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Occupational Pressure is a rising epidemic with detrimental effects on health and productivity at work. There is also a sharp rise in participation of women in the workforce in the last three decades. However, the occupational pressure of women is still relatively understudied. Evidence suggests that more than two-thirds of people are suffering from work related stress. This monologue is about an audit conducted using the Pressure Management Inventory to explore the stress experienced by women in a large medical-model hospital set-up.

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Loh Siew Yim´s academic background include a BSc in Applied Rehabilitation, MSc in Medical Education (UWCM, UK) and a PhD (Aust). Her interests include occupational therapy, occupational stress, occupational performance and patient self management. Her latest focus is on cancer survivorship project for her current workplace.

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