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Interdisciplinary course design. All integrated modules are designed and delivered with the intention to explore health problems from multiple perspectives and offer a more holistic approach to managing health problems. This is partly achieved by centralizing module content around three 2-weeklong case studies. As an example, in healthcare systems students explore a patient's case diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). The holistic patient case enables students to integrate various topics from molecular biology, pathology, physiology, anatomy, health ethics, health psychology, health behavior, patient and public involvement (PPI) to healthcare systems. Therefore, in each module students cover various topics that fall under the 2 disciplines of health sciences and medical sciences delivered using various modes of teaching and learning from lectures, group discussions, debates, self-paced interactive online learning material to case-based learning sessions. End-of-year synoptic assessments (or integrative assessments) hold true to the mission of promoting integrated learning and assessment opportunities by allowing students to demonstrate their knowledge and skills in integrating information vertically and horizontally. The Concepts in the Health and Medical sciences module, the first compulsory module undertaken in year 1, has been designed to standardize the background knowledge and understanding of the learners across various disciplines (eg, biology, ethics, health psychology, economics, etc.) covered throughout the course and to familiarize learners with the language, nomenclature, and terminologies of each discipline.