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Very complete input. Just to add some points for who are still coming to Singapore and work as Doctor. 1. There is NO WAY you can get full registration in Singapore, be it Specialist or whatever in UK/USA/Australia. I worked here as Resident Physician for over 7 years, still not fully registered. That means no hope for those try to settle in Singapore. Those aiming for short term stay - pay is not bad, around S$ 4000 as basic to start of as Medical Officer. 2. Work enviroment - Supervisors review are very VERY bias. They thought locally trained are best but reality is a joke. I have 2 local diplomas while I working here. If you do better than them - jellous you & attack you like crows (According to my experience here over 7 years in 4 hospitals). 3. Work Life - over stretched. short of man power at all time. Prepare yourself to work 60 -80 hours a week. Very demanding as well. Night duty/long duty start at today 830am and you only can knock off tomorrow 1230pm if you are lucky, otherwise end up going back 4-5pm next day. No official off day after long duty. 4. For training - They may say training, but end up with work for all time. No proper training. Supervising is in your dream but prepare for yourself to be blamed if something wrong. 5. Language - perpare yourself to be Mandarin/Hokkian efficient. Even among local docotrs - they perfer to speak in those langauages rather than English, not only patients. On the top of that you should be able to speak basic Malay and Tamil. That will give you good start. 6. Living Cost - If you stay in one room rental is about 700S$ (not whole flat)(as of current marlet rate) - you only will have one small bedroom (10x 12 feet)with common toilet. If you want to rent a whole flat about 70 sq meter flat - is about S$2000 and above depends on location. For meals - if you eat cheapest one - cost you about S$5 plus including drink. Most of rental room here not allow to cook your meal. No way of buying own car here - toyota altis like japanese can cause you around 90-100KS$ which is only can use for 10years. plus so called ERP (road pricing gantry) are everywhere. 7. Discrimination against foreign trained - whereever you trained before(including UK/USA), you will get this treatment. If you keen to work in Singapore, prepare yourself mentally before you come. This is culture here. Recommendation: 1. Good for doctors from third world countries where pay is lower than Singapore. 2. Good fot those who intended to stay for short term. 3. Good for who can work 60-80 hours a week persistently 4. Good for junior/school leaver to earn some ecperience before settle in USA/UK/Australia. My personal opinion - Australia is the best choice as work-life balance |
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No smoke will be seen if there is no fire. Come to Singapore if money to burn for hearing what dcotrs in Singapore are suffering yourself. You will be suprised - long owrk hours, discrimination against foreign trained, high living cost, bias supervisor review and many more. LOL |
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Do you have sound mind?, you are already in UK as a consultant. Do you know why Singapore has laways short of Docotr even pay here is not bad? Do you know how they treat foreign trained grad here in Singapore? My humble opinion, stay put in UK, don't give your family and yourself a trouble. You may not have ladder to heaven here, only escalator to going down to hell in Singapore. You don't believe!! Come and try, then post one additional comment your testimonial as proof. So no one will do it again. |
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NO way you will be allowed to practise in private sector since you are foreign trained and you will never be fully registered. You can earn 300-500K a year in Singapore if you rob the bank. You can expect about 100-200K before tax as a specialist as psy. By the way - Are you able to speak fluently in Teochew/Hokkian/Mandarin/Malay, forgo your hope otherwise. |
hello everyone :)
Can anybody give input on working as Emergency Physician n Singapore ? Thank you :) |
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Primary qualification, post grad, years of ecxperience etc cos Singapore not consider experience from developing countries nd not all post grad qualifications are recognised in Singapore. go n visit singapor medical council webpage and see registrable post grad qualification list first. |
Working as a radiologist
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I am about to finish radiology training in New Zealand(FRANZCR). I have been looking to move to Singapore to work as a consultant. But after reading some of the comments here, it doesn't sound very enticing anymore. No full registration to foreign grad? That doesn't sound very nice. Can anyone give me some input on life and earning of radiologists in Singapore? |
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Have you read this: Doctors’ pay | Salary.sg - Your Salary in Singapore |
Peds
Hello. I am finishing my residency in Peds in the US and am exploring my options including coming to Singapore. Does anybody know how board certified pediatrician is looked upon in terms of job opportunities. Is it fairly equivalent to MRCP from the UK? How are the job prospects?
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I am very keen to work in singapore. I am currently a FY2 (equivalent to a MO in singapore) in the UK. i am also aware of the long working hours, racial tension, so on and so forth. For some reasons, I am ready to be subjected to all these.
How do I apply to work in singapore? How long does the application process take? Thanks. |
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Is UK _that_ bad? Or did our government do a great job in selling Singapore as a job destination? |
could someone please guide me on the application process and how long would it take?
many thanks. |
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u can find the req info here. |
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FRANZCR is recognised in singapore so you can approach any hospital for a consultant job. On top of the regular salary, foreigners get housing allowance of up to $1200. Your total pay package would be slightly less than 20k as you just finished. Might sound little but the tax rate is extremely low. This is excluding the year end bonus of up to 3 months. At the moment for radiology, NUH has the highest salary of all hospital but it is a tertiary centre so cases are more complex and workload is high. NUH is also a training center for RANZCR. The other tertiary centre is SGH. Other newer peripheral hospitals (singapore is small so it would be maybe 40mins from city) pay less but workload is less. Radiology work in singapore is not as bad compared to the wards. Monday to friday working hours 0830 to 1800hrs. one in 8 weeks stay home call for consultants. If you do research or admin, you may only work 4 days a week. You can get full rego only after 4 years in the public hospital. In the meantime you can work as consultant in any public hospital but not privately for 4 years. |
Jobs in singapore
Consultant jobs in singapore are not stressful. The pay isnt great (around 20k per month) but tax rate is low so it evens out. If you are a consultant keen on coming for a few years, i would highly recommend it. In addition, there are plenty of seemingly unlimited funds for research so if thats up your alley, its a great place to build projects and ideas. But if research is not your cup of tea, it may limit your career progression unless you take up either admin or teaching track.
For more junior doctors, i wont recommend them coming over as long hours awaits you! The workload in the wards are high and salary is low. The local grads are bonded for 5 years so there are no incentive to pay you more. Foreigners do get up to 1000 in housing allowance but the rental market is expensive now. Expect to pay 4000 for a small two room apartment. A typical PGY4 MO pay is around 5-6k. In terms of racial issues, its fairly negligible compared to other countries. Singapore is multiracial and cultural so there isnt much of an issue unless you have problems integrating with civil society. |
Pathology
Can anyone suggest how is the scenario for (junior) Pathologist there?
How useful to do residency at Singapore? Thanx |
Work conditions for Emergency resident
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What about if I am a Malaysian who want to work as houseman in singapore? How is the chances of being choose to be trainee for resident program in singapore? Is that better for me to stay back in Malaysia rather than go the singapore?
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Working in Singapore better than Malaysia?
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i advised that u complete ur housemanship in msia before coming over as medical officer.. ur pay will be much higher and u will have housing allowance that singaporean doctors do not get.
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what are the chances of uk graduates getting into residency?
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Foreign doctor shedding some real light
I am a consultant in Singapore went thru med school in Australia and completed specialist training in Singapore. Just thought to shed some light on some issues discussed.
With regards to registration Yes all foreign grads are given conditional registration unlike if I go UK or Australia where I would qualify for full registration. But in reality conditional registration unlike temporary registration does not require so much hand holding as long as you practice in a local hospital in a department with a supervisor. Anyway I would be very concerned as a foreigner if i was taking a job and not aclimatizing to local situations. I turned full registration after 5 years as a conditional registered doctor and no I am not Singaporean. You need only your supervisor to advice the medical council that you are ready. Pay wise we are very comparable to UK or Australia AFTER tax in our public hospitals . Tax in Singapore is far lower than UK or Australia. As a young consultant earning above 200k in a pulblichospital I am only taxed 10%. So I keep most of what I earned. Also medical indemnity insurance here is cheaper. Cost of living here is comparable to Melbourne or London (I lived in both) as long as you can adapt to local foods (bowl of noodles is $4 or chicken rice can be $3.50). But yes housing and a car are the biggest costs here. Housing you prob can rent a decent apartment for 2000-3000 a month (comparing to central London at 3000 pounds a month). In terms of getting around our subway is very convenient apart from recent mess ups... Taxis are cheaper than in UK or Aust for sure Living in Singapore is safe and secure as long as you do not go looking for trouble at certain spots. But in general you can jog around at night. There is also a huge expat community here so you can meet up with countrymen by using online forums at attend meetups at usual hangings like Clarke quay, siglap, holland village or Jalan kayu. The main disadvantage here is there is sill laxity in working hours oversight... As a registrar I used to work close to 60 hours a week.. This went down to 40 hours after I turned consultant. There is little in union practices here. Also your bonuses are tied in with performance so if you are coming here be sure you know you can perform well. Lastly living in Singapore means no more 4 seasons and no natural getaways unless you fly out of the country. Most of Singapore is a built up island city. But saying that we do have a good airport |
Additional comments
Residency is hard as hell to get in as like US it starts from university time... But saying that there are spots for foreign doctors and those who have not taken residency until a later date but those spots are competitive... However if you know you are a good performer then your chances are pretty good.
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I happen to be in singapore for these two weeks. where can i go to speak to the MOs? wouldnt it be weird to just go to the hospitals/ wards to start speaking to them?
secondly, if i cant get full registration (after a year), could i still apply for residency? |
to the foreign doctor above who completed his residency in singapore and am currently a consultant there, i wonder why did you choose to do your residency in sg? i would jump at the opportunity to do it in australia/ UK. they are more reputable.
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A humble GP since 1983
Well this guy is doing OK:
see "bernard cheong doctor watches life" Call me a jerk or any name...but working hard from ground zero in Singapore...it will be hard..difficult...but rewarding. |
interesting blog. wonder why ive never heard of you before! would sit down and read through your blog more when i have the time.
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Hahahaha.. yet another doctor boasting about his collection of watches, cars and other toys that "sophisticated" gentlemen indulge in. Why am I not impressed ? |
i dont see that as boosting. everyone has their own interests. why cant doctors have interest outside medicine? why do people see doctors as showing off when they talk about cars, phones and etc etc?
i am a doctor but i dont have a car or a house. yet i dont have a problem with doctors buying fancy cars or big houses. anyways, lets get back to the topic. |
Residency programme in singapore
Hi all, I am interested to apply for surgical residency in singapore when i look through the residency website, I found out that to be eligible to apply for residency programme, one must have worked in singapore's hospitals before? Would be grateful for advice...
My background: Malaysian graduating from Uni of manchester, working as an FY1(house officer) in UK at the moment, would like to go to singapore as soon as possible |
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I got my medical degree in Barcelona (Spain) in 2003. After that I completed a four year specialist training program and got a specialist registration as a Family Physician (GP is a specialist in Spain) In that period I also got a master's degree in Palliative Care (it is not an official specialization in Spain). Three years ago I registered at Barcelona Medical Board and I've been working as a Palliative Care Specialist since then. What prospects do I have to find a post as a Palliative Care physician-consultant? what scenario can i expect, regarding weekly hours, salary and so? Thank you so much! |
Resident physician salary
Hi. anyone out there who can tell me what a resident physician might earn ( NUH)?
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Salary for Service Registrar
I hold MRCP(UK) and I plan to apply for the post of Service Registrar in Singapore. Can some one please let me know how much I can expect as salary (after the recent pay revision) and if that would be sufficient to make the two ends meet considering expenses like high house rent.
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I'm an Anesthesiologist working in the US. Medical school was in Poland but residency (housmanship?) as well fellowship in pediatric anesthesia in the US. Been in private practice for past 9 years.
I've been toying with the idea of relocating to Singapore but reading through the thread gives me second thoughts. Has NO foreign grad EVER gotten full certification and worked privately? In the hypothetical scenario one does become certified, what would be the salary/workload be? Thanks a bunch. |
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