Originally Posted by Unregistered

GP is not worth it. Aesthetics is great but too saturated today unfortunately. I am the psych guy from UK and in all honesty I will recommend all Singaporeans in the Uk to do training before they return to SG.

Main reason is because work conditions are way better in the UK and it’s easier to get into training because all the metrics are clearly listed.

My friends who returned to SG are doing very very poor. Out of the 10 who chose to return.. 8 are working as GPs. Many of them tried to dabble in aesthetics but are not good enough and got sacked by the clinic.. they are now in their mid 30s and obviously regretted their initial path but nothing they can do now but to deal with it (life as a GP)

There’s 2 who were lucky to get into residency in SG (IM residency) but they are now stuck in the advanced stage because they want to get into advanced spec like GI/cards but those specialities are too competitive to get into. They now have to either wait and reapply every cycle (which they are doing), or exit as an IM generalist which is useless in private sector, or opt for a non lucrative spec like geriatrics.

End outcome is that they are not happy and overworked and seriously can u believe it.. most are still single.

Meanwhile I only have a year left in my training and I am happy and living a balanced life.. already engaged to a Korean pharmacist girl , and will relocate back to SG after CCT