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Old 02-04-2019, 06:06 PM
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GDFM just easy to enter. 2 years of part time course. Exam is average to slightly hard. Historical pass rates range from 50-75%. Usually candidate will take one to two weeks of leave prior to final osce. Just read thru all the clinical practice guidelines. Practice with friends.

Breaking bond is a personal decision. You can contact any of the medical chain.

But at pgy2 I don't recommend. Firstly insufficient experience, secondly bond quantum is too big. You probably have close to 600k of bond. Anyway for all round development, should try to do some Ed, rotate thru some paeds, some generic im, derm ent eye Ortho will be a plus.

You will have to work 55hrs per week to get around 15k. 55 hours doesn't include lunch time. Nights are burnt, weekends you have to work. 15k Minus taxes of 1k plus left with 13plus k. Minus bond repayment of 8k per month, so net is just 5k you are actually better off with mohh (after you add in the mohh bonus)

Thank you so much for your reply!

Appreciate your advice, I suppose breaking bond after PGY4 (left with ~300k of bond) have a better bond quantum?
Is the bond repayment of 8k/month fixed or standard for the medical chains; or can it be negotiable e.g. with GDFM/M.Med/MRCP?
When nights are burnt, do you mean working till like 9+pm? Do private medical chain GPs do shift work e.g. morning + noon shift today, noon + night shift tomorrow?

What is the MOHH Bonus like - is it performance based? Do MOs get yearly annual increment while rotating through MOPEX?

Thank you so much!!!
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