidance, and the Ministry of Health. Anything we cannot confirm is left out.
Lessons, scenarios and assessment questions are written by us for each edition separately, then checked for accuracy, teaching quality and fair assessment before publication.
When a code, standard or law changes, the affected courses are reviewed and updated. Reported errors in legal or regulatory facts are corrected first.
Tell us your profession and what you need the learning for, and we will point you to the most relevant course.
