About Me: A Third Party Perspective

Lam Chee Kiang is currently pursuing a pharmacy degree at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He plans to specialize in oncology or ambulatory care management within the next 5 years upon graduation, and also obtain a masters in business administration or health management. Among the career prospects Chee Kiang plans to venture include hospital healthcare, government enforcement, clinical research, pharmaceutical marketing, and pharmacy profession development.

Born and bred in Malaysia, Chee Kiang has been living in Singapore for almost 5 years now. He is well adapted to the Singapore lifestyle, and has no qualms about living independently abroad.

Chee Kiang believes that dreams are only achievable if you act on it. This is evident from the non-pharmacy related activities he has been participating in thus far. His interest in radio presenting has motivated him to join the NUS campus radio station Radio Pulze. To push himself further, he even obtained a part-time internship with local radio station Lush 99.5, a position usually given to communications and media students.

Chee Kiang also believes that success is not only defined by paper qualifications. This is especially important in the pharmacy career, where soft skills such as inter-personal communication, patient empathy, ethical considerations and human resource management are crucial.  This is well in accordance to his belief that such skills are best acquired through involving oneself in a multitude of activities out of the classroom and a practical, realistic environment such as co-curricular activities and internships.