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Originally Posted by Unregistered
as a current UK med student about to graduate, I would advise you to try sg med schools or go to a UK med school, or do another degree.
I have a few friends who know people who did not get a PGY1 spot in australia or SG, they are kinda screwed. i know quite a few uk grads who got a PGY1/2 job this year, so not sure what the hiring situation is like now. the pre-employment grant is definitely decreasing
i think it will be a gamble to go to australia. the plight is a bit similar to those americans who go to caribbean med schools and fail to match back into the US and end up in tons of debt.
The australian situation is getting worse, and doubt singapore will get better if they ramp up the local med schools' intake. hard to predict what will happen in 6 years. PEG is likely to be gone by then
UK med school is a good idea if you still want to do medicine, it is cheaper, lots of jobs, chance to specialise in anything you want. only caveat is they are creating lots of med schools and increasing students currently, but that is due to a massive shortage that has been ongoing for decades. think the fees have gone up a lot as well but brexit has made that cheaper
if you want to carry on with your degree, plan and think of other routes to work elsewhere, dont expect to be back in sg. this could be UK (might not even need to take qualifying exams), US (take STEP exams) etc.
if you really want to be back in sg, i would study something else. ive spoken to prospective sg students who have to come to visit my med school and also discouraged them from coming if they die die want to return to sg after graduation
lot to take in but consider it carefully, if you do this degree, lower your expectations of getting a job back in sg. and even if you come back, will likely be more competitive to get postgraduate training if they are going to take in more students in this small island. upside is worklife balance might be better with more doctors?
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Not the same person, but aren’t Doctors in the UK suffering under the NHS scheme? I heard they’re worked extraordinarily much and get paid very poorly. Sure you get to specialise, but that’s after at least going through F1 and F2. Besides that, there’s already reports of Doctors in UK flooding to places like Australia, where they can work less and get paid the same. I know Doctors shouldn’t complain about the hours they work, but Doctors are human too at some point we need to balance things that are also important to us like providing for our family and being there for our children. I think what he needs to understand is that it isn’t sunshine and rainbows anywhere he goes, even including Singapore, we have our fair share of problems here(being a local grad). We can’t tell what’s going to happen 6 years from now, sad to say, IMGs are in a precarious position currently. But I don’t think he will be out of a job with 500k down the drain, as long as he’s willing to take licensing exams for places like UK, sure it may waste some time, but a job is better than no job. If I were him, I would still go with Australia, for a better working condition and hours in Australia’s healthcare system, I would take the risk. Worse case just take licensing exams and just move to somewhere that needs you, Doctors are needed everywhere anyways. At least you aren’t locked down to your country for 5+ years with bonds, especially not with the current torrent of issues caused by our magnificent adoption of the American Residency system. Sigh.