How is life as a doctor in Singapore?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

It’s not worth it.. the long slog of residency training to AC. Why waste your youth studying for exams and burning midnight shifts at hospital, while your more enterprising friends are already earning their pot of gold in aesthetics outside?

Your aesthetic friends probably have their own clinics, by the time you become a full-fledged consultant.

you say until so easy....

it's just like eveyrone is saying private practice very good etc, why not all C and SC jump to private?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

actually not very sure also

s://.straitstimes.com/singapore/doctors-suspended-over-claims-explain-their-actions

saw this and was wondering why if money is so good in private need to make multiple claims for one surgery

someone please enlighten

it's simple , people are greedy

not sure why people always paint doctors who drop out of the residecny game as greedy while people who complete residency are not greedy...

my take? most people are greedy , plus I can argue those who join residnecy etc are also power hungry.

also, regarding residnecy, not everyone wants to play the game, especially when it is biased .... have you noticed , if youre the son of a surgeon , you most likely wont be rejected ? have seen a few examples...

maybe they believe skills and knowledge are hereditary, so if a father is a famous colorectal surgeon then son will also be the same.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Key is to grind like this or even harder than this for 1-3 years then after u invest the money into starting ur own practice with your newly acquired capital and knowledge. Same can be done for aesthetics too

U grind like this...
3 years later burnt out till U forever don't want to work liao

Setup private grind even harder then reality bites.

Aiyah, best is to choose a more senglang speciality like occupational med, public health , fam med etc
Then easy easy farm in public.
Max mc annual leave conference leave , training leave
Work minimum number of days a year.

Every 3 to 4 years earn 1 million.
Ok la.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

you say until so easy....

it's just like eveyrone is saying private practice very good etc, why not all C and SC jump to private?

u do realise that a lot of procedural and surgical C and SC make enough money to be more than satisfied. There is very little motivation to go private atp so not everyone bothers to take the leap

Originally Posted by Unregistered

u do realise that a lot of procedural and surgical C and SC make enough money to be more than satisfied. There is very little motivation to go private atp so not everyone bothers to take the leap

true , in private dont have residents to bootlick them... instead they have to bootlick others.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

U grind like this...
3 years later burnt out till U forever don't want to work liao

Setup private grind even harder then reality bites.

Aiyah, best is to choose a more senglang speciality like occupational med, public health , fam med etc
Then easy easy farm in public.
Max mc annual leave conference leave , training leave
Work minimum number of days a year.

Every 3 to 4 years earn 1 million.
Ok la.

ofc u wanna make money must work hard mah

Originally Posted by Unregistered

it's simple , people are greedy

not sure why people always paint doctors who drop out of the residecny game as greedy while people who complete residency are not greedy...

my take? most people are greedy , plus I can argue those who join residnecy etc are also power hungry.

also, regarding residnecy, not everyone wants to play the game, especially when it is biased .... have you noticed , if youre the son of a surgeon , you most likely wont be rejected ? have seen a few examples...

maybe they believe skills and knowledge are hereditary, so if a father is a famous colorectal surgeon then son will also be the same.

actually know that you say it i realised its quite true..
my medical school batch those who are in competitive residencies many parents are surgeons themselves or high ranking CMB even

and i guess being the child of some atas surgeon/prof very hard to not be power hungry to live up to the name others expect of you

fellow locum NSFs / MOs if i prescribe medication from GP clinics, does my name appear in NEHR such that ED / OPS can see?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

actually know that you say it i realised its quite true..
my medical school batch those who are in competitive residencies many parents are surgeons themselves or high ranking CMB even

and i guess being the child of some atas surgeon/prof very hard to not be power hungry to live up to the name others expect of you

tbh there’s plenty of non nepo and even IMG in competitive residencies so I don’t think it has that insane an effect

Originally Posted by Unregistered

fellow locum NSFs / MOs if i prescribe medication from GP clinics, does my name appear in NEHR such that ED / OPS can see?

if ur a hospital MO can u legally moonlight in private clinics as locum?