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28-year-old Syairah Selamat works as a Programme Coordinator at Pacific Activity Centre that cares for seniors
28-year-old Syairah Selamat was featured in The Straits Times as a student in RP's Work -Study Post Diploma (Specialist Diploma in Healthy Ageing & Community Care for Seniors). Syairah completed the programme in 2019 and is currently employed as a Programme Coordinator at Pacific Activity Centre that cares for seniors.
Syairah first graduated from RP with a Diploma in Health Management & Promotion (DHMP) in 2017. She was motivated to return to RP to undertake further studies because the additional diploma would bring opportunities for career advancement and meet her professional development needs.
Syairah has a passion in helping seniors integrate and age gracefully in the community. She found the programme’s on-the-job assignments complementary to her studies and they also helped her contextualise hands-on learning.
Syairah’s supervisor at work, Clarissa Lim, says, “Syairah has injected a new life into the centre with her bubbly personality, care, concern and respect for our senior friends. Her positive learning attitude is laudable. The Work-Study Programme has helped her gain insight into the Eldercare sector and has prepared her mentally and technically for her role at the centre.”
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