How is life as a doctor in Singapore?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

MMED only 100k a year?

So much?

Look at MMED vs GDFM. then you will know why the FPs outside earn so much more. Simple logic.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Where got.
Going by market rate
They should receive zero dollars and work for altruism.
The money is in law and faang.

Agree man! There are still some niche markets that can make good money. But they are not fields available in Singapore.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

So much?

Look at MMED vs GDFM. then you will know why the FPs outside earn so much more. Simple logic.

What's the difference between the 2 in pte?
What high value work does the MMeder do in pte that patients are willing to pay big bucks for and justifies the MMeder having a higher pay than the GDFMer?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

What's the difference between the 2 in pte?
What high value work does the MMeder do in pte that patients are willing to pay big bucks for and justifies the MMeder having a higher pay than the GDFMer?

Not much difference in value. Some clinics offering $20 more/h for a MMED/GDFM… for locum work is about how much money you make for the boss.. and whether you can work at short notice.

It’s all about how much money you generate for the clinic within the hours that you are locum to that clinic

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Not much difference in value. Some clinics offering $20 more/h for a MMED/GDFM… for locum work is about how much money you make for the boss.. and whether you can work at short notice.

It’s all about how much money you generate for the clinic within the hours that you are locum to that clinic

Precisely. Those who work in pte know that it is mostly volume of patients seen
Charge per patient is about the same. Consult fees. Same. Patient dont care seeinf MMED or GDFM. You try billing double if MMED see if patient will pay or not.
All that extra knowledge is not translated into higher charges and more money.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Precisely. Those who work in pte know that it is mostly volume of patients seen
Charge per patient is about the same. Consult fees. Same. Patient dont care seeinf MMED or GDFM. You try billing double if MMED see if patient will pay or not.
All that extra knowledge is not translated into higher charges and more money.

I’m willing to pay $5 for mbbs
$6 for GDFM
$6.50 for mmed
$7 for fcfps
per consult

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I’m willing to pay $5 for mbbs
$6 for GDFM
$6.50 for mmed
$7 for fcfps
per consult

Consult for mbbs is $30. So times 6. You pay $39 for MMed. $9 more.

Hows poly bonus ? Mine was so so only

At the tail-end (last few months) of my speciality training in the UK, and just wanna give some insights…

Training conditions in the UK are generally better than that of Singapore, with the exception of pay in absolute terms.

In relative terms, a trainee doctor in the UK earns more on an hourly basis. I am getting paid around £4,500 post-tax as a ST5 Radiology Registrar. On average, I am working around 45 hours a week. Annual paid leave is 35 days. This does not include quality improvement time/ days that I can take leave off for self-study or portfolio writing.

Of course, I am unable to save much compared to working in Singapore, because I have to pay for rent and transport which is more expensive in the UK.

However, if I had chosen to return to Singapore immediately after medical school (like most of my SG peers), it will have been neigh impossible or extremely difficult to match into any respectable speciality.

Most, if not all of my peers are now family physicians/GPs working at Healthway/Raffles. Only 1 got into speciality training in Psychiatry and that’s after 2 tries.

So, in essence, my advice to all Singaporean UK medical graduates or even Singapore medical graduates(who can afford to break bond), is to slog it out for speciality training in the UK, before returning to Singapore.

Sure, in the short term you are financially less well-off compared to your peers who chose to return/work as an MO in Singapore. But long term gains outweighs those minuscule short term gains.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hows poly bonus ? Mine was so so only

with your base pay like that how much bonus also got use?