IMH-CENTRES Ethics Conference 2026

About The Conference

This conference brings together clinicians, ethicists, and legal experts to examine the ethical and legal challenges arising in non‑standard psychiatric care. Through expert talks and case‑based discussions, participants will explore critical healthcare ethics, from Clinical Ethics Committees’ decision-making role to the legal and ethical dimensions of psychiatric prescribing. The programme aims to support thoughtful, ethically grounded care in complex and evolving psychiatric contexts.

Programme

Time	Activity
1pm – 1.10pm	Welcome & Introduction
1.10pm – 1.40pm	Talk 1: Navigating Ethical Complexity: The Role of Clinical Ethics Committees in Singapore Dr Sumytra Menon
1.40pm – 2.10pm	Talk 2: Prescribing Beyond the Label: Legal and Ethical Dimensions of Psychiatric Medication Use Dr Sumytra Menon
2.10pm – 2.30pm	Tea break
2.30pm – 4.30pm	Cases – Panel Discussion and Q&A Dr Giles Tan A/P Brian Earp Dr Sumytra Menon Ms Felicia Chain

Date and Time:

04 March 2026, 1pm to 5pm

Venue:

IMH Lecture Hall, Institute of Mental Health, 10 Buangkok View, Buangkok Green Medical Park

Continuing Professional Education:

Doctors: Up to 2 MME CME points
Nurses: Up to 2 CPE points
Pharmacists: Up to 2 CPE points

Speaker

Dr Sumytra Menon

Director
CBmE, NUS

Dr Sumytra Menon is Deputy Director of CBmE & Co-Director of the Clinical Ethics Network + Research Ethics Support (CENTRES) initiative, which develops educational activities in clinical and transplant ethics to enhance capabilities in ethics committees work in Singapore. She is also CBmE’s Co-Director of Education and the Programme Director of Science, Health and Policy-relevant Ethics in Singapore (SHAPES).

Sumy is a lawyer by training, and her particular research interests are in healthcare decision-making, the law on mental capacity and at the end of life. Sumy teaches on the undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, and designs and develops the curriculum for CENTRES’ continuing education programmes.

Previously, Sumy was Deputy Director of the PACE Programme at the Lien Centre for Palliative Care (Duke-NUS) where she conducted research in advance care planning and spearheaded the Centre’s e-educational initiatives in offering a blended learning platform for palliative care education.