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Dr. Chirk Jenn Ng is a Professor in the Department of Primary Care Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaysia. He practices as a consultant family physician at the University Malaya Medical Centre and teaches family medicine at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya. He is the deputy editor of the Malaysian Family Physician and chaired the Malaysian Primary Care Research Group 2010 – 2012. He is involved in promoting primary care research in Malaysia and the region by organising research conferences and conducting regular research workshops. He is currently the coordinator of the research module of the Advanced Training Programme at the Academy of Family Physician of Malaysia.  Professor Ng obtained PhD from UK focusing on the implementation of shared decision making in general practice. He currently leads a number of research on medical decision making across private, public and university-based settings. His other research interests include evidence based medicine and men’s health.