How is life as a doctor in Singapore?

How to survive in single Q polyclinic? Everyday im ending late as all the patients have a million questions or issues? I dont know how my other colleasgues handle it and can go home on time?

Despite attending to all their issues and consistently going back late, patient can still compliant about me that not enough time spent on the. Any idea how others deal with all theissues and can go back on time?

i wonder if they just one ear in one ear out and that makes pt happy as they feel that someone is " listening" but they just dont document it?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

How to survive in single Q polyclinic? Everyday im ending late as all the patients have a million questions or issues? I dont know how my other colleasgues handle it and can go home on time?

Despite attending to all their issues and consistently going back late, patient can still compliant about me that not enough time spent on the. Any idea how others deal with all theissues and can go back on time?

i wonder if they just one ear in one ear out and that makes pt happy as they feel that someone is " listening" but they just dont document it?

Bingo!

For documentation use templates. Standard for each complaint or symptom

Originally Posted by Unregistered

How to survive in single Q polyclinic? Everyday im ending late as all the patients have a million questions or issues? I dont know how my other colleasgues handle it and can go home on time?

Despite attending to all their issues and consistently going back late, patient can still compliant about me that not enough time spent on the. Any idea how others deal with all theissues and can go back on time?

i wonder if they just one ear in one ear out and that makes pt happy as they feel that someone is " listening" but they just dont document it?

Be a referologist.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Be a referologist.

That too

Remember that your job is to clear the crowd with the least people dying and complaining.

It is NOT saving lives and curing people which gains you absolutely no nenefit

Not sure if there are any senior colleagues or faculty members on this forum. Just wondering how does the faculty feel in general if a resident says they want to quit the program? Do they get angry, disappointed or they just don't care (quit then quit lo)

I am thinking of leaving the system after completing IM junior residency next year, i.e (not apply for senior residency positions), just not sure how to broach that topic to PD or my supervisor.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Not sure if there are any senior colleagues or faculty members on this forum. Just wondering how does the faculty feel in general if a resident says they want to quit the program? Do they get angry, disappointed or they just don't care (quit then quit lo)

I am thinking of leaving the system after completing IM junior residency next year, i.e (not apply for senior residency positions), just not sure how to broach that topic to PD or my supervisor.

If not short on manpower tbey wont give an F.
You actually even thought they care? OmG.
It's your life

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Be a referologist.

Need to use judgement
Cannot refer everything.
Alao be careful. If you play up the symptoms and problems too much then they say why dont refer A&E?
If dont okay up then they say why refer? So this needs experience also. Thats what the rotations re for. See what cases the specialist clinics see . And weite the teferral so that it soubds kike a case doe them.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

That too

Remember that your job is to clear the crowd with the least people dying and complaining.

It is NOT saving lives and curing people which gains you absolutely no nenefit

Cannot say like that la.
Still need to do your job to control the chronic disease
Patient don't want to listen is one thing (imho, it's usually a lack of trying. I usually
Convince them to start diabetes or statin.
U dun try very hard no one can blame you, but end of the day
Some altruism is needed.
Dun be like my rps, every one is con med, tcu 3 months

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Cannot say like that la.
Still need to do your job to control the chronic disease
Patient don't want to listen is one thing (imho, it's usually a lack of trying. I usually
Convince them to start diabetes or statin.
U dun try very hard no one can blame you, but end of the day
Some altruism is needed.
Dun be like my rps, every one is con med, tcu 3 months

Im in public. But my patients number are restricted due to specialty clinic.
I feel lucky to able to spend good 20-25min per patient.
I can really optimize my arb/statin/sglt2i dose
Even glp1 is available to me
I start my long acting insulin in quite a number of patients
I have good nursing support.
I even can counsel patients on diet, teach them saturated fat and read food product label

I asked them open their handphone app to show me the steps they taking teach day
And keep on drilling them the three pronged approach

Diet
Exercise
Medicine

I worked in polyclinic before as a baby MO.
And locum quite extensively in my early days
Impossible to do above.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Not sure if there are any senior colleagues or faculty members on this forum. Just wondering how does the faculty feel in general if a resident says they want to quit the program? Do they get angry, disappointed or they just don't care (quit then quit lo)

I am thinking of leaving the system after completing IM junior residency next year, i.e (not apply for senior residency positions), just not sure how to broach that topic to PD or my supervisor.

last time i said i did not know what specialty to do after that. i was told that i had no vision, no ambition.

thats all you had to bear. people's opinions of you should not matter.