How is life as a doctor in Singapore?

how a leader treats his most junior team members is very telling of his true character

applies to medical professionals also? some of them in front of patient very nice, once face turn to team member they become a different person.

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how a leader treats his most junior team members is very telling of his true character

applies to medical professionals also? some of them in front of patient very nice, once face turn to team member they become a different person.

Just make sure they have no plans to run election in the future. You never know which junior will sabotage you 20 years later when you run for GE 2045.

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In the same vein GPs and FPs are not surgeons, they can only give PPI for ulcers but can never do a scope

I heard in other countries primary care can do scope, not sure whether true or not don't pofma me

Don't keh kiang come and say here GP also can do proctoscope

Is true. Other countries GP can do many things. Just need to do the training. The way it works is the GP is working with other specialists. GP is like "MO" or "Reg".

GP cannot ownself start specialty service.

Common things are GP anesthetists (rural), GP obstetrics, GP ENT, GP gastro, GP Derm

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Then beauticians can do injections ah? Legally

Like inject botox and stuff like that

Btw there is a lot of hate for aesthetic doctors

How about aesthetic dermatologists or aesthetic surgeons who only do aesthetic procedures

Like of course they have learnt about cleft palate and stuff like that but how many actually perform the procedures.

plastic surgeons who only perform aesthetic procedures tend to include invasive procedures in their practise eg. face lift.
not sure if beautificans are qualified to do injections. i think they do...... can someone confirm this?

no one can be good in everything, so we need subspecs.

Not sure if the UK psych bro is still around but just a few more questions -

Is the WLB generally better outside of London? I thought London is more competitive but across specialties / just psych in general, do you have a lot less patient load in smaller towns?

Psych seems to be completely random as selection is not portfolio driven. Would it be realistic to get into psych early and avoid all these lotteries with ACF run-through?

Do pubs / where you get trained in UK matter if the goal is to return to SG PHI 2-3 years then move to private?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Not sure if the UK psych bro is still around but just a few more questions -

Is the WLB generally better outside of London? I thought London is more competitive but across specialties / just psych in general, do you have a lot less patient load in smaller towns?

Psych seems to be completely random as selection is not portfolio driven. Would it be realistic to get into psych early and avoid all these lotteries with ACF run-through?

Do pubs / where you get trained in UK matter if the goal is to return to SG PHI 2-3 years then move to private?

Not psych but uk registrar out of London and considered psych previously. ACF probably not needed unless you are really passionate about research and want to do PhD. Living outside London will be cheaper plus easy access to outdoors. I think London has a few famous trusts like SLaM, that might be quite attractive to put on the cv in private next time. London will have quite complex cases compared to more rural schemes but most cities will probably be similar in cases from urban deprivation, addictions, drugs etc. London will definitely more research opportunities. If you can stomach the cost of living there then I would try to apply there. If you like outdoors and saving money then go north to a decent size city but probably avoid more rural training scheme eg North Wales, Highlands, probably low case mix comparatively to the urban centres.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Not psych but uk registrar out of London and considered psych previously. ACF probably not needed unless you are really passionate about research and want to do PhD. Living outside London will be cheaper plus easy access to outdoors. I think London has a few famous trusts like SLaM, that might be quite attractive to put on the cv in private next time. London will have quite complex cases compared to more rural schemes but most cities will probably be similar in cases from urban deprivation, addictions, drugs etc. London will definitely more research opportunities. If you can stomach the cost of living there then I would try to apply there. If you like outdoors and saving money then go north to a decent size city but probably avoid more rural training scheme eg North Wales, Highlands, probably low case mix comparatively to the urban centres.

Thanks bro. Does WLB differ substantially though? Also, research wise would I get something decent even outside London as long as I am sticking around with hospitals that are linked to a larger uni? Like Addenbrooke's or those linked to Soton/Notts/Manchester?

The reason I am thinking about ACF is for run-through earlier (and probably spent less time on service provision in unrelated specialties / general med?)? Haven't started med yet so undecided but leaning to psych at this stage. But then I think ACF is run-through for everything so if one is targeting derm / ENT etc. ACF will still give you a peace of mind simply because you sort out the competition early?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Not psych but uk registrar out of London and considered psych previously. ACF probably not needed unless you are really passionate about research and want to do PhD. Living outside London will be cheaper plus easy access to outdoors. I think London has a few famous trusts like SLaM, that might be quite attractive to put on the cv in private next time. London will have quite complex cases compared to more rural schemes but most cities will probably be similar in cases from urban deprivation, addictions, drugs etc. London will definitely more research opportunities. If you can stomach the cost of living there then I would try to apply there. If you like outdoors and saving money then go north to a decent size city but probably avoid more rural training scheme eg North Wales, Highlands, probably low case mix comparatively to the urban centres.

Thanks bro. Does WLB differ substantially though? Also, research wise would I get something decent even outside London as long as I am sticking around with hospitals that are linked to a larger uni? Like Addenbrooke's or those linked to Soton/Notts/Manchester?

The reason I am thinking about ACF is for run-through earlier (and probably spent less time on service provision in unrelated specialties / general med?)? Haven't started med yet so undecided but leaning to psych at this stage. But then I think ACF is run-through for everything so if one is targeting derm / ENT etc. ACF will still give you a peace of mind simply because you sort out the competition early?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Not psych but uk registrar out of London and considered psych previously. ACF probably not needed unless you are really passionate about research and want to do PhD. Living outside London will be cheaper plus easy access to outdoors. I think London has a few famous trusts like SLaM, that might be quite attractive to put on the cv in private next time. London will have quite complex cases compared to more rural schemes but most cities will probably be similar in cases from urban deprivation, addictions, drugs etc. London will definitely more research opportunities. If you can stomach the cost of living there then I would try to apply there. If you like outdoors and saving money then go north to a decent size city but probably avoid more rural training scheme eg North Wales, Highlands, probably low case mix comparatively to the urban centres.

Thanks bro. Does WLB differ substantially though? Also, research wise would I get something decent even outside London as long as I am sticking around with hospitals that are linked to a larger uni? Like Addenbrooke's or those linked to Soton/Notts/Manchester?

The reason I am thinking about ACF is for run-through earlier (and probably spent less time on service provision in unrelated specialties / general med?)? Haven't started med yet so undecided but leaning to psych at this stage. But then I think ACF is run-through for everything so if one is targeting derm / ENT etc. ACF will still give you a peace of mind simply because you sort out the competition early?

Do you feel that if one loves money and views money as their most important priority, they shouldn't remain in public hospitals (i.e money minded and public service are kind of mutually exclusive)