One Day Exposure (ODE) to Autism was initiated in the year 2012 by a group of passionate medical students from Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. Together with its partnership with St. Andrew’s Autism Centre (SAAC), the programme aims to provide medical students from NUS with a platform to gain exposure to and better understand Autism. This program has since benefited many batches of medical students, allowing them to gain invaluable experience through their interactions with people with Autism. We firmly believe that this early exposure to and understanding of autism will benefit medical students when they start their clinical years. By instilling in our medical students the importance of good communication skills and compassion early in their careers, we hope that this would stand them in good stead to become better doctors in the future.
