How is life as a doctor in Singapore?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Guys, between singhealth and NUHS, which is a better cluster to work at

Definitely nhg

Originally Posted by Unregistered

yea nowadays harder to get job as foreigner the poster is talking about previously. Don’t quote me on this but I think nowadays must either be locally trained singaporean or foreign trained singaporean to work as a consultant or must be really exceptional foreigner with special skill set

i can vouch that this is true. a few malaysians i know of failed to get a consultant job in singapore after CCT, even after a few years of experience working as a consultant in the UK. the path has closed for few years now. there are of course, exceptions, like you have said.

No problem for foreigners to get a job as a HO or MO (provided they fulfil SMC criteria, etc)

hearsay SGP do not need to work three years as a consultant to get a consultant job.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Definitely nhg

hahaha okay. why so?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

any singaporean students consider studying in canada? There are 4 year accredited undergrad programs like mcgill and u can do residency in the US after. What am i missing?

What do you mean '4 year accredited undergrad programs'? Medicine in canada is post-grad, so its 3-4 years undergrad + 4 years Medical school. That's 7-8 years to get primary medical degree. Also, getting into medical school in Canada is much harder than in the USA (which is already hard). International students have an even slimmer chance...

Originally Posted by Unregistered

any singaporean students consider studying in canada? There are 4 year accredited undergrad programs like mcgill and u can do residency in the US after. What am i missing?

You are missing a brain obviously.

Shortest MD program is 3 years at McGill and mcmaster in Canada.
U still need a undergrad.

There were some uni in USA that have 6 years combined programs
2 +4. Some programs allow U to have early placement in FM residency and skip the 4th year altogether

Originally Posted by Unregistered

You are missing a brain obviously.

Shortest MD program is 3 years at McGill and mcmaster in Canada.
U still need a undergrad.

There were some uni in USA that have 6 years combined programs
2 +4. Some programs allow U to have early placement in FM residency and skip the 4th year altogether

McGill is still 4 years.
McMaster is 3 years.
U of Calgary also 3 years.
FM residency in Canada still only 2 years.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

i can vouch that this is true. a few malaysians i know of failed to get a consultant job in singapore after CCT, even after a few years of experience working as a consultant in the UK. the path has closed for few years now. there are of course, exceptions, like you have said.

No problem for foreigners to get a job as a HO or MO (provided they fulfil SMC criteria, etc)

hearsay SGP do not need to work three years as a consultant to get a consultant job.

Need to work 3 years for full consultant post as singaporean but for AC don’t need. CCT will do.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

You are missing a brain obviously.

Shortest MD program is 3 years at McGill and mcmaster in Canada.
U still need a undergrad.

There were some uni in USA that have 6 years combined programs
2 +4. Some programs allow U to have early placement in FM residency and skip the 4th year altogether

No mcgill have an undergrad medicine program and it’s accredited. MDCM
s://.mcgill.ca/medadmissions/programs/mdcm

Originally Posted by Unregistered

No mcgill have an undergrad medicine program and it’s accredited. MDCM
s://.mcgill.ca/medadmissions/programs/mdcm

It is even much more competitive to get it. Plus need to be comfortable in both English and French. Tough.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Need to work 3 years for full consultant post as singaporean but for AC don’t need. CCT will do.

Not full consultant post. Refer to SAB website.
I know someone who only locum for a year and got a consultant post. Not AC.