Biografi/ Biography :
Dr. Chai-Eng Tan memulakan karier sebagai pensyarah di Jabatan Perubatan Keluarga, Fakulti Perubatan, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia sejak 2011. Dia juga memperolehi PhD dalam bidang Pendidikan dan Komunikasi Kesihatan daripada UPM pada 2024. Bidang kepakaran beliau termasuk jagaan paliatif primer, jagarawatan di rumah atau domisiliari dan pendidikan kesihatan. Pengalaman dan kemahiran dalam kaedah penyelidikan termasuk pembangunan dan validasi soal selidik serta kajian kualitatif. Beliau suka mengajar dan sentiasa menyokong usaha untuk meningkatkan perkhidmatan paliatif kebangsaan. Selain memberikan perkhidmatan perubatan keluarga di Klinik Primer HCTM, beliau juga memberikan khidmat rundingan bagi Unit Jagarawatan di Rumah HCTM serta mengendalikan mesyuarat multidisiplin bagi menguruskan jawarawatan pesakit Unit Jagarawatan di Rumah.
Dr. Chai-Eng Tan joined the Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia as a lecturer since 2011. She attained a PhD in Health Education and Communication from UPM in 2024. Her special interests are in community palliative care, domiciliary care / home health care, and health education. Her research experience includes questionnaire development and validation, as well as qualitative studies. She enjoys trying out new methods for teaching, including online learning, and is a strong advocate for palliative care. Besides seeing patients at Klinik Primer HCTM, she also provides consultations for Home Care Unit HCTM and regularly conducts multidisciplinary team meetings to coordinate care for patients receiving Home Care services. She enjoys music, art and motivational quotes.
siti nur syafiqah binti fazil, ezura madiana md monoto, chai-eng tan, hana azhari. (2025). parental knowledge regarding childhood constipation: questionnaire development and validation. - malaysian journal of public health medicine, vol. 25 (supplement 1) 2025. 51 - 51.
yen sin teh, chai-eng tan, aaron wi han hiew, azrini abdul aziz, shu xian lim. (2025). symptom burden among patients with end-stage kidney disease in hospital kuala lumpur and outcomes of shared decision-making: a retrospective study. - aphc 2025. .
sharifah najwa syed mohamad, chai-eng tan, nizam baharom, mohamed fakhri abu baharin, nur faraheen abdul rahman, mohd radzniwan a rashid, muhammad tauffik mohd noor. (2025). challenges in providing domiciliary palliative care service in public health clinics - a qualitative study. - aphc 2025. .
chai-eng tan, sharifah najwa syed mohamad, nizam baharom, mohamed fakhri abu baharin, nur faraheen abdul rahman, mohd radzniwan a rashid, muhammad tauffik mohd noor. (2025). a qualitative exploration of palliative care needs in malaysian public primary care clinics. - aphc 2025. .
siti nur syafiqah fazil, ezura madiana md monoto, chai-eng tan, hana azhari. (2025). assessing parental knowledge and worry about childhood constipation among malaysian parents. - malaysian journal of paediatrics and child health (mjpch) . 15 - 20.
chai eng tan, sie chong doris lau, zarina abdul latiff, chee chan lee, kok hoi teh, sherina mohd sidik. (2024). parents of children with cancer require health literacy support to meet their information needs. - health information and libraries journal. 267 - 282.
chai-eng tan, sie chong doris lau, zarina abdul latiff, chee chan lee, kok hoi teh, sherina mohd sidik. (2022). information needs of malaysian parents of children with cancer: a qualitative study. - asia-pacific journal of oncology nursing. 143-152.
jun xin lee, wei keong chieng, muhammad irfan abdul jalal, chai eng tan, sie chong doris lau. (2022). role of serum ferritin in predicting outcomes of covid-19 infection among sickle cell disease patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. - frontiers in medicine. 1-8.
aida jaffar, chai-eng tan, sherina mohd-sidik, novia admodisastro, felicity goodyear-smith. (2022). persuasive technology in an mhealth app designed for pelvic floor muscle training among women: systematic review. - jmir mhealth and uhealth. 1-13.
jun xin lee, wei keong chieng, sie chong doris lau, chai eng tan. (2021). covid-19 and hemoglobinopathies: a systematic review of clinical presentations, investigations, and outcomes. - frontiers in medicine. 1-10.
chai-eng tan, novia admodisastro, sie chong doris lau, kit aun tan, kok hoi teh, chee chan lee, sherina mohd sidik. (2024). development and user evaluation of an online caregiver education resource for malaysian parents of children with leukemia or lymphoma. - asia-pacific journal of oncology nursing. 1-10.
noorsyarida shadan, hizlinda tohid, chai eng tan, nuraida baharuddin, noor azimah muhammad & shamsul azhar shah. (2020). effects of aided smoking cessation counselling with exhaled carbon monoxide measurement versus conventional counselling on smokers' intention to quit and cigarette consumption. - sains malaysiana. 1995-2003.
m. y. farhana, c. e. tan. (2019). perceived quality of transitional care between a public general hospital and a health clinic in seremban, negeri sembilan. - malaysian family physician. 28.
fathin alyaa mf, may yin h, nur khairina i, nur sarah aisyah a, chai eng t, aznida firzah aa. (2018). the level of caregiving knowledge and self-efficacy among caregivers of stroke patient. - medicine and health. .
chai-eng tan, aznida firzah abdul aziz, may-yin hi, nur sarah a azmi, nur khairina ishak, fathin alyaa mohamad farid, mohammad nazri zulkafli. (2018). validation of the caregiving knowledge questionnaire-my: measuring knowledge regarding positioning and feeding among malaysian caregivers of stroke patients. - indian journal of palliative care. .
siti nur syafiqah fazil, ezura madiana md monoto, chai-eng tan, hana azhari. (2025). assessing parental knowledge and worry about childhood constipation among malaysian parents. - malaysian journal of paediatrics and child health (mjpch) . 15 - 20.
chai-eng tan, novia admodisastro, sie chong doris lau, kit aun tan, kok hoi teh, chee chan lee, sherina mohd sidik. (2024). development and user evaluation of an online caregiver education resource for malaysian parents of children with leukemia or lymphoma. - asia-pacific journal of oncology nursing. 1-10.
chai eng tan, sie chong doris lau, zarina abdul latiff, chee chan lee, kok hoi teh, sherina mohd sidik. (2024). parents of children with cancer require health literacy support to meet their information needs. - health information and libraries journal. 267 - 282.
tan chai eng. (2023). psychosocial support in palliative care. - malaysian family physician. 8.
nurin zainal, aznida firzah abdul aziz, chai eng tan, rahmah kamaluddin, petrick periyasamy, noorul amilin binti sulaiman. (2023). pause©: the case for developing a premarital hiv testing aid for primary care settings in malaysia. - malaysian journal of public health medicine. 190-200.
siti nur syafiqah binti fazil, ezura madiana md monoto, chai-eng tan, hana azhari. (2025). parental knowledge regarding childhood constipation: questionnaire development and validation. - malaysian journal of public health medicine, vol. 25 (supplement 1) 2025. 51 - 51.
farhana md yusof, chai-eng tan & salmiah md sharif. (2021). dealing with a grieving parent`s anger. - . 61-68.
seng fah tong, nabishah mohamed, chai eng tan, benny effendie, kanaga kumari chelliah, john hv gilbert.. (2016). transition from uniprofessional towards interprofessional education: the malaysian experience of a pragmatic model. - . 169-192.
tan chai eng. (2016). bebanan jagaan pesakit terlantar. - . 1-25.
tan chai eng. (2014). kaunseling kesihatan yang berkesan. - . 1-14.
sylvester lajau, chai eng tan, halimah hana a karim, saharuddin ahmad, leelavathi muthupalaniappen. (2025). antibiotic prescribing confidence and practice among primary care doctors in malaysia and their associated factors: a cross-sectional study. - 27th medical and health research week. .
sylvester lajau, halimah hana a karim, chai eng tan, saharuddin ahmad, leelavathi muthupalaniappen. (2025). antibiotic prescribing confidence and practice among primary care doctors in malaysia and their associated factors: a cross-sectional study. - sabah research day. .
yen sin teh, chai-eng tan, aaron wi han hiew, azrini abdul aziz, shu xian lim. (2025). symptom burden among patients with end-stage kidney disease in hospital kuala lumpur and outcomes of shared decision-making: a retrospective study. - aphc 2025. .
sharifah najwa syed mohamad, chai-eng tan, nizam baharom, mohamed fakhri abu baharin, nur faraheen abdul rahman, mohd radzniwan a rashid, muhammad tauffik mohd noor. (2025). challenges in providing domiciliary palliative care service in public health clinics - a qualitative study. - aphc 2025. .
chai-eng tan, sharifah najwa syed mohamad, nizam baharom, mohamed fakhri abu baharin, nur faraheen abdul rahman, mohd radzniwan a rashid, muhammad tauffik mohd noor. (2025). a qualitative exploration of palliative care needs in malaysian public primary care clinics. - aphc 2025. .