How is life as a doctor in Singapore?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Die die better get mmed

Otherwise compete with mbbs from india. 180 coming!

Dont cheat urself.
An indian mbbs is confirm more robust than mmed and fellowship

I suggest u redo mbbs in india

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Dont cheat urself.
An indian mbbs is confirm more robust than mmed and fellowship

I suggest u redo mbbs in india

Go do MRCGP FRACGP CCFP better

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Dont cheat urself.
An indian mbbs is confirm more robust than mmed and fellowship

I suggest u redo mbbs in india

Dont joke. the GDFM and MMED are robust exams.
If u want to compare with residents that is another story.
I can attest some of our indian colleagues are the most hardworking people I know. Unlike the failures who can't study.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Dont joke. the GDFM and MMED are robust exams.
If u want to compare with residents that is another story.
I can attest some of our indian colleagues are the most hardworking people I know. Unlike the failures who can't study.

I think need to be humble also that GDFM and MMED are not internationally recognized exams. Not like you have these you recognized as equivalent specialist in Australia, USA, UK or EU.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I think need to be humble also that GDFM and MMED are not internationally recognized exams. Not like you have these you recognized as equivalent specialist in Australia, USA, UK or EU.

Yes of course we talking about local setting. But doctors with GDFM have shown the quality to practice.

no doubt our foreign colleagues with international qualifications are just as well qualified.
Maybe we should hire more

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Internal medicine. Some IM departments are so desperate that they are hiring locums whereas polyclinic are oversubscribed nowadays.

I would be happy to locum for gen med, who can i contact? full time locum here

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Some other countries starting to replace family physicians with nurse practitioners and physician assistants. Cheaper. Just as good. The era of family physicians is over.
Singapore is behind the times.

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because singapore APN is not good
my APN refers everything out to doctors that isnt part of the norm
NCS cant even handle white coat HTn or suboptimal Bp ~ 150s.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Why u even bother to reply to trolls
Physician assistant is a USA concept.
He is just internet troll.

Nurses can't la.
The np in my clinic cannot make it one lei.
One simple chronic case they write pages and pages because they scared and need documentation for protection.
One morning hardly can see 10 case. Anything outside still need to ask senior doctor in queue and it could things as simple as a keratokantoma.

They can't tank a chronic queue.
And salary not cheap hor. Most of them anc level liao , salary is mo level.
I rather have a mo rather than a np.

They are there simply because some genius make the mistake of calling nurse a low skill workforce
Now got to map out higher level of work for them.
Much like duxton was built becuase lky and family was caught buying condo on discount.

Imho nurse do what nurses have to do. Sub speciality will be like wound care, ICU nursing, surgical assistant etc. No need train them to become mini doctors...becuase not here not there.
Pay them well. No one cares what u call them.

Agreed no point to hire the APN or NCS in polyclinic. They earn Rp salary but cannot clear queue. I agree that hiring a MOPEX or RP is better. They cannot handle own q , need to discuss every case and transfer out at least 50% of their cases as they cant handle the " by the way... " questions and add to my acute cases q. It is not efficient at all. No amount of training will do

Originally Posted by Unregistered

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because singapore APN is not good
my APN refers everything out to doctors that isnt part of the norm
NCS cant even handle white coat HTn or suboptimal Bp ~ 150s.

So low standard?

Then it is time for MOH to send nurses to train to be proper nurse practitioners. Most NPs in other countries are very experienced nurses who work in ICU and ER. Are lecturers in Nursing school. Level of knowledge and competence is comparable to a Family Physician.
But they are paid less than FPs.

This will save MOH money in the long run.

No need have so many FPs. Have a handful to be Clinician/Managers. The bulk of the work can be done by NPs at lower salaries. I am referring to OPS.

How do people think healthier sg will affect private gps, from a business and revenue point of view?