Dr Yu Chou Chuen

Advance Care Planning, Aging-in-Place, Assisted Living

Caregiving Support, Clinical Empathy, Community Care

Dementia Care, Later-Life Well-being, Supportive Aging Systems

Z. Tan, C.C. Yu, P. Moorthy, & C.W. Tew (2025, March) Perception, Satisfaction, and Utilisation of a Post-discharge Telehealth Service in a Hospital Setting: A Mixed Method Study. Oral presentation at AGen 2025 - The 11th Asian Conference on Aging & Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan

C.C. Yu (2024, November). Navigating morally challenging scenarios in advance care planning: A survey study. Poster and Oral presentation at the British Geriatric Society Autumn Conference, London, UK.

F. Cheong, & C.C. Yu (2024, November). Perspectives on how occupational therapists enable older adults to “age-in-place” in Singapore through a place-based approach. Poster presentation at the Asia Pacific Population Health Conference 2024, Singapore.

C.C. Yu (2024, October). Navigating morally challenging scenarios in advance care planning: A survey study. Poster and Oral presentation at the Singapore Health and Bio-Medical Congress 2024, Singapore.

L. Tan & C.C. Yu (2024, October). Measuring the multidimensional aspects of clinical empathy: development and validation of a scale. Poster and Oral presentation at the Singapore Health and Bio-Medical Congress 2024, Singapore [abstract accepted].

P. Lun & C.C. Yu (2024, October). Enhancing advance care planning practice using a knowledge translation (KT) approach. Poster and Oral presentation at the Singapore Health and Bio-Medical Congress 2024, Singapore [abstract accepted].

S.F. Fong & C.C. Yu (2024, October). Older adults’ trust in medical community and other information sources during the COVID-19 pandemic’s vaccination phase: Findings from a mixed methods study. Poster and Oral presentation at the Singapore Health and Bio-Medical Congress 2024, Singapore [abstract accepted].

C.C. Yu (2023, October). Understanding moral distress and adaptive responses of healthcare professionals in advance care planning.  Poster and oral presentation at the Singapore Health and Bio-Medical Congress 2023, Singapore.

C.C. Yu (2023, October). Combating misinformation, fear, and stigma in response to the COVID-19 outbreak: An internation collaboration between Canada and Singapore. Poster and Oral presentation at the Singapore Health and Bio-Medical Congress 2023, Singapore.

C.C. Yu (2023, March). Internet use and effects on mental well-being during the lockdown phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in younger versus older adults: Observational cross-sectional study. Poster/Oral presentation at the AGEN conference (31 March-3 April 2023), Tokyo, Japan

C.C. Yu (2023, March). Factors influencing the decision to uptake COVID-19 vaccine based on the Theoretical Domain Framework: A mixed methods study of older adults. Poster/Oral presentation at the AGEN conference (31 March-3 April 2023), Tokyo, Japan

C.C. Yu, L.L.C. Tan, Y.G.B. Tang, & J.A. Low (2022, January). Using Qualitative Methods to Guide Scale Development for Clinician Empathy in Healthcare Professionals and Students. Poster/Oral presentation at Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference (12-16 Jan 2022), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

C.C. Yu, N.X. Tou, & J.A. Low (2021, October). Age advantages in mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic and the positive effects of adaptability. Poster and Oral presentation at the Singapore Health and Bio-Medical Congress 2021, Singapore.

N.X. Tou, J.A. Low, & C.C. Yu (2021, October). Age advantages in mental health despite the digital divide during COVID-19 pandemic. Poster presentation at the Singapore Health and Bio-Medical Congress 2021, Singapore.

C.C. Yu, L.L.C. Tan, Y.G.B. Tang, & J.A. Low (2021, October). Using qualitative methods to guide scale development for clinician empathy in healthcare professionals and students. Abstract accepted at the Singapore Health and Biomedical Congress 2021, Singapore.

C.C. Yu, Y.G.B. Tang, J.A. Low, M. Mathews, C. Fahim, N.H.L. Ha, & S.E. Straus (2021, October). Misinformation, stigma, and fear during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study of public perception and reactions in Singapore. Abstract accepted at the Singapore Health and Biomedical Congress 2021, Singapore. 

K.A. Jabbar, P. Lun, S.C.J. Gao, Y.G.B. Tang, C.C. Yu, J.A. Low, & P.P. George (2021, October). A social ecological approach to understanding the barriers and facilitators to COVID-19 vaccination acceptance: Preliminary results from a scoping review. Abstract accepted at the Singapore Health and Biomedical Congress 2021, Singapore.

C.C. Yu (2021, January). Using Qualitative Methods to Guide Scale Development for Clinician Empathy in Healthcare Professionals and Students.  Oral presentation (invitation to speak) at Singapore Management University Behavioural Sciences Institute Seminar

Le, M.K. & C.C. Yu, (2019, October). Tracing the roots of empathy: Is it nature or nurture? Oral presentation (invitation to speak) at the Singapore Health and Bio-Medical Congress 2019, Singapore.

C.C. Yu, E. Koh, & J.A. Low (2019, October). Evaluation of knowledge, attitudes, perceptions and confidence of participants before and after the Living Matters ACP Training for health professionals through a Multi-Centre Study. Poster presentation at the Singapore Health and Bio-Medical Congress 2019, Singapore.

E. Koh, C.C. Yu, & J.A. Low (2019, October). Understanding barriers and challenges to conducting ACP with patients after completion of the Living Matters ACP training course: Findings from a multi-centre study. Poster presentation at the Singapore Health and Bio-Medical Congress 2019, Singapore.

E. Koh, C.C. Yu, & J.A. Low (2019, October). Post-course thoughts and opinions of the Living Matters ACP training course for health professionals from a multi-centre study. Poster presentation at the Singapore Health and Bio-Medical Congress 2019, Singapore.

E. Koh, C.C. Yu, & J.A. Low (2019, October). Differences in the perceptions of end-of-life care preferences between non-dyad patients and proxies in Singapore. Poster presentation at the Singapore Health and Bio-Medical Congress 2019, Singapore.

Le, M.K. & C.C. Yu & J.A. Low (2019, October). A Mixed Methods Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Community Nurse Training Programme in Singapore. Poster presentation at the Singapore Health and Bio-Medical Congress 2019, Singapore.

C.C. Yu, E. Koh, & J.A. Low (2019, March). Evaluation of the Living Matters ACP training course for health professionals through a multi-centre study. Oral presentation at the 7^th ACP-I Conference, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

E. Koh, C.C. Yu, & J.A. Low (2019, March). Differences in the perceptions of end-of-life care preferences between non-dyad patients and proxies in an Asian context. Poster presentation at the 7^th ACP-I Conference, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Development of a set of practice guidelines “Guideline for Quality Implementation of Advance Care Planning” (https://file.for.sg/aqiguidelines.pdf May 2025). Member of the workgroup and lead in the survey and dissemination of findings.

“Building empathic healthcare communities”. Invited as speaker at the Singhealth Duke-NUS Medicine ACP – NTU Medical Humanities Conference 2023 (27 Jul 2023 to 28 Jul 2023).

“Building empathic healthcare communities”. Invited as speaker at the 8th Singapore Palliative Care Conference (01 Jul 2023 to 02 Jul 2023).

“Understanding older adults’ responses to Pandemic: Lessons learnt from COVID-19”. Invited as speaker at the GERI Knowledge to Practice Series (10 Feb 2023).

“Age advantages in mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic and the positive effects of adaptability”. Invited as speaker at the SSR Conference 2022 Singapore (15 March 2022).

“Entrustable Professional Activities: Competency Based Milestones in Geriatric Medicine Specialist Training.” Oral presentation (2019, April) to Geriatric Medicine Residency Advisory Committee, Singapore. Presentation of EPA findings to RAC and MOH (27 Sep 2019).

Presented at the ACP Clan lecture as invited speaker on findings from the ACP Training evaluation study (GERI1611) (24 Nov 2021)

M.K. Le, C.C. Yu, & J.A. Low. A Mixed Methods Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Community Nurse Training Programme in Singapore. Oral presentation (2019, April) at Geriatric Education & Research Institute Knowledge and Practice Series Seminar Series for Healthcare Professionals, Singapore.

C.C. Yu, E. Koh, & J.A. Low. Evaluation of the Living Matters ACP training course for health professionals through a multi-centre study. Oral presentation (2019, July) to the National Advance Care Planning Steering Committee, Singapore. Evaluation Report submitted to Agency of Integrated Care (2020, March)

C.C. Yu, & J.A. Low. Entrustable Professional Activities: Competency Based Milestones in Geriatric Medicine Specialist Training. Oral presentation (2019, April) to Geriatric Medicine Residency Advisory Committee, Singapore. Presentation of EPA findings to RAC and MOH (27/9/2019)

 C.C. Yu (2019, October). Spiritual care practices for older adults facing health stressors: Opportunities and challenges in research. Invited speaker at the Singapore Health and Bio-Medical Congress 2019.