How is life as a doctor in Singapore?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I am curious about this too. Who determines if a foreign-trained physician (already board certified in their home country) is eligible for full registration?

For SG I mean. This is SG forum.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

For SG I mean. This is SG forum.

MOH - Ministry of Health Singapore.

Anyone else feels like the competition for con positions is unfair for local males due to NS? It takes away the best two years of our lives and gives a foreign doctor has a two year head start in the residency and consultant position rat race over a Singaporean male doctor. A foreign doctor can polish his CV and carry out publications during this two years. And MOHH says there is no preference for Singaporeans in hiring for con positions in order to attract foreign talent. Is this fair?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Anyone else feels like the competition for con positions is unfair for local males due to NS? It takes away the best two years of our lives and gives a foreign doctor has a two year head start in the residency and consultant position rat race over a Singaporean male doctor. A foreign doctor can polish his CV and carry out publications during this two years. And MOHH says there is no preference for Singaporeans in hiring for con positions in order to attract foreign talent. Is this fair?

You should be honored that you can serve NS. NS is a privilege foreign drs will not be able to experience. Being able to serve NS is far more valuable than 2 years of being able to publish toilet paper

Originally Posted by Unregistered

You should be honored that you can serve NS. NS is a privilege foreign drs will not be able to experience. Being able to serve NS is far more valuable than 2 years of being able to publish toilet paper

Don't bring your edmw parroting hate speech here la.

Any news on this year's bonus?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Any news on this year's bonus?

Whatever civil service we get too.
Maybe they might add a 0.1 if they are nice.

But generally the trend about same as civil service.

When is this bonus? $$$$ money faced $$$$

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Anyone else feels like the competition for con positions is unfair for local males due to NS? It takes away the best two years of our lives and gives a foreign doctor has a two year head start in the residency and consultant position rat race over a Singaporean male doctor. A foreign doctor can polish his CV and carry out publications during this two years. And MOHH says there is no preference for Singaporeans in hiring for con positions in order to attract foreign talent. Is this fair?

As someone who has gone through NS and now in my last year of residency, I do feel like NS has given me a different perspective in life that cannot be replaced.

I don't think it should always about racing to the "finishing line" first. Rather, the journey matters too. If you work hard and don't be a trouble maker, you will get there eventually.

And before you say that I had an easy NS since I am MO, no, I actually completed NS before I got into medical school. During NS, I was basically abused by my S3. At one point in time, I had upwards of 70 extras, and my CO did nothing despite knowing of this.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

As someone who has gone through NS and now in my last year of residency, I do feel like NS has given me a different perspective in life that cannot be replaced.

I don't think it should always about racing to the "finishing line" first. Rather, the journey matters too. If you work hard and don't be a trouble maker, you will get there eventually.

And before you say that I had an easy NS since I am MO, no, I actually completed NS before I got into medical school. During NS, I was basically abused by my S3. At one point in time, I had upwards of 70 extras, and my CO did nothing despite knowing of this.

Thanks for your post. May I ask which specialty you are in?
However I would reply to your post by saying there is currently a glut of residents in most specialties with a bottleneck at the end for consultant posts. As an above average resident myself I'm already resigned to the fact that I have to spend years as a SSR. Why should foreign-born doctors (since most foreigners took up PRs but did not serve NS) be given a priority in consultant posts when they didn't contribute to nation building that Singaporeans did? If the resumes of a Singapore-born and foreign doctor are the same, shouldn't MOHH give the Singapore-born doctor priority for consultant posts?