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Crystal Lim

Crystal Lim
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Ph.D. (Social Work), M.A. Bioethics, M.S.W., B.A.
Email: crystal_lim@duke-nus.edu.sg

Research interests:

  • Medical education, transplant social work, end-of-life care

Publications:

  • A systematic scoping review of reflective writing in medical education. BMC Medical Education (2023) 23:12.
  • A systematic scoping review on patients’ perceptions of dignity. BMC Palliative Care (2022) 21:118
  • A systematic scoping review on moral distress among physicians. BMJ Open (2022).
  • Changing self-concept in the time of COVID-19: a close look at physician reflections on social media. Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine (2022) 17:1.
  • Changing Self-concept in the Time of COVID-19: A Close Look at Physician Reflections on Social Media. Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine. (2022) 17(1):1.
  • A systematic scoping review on patients’ perception of dignity. BMC Palliative Care. 21(1):118.
  • Parental Bereavement – Impact of Death of Neonates and Children under 12 years on Personhood of Parents: A Systematic Scoping Review. (2021). 20; 136
  • A systematic scoping review of approaches to teaching and assessing empathy in medicine. BMC Medical Education. (2021) 21:292
  • Renal Social Work: 50 Years and Beyond. In This is What Hope Looks Like. Vol 2. (2021). ISBN: 9789811803970
  • Operationalization of critical care triage during a pandemic surge using protocolized communication and integrated supportive care. Journal of Intensive Care, (2020). 8;59
  • Addressing the Needs of Migrant Workers in ICUs in Singapore. Journal of Medical Education & Curricular Development. (2020). https://doi.org/10.1177/2382120520977190
  • Empower to connect and connect to empower: experience in using a humanistic approach to improve patients’ access to, and experience of, care in isolation wards during the COVID-19 outbreak in Singapore. BMJ Open Quality Journal. DOI: 10.1136/bmjoq-2020-000996
  • Burnout, anxiety and depression in healthcare workers during the early COVID-19 period in Singapore. Singapore Medical Journal. (2021). DOI: 10.1136/bmjoq-2020-000996
  • Limited knowledge of chronic kidney disease among primary care patients—a cross-sectional study. (2012).BMC Nephrology, 13:54.
  • Factors Influencing Living Kidney Donation in Singapore. Progress in Transplantation, 22 (1), 95-101.
  • Lim, Crystal. (2002). Social Work Practice with the Chronically Ill. In Hedges and Edges. A Compendium of Social Workers, Counsellors and Family Therapists. Singapore: Care Corner.
  • Manuscript review for Transplantation Review. 2016. Predictors of Alcohol Relapse Following Liver Transplantation for Alcohol-Induced Liver Failure. Consideration of "A-D" Selection Criteria
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