How is life as a doctor in Singapore?

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Nuh/ntfgh. Op here

why not try your MO ship in an institution you’re already in?

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Pai seh ask. So how much? Haha

Reg call pay is double MO lo. 440 per weekday call

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Reg call pay is double MO lo. 440 per weekday call

This is definitely wrong. Reg pay is only slightly more than MO. When surgical reg buys dinner for the team they end up earning less than their MOs

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This is definitely wrong. Reg pay is only slightly more than MO. When surgical reg buys dinner for the team they end up earning less than their MOs

I'm talking about RPs

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Hi guys, will need some advice. Can I ask what are the signs and symptoms of burnout and when should we seek help?
I am currently a FM resident rotating through the surgical specialties (currently in gs, just completed orthopaedics).
I hate my daily work, it seems that we are being dumped around the department mainly to plug manpower gaps. I don't feel that there is any learning/clinical value to what I am doing. (For e.g I was dumped into spine for 3 months in ortho despite me repeatedly telling the roster planner that it is pointless to go there. Currently in gs, we are sent to ot on multiple occasions to hold retractor and help type op note)
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I feel that my job is pointless and boring and has little relevance to my career interest(gp), I am tired (hours are obviously long in surgical postings) and more importantly I feel that I have lost interest towards patient care. (Everyday I just turn up for work and wait for instructions to be given- e.g which patient to list, what to type for post op note etc)
I no longer have an inquisitive mindset that I used to have before I join residency. If I get scolded in ot, I also can't really be bothered anymore (my mentality now is if you think I am useless in ot- which I probably am, then please feel free to find another mo)

I am not sure if I am burn out, and if I should seek help and what will happen or can be done if I do seek help; or if I should just take a break from medicine altogether (I have no bond as I am overseas grad)

TS look after yourself first and take a break if you need to. Someone already said local FM residency training is no good, you're just warm bodies used to staff hospital manpower shortages under the guise of FM training, unlike surgical residency.
If you did med school overseas and wanted to do FM, you should have trained abroad where FM training is actually useful and more reputable in the medicine world.

Is it better to do an IM or FM residency?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Is it better to do an IM or FM residency?

Better be GP or RP la. GP got life got money no need so many exams . RP got money got time got family less exams no need take responsibility of consultants. ED RP can locum , earn +++ more money than any consultants in public hospital.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Is it better to do an IM or FM residency?

There are quite a few random questions presumably from young / jaded doctors, and answers from jaded and seemingly disillusioned doctors.
Please take replies with a pinch of salt and speak to people with actual wisdom.

This question is akin to asking whether driving BMW or Mercedes is better?
If someone asks you such a question, your next followup question is…
Better in what way?
What is your end goal?

Abe to all who say FM residency is useless / subpar in Singapore.
You either have not gone through FM residency yourself, or you happy practicing as an incompetent GP. Residency and MMed prepares you to be a competent FP, managing multitude of issues and coordinating care for your patients, many of whom come to you as the first port of call, trusting you to navigate them accurately and efficiently through the complex healthcare system.
If you practice post man style GP specializing in referrology then you only need MBBS.

Just wondering if you have no interest at all in doing research, administrative or teaching (i.e you only want to see patient and go home after that), is locum (gp) the only viable career?

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Just wondering if you have no interest at all in doing research, administrative or teaching (i.e you only want to see patient and go home after that), is locum (gp) the only viable career?

No. You can just work in any setting while rejecting all the above.
Your bosses won’t love you and you won’t get fancy promotions but you get to live whatever life you like to live.