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Old 13-11-2024, 09:45 PM
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Despite all the negativity here I think u wanting to do medicine isn’t that stupid an idea. Post grad would take 4 years rather than 5 and if u don’t have to be bonded in singapore, u have the option of working in Aus or HK where you would be getting paid a lot more right off the bat. a lot of the doctors here are also the ones who are more jaded with the system by virtue of the fact that this is an online forum and ur successful specialists aren’t exactly going to be posting hate comments here.
Pleased to see there are sensible people out there.

To the one asking the question- would you let age be the barrier of everything else stands the same? I think get your med degree and then many door are opened for you. Who says doctors have to be clinical doctors?

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Pleased to see there are sensible people out there.

To the one asking the question- would you let age be the barrier of everything else stands the same? I think get your med degree and then many door are opened for you. Who says doctors have to be clinical doctors?
Drs in Singapore are very one track mind. Not too creative in what they can do or offer besides the standard clinical jobs. Medical training does this. Follow CPG. Follow protocol. Deviating will result in -1 mark (not even 0. better not to answer then 0) in the MCQ exam. So don't deviate. Just do nothing go with the flow better.

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Honestly very hard to decide what to do after medical school as a Singaporean studying in the UK. All options have so many uncertainties and different pros and cons that it becomes so hard to decide

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Honestly very hard to decide what to do after medical school as a Singaporean studying in the UK. All options have so many uncertainties and different pros and cons that it becomes so hard to decide
Is it able to try out and just come back in the mid way or are you expected to restart from 0 unless you are CCTed?

Wondering if it is possible to see whether you can get into any run-through post F2. Like stay in UK and CCT if you get into rads, go home if you didn't even get a number.
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Is it able to try out and just come back in the mid way or are you expected to restart from 0 unless you are CCTed?

Wondering if it is possible to see whether you can get into any run-through post F2. Like stay in UK and CCT if you get into rads, go home if you didn't even get a number.
I think s/he prefers not to stay for a further two years post medical school.
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I learnt that CESR is not recognised in sg
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Is it able to try out and just come back in the mid way or are you expected to restart from 0 unless you are CCTed?

Wondering if it is possible to see whether you can get into any run-through post F2. Like stay in UK and CCT if you get into rads, go home if you didn't even get a number.
This is my current plan. Im hopeful for opthal so im gonna stay the 2 years and give it a shot. Worst case i waste a year and gain opthal experience and build CV to try in singapore in case i fail. Best case, i train, CCT and then return to sg

saw a discussion about aesthetics but not really very keen on that
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This is my current plan. Im hopeful for opthal so im gonna stay the 2 years and give it a shot. Worst case i waste a year and gain opthal experience and build CV to try in singapore in case i fail. Best case, i train, CCT and then return to sg

saw a discussion about aesthetics but not really very keen on that
I was like you 3 years ago when I graduated med school in the UK.. took a leap of faith by taking a gap year to spend time with my rich Korean girlfriend back in her country. Now I am happily married to her and helping her to manage her parents multi million dollar mart business.

In the real world, no one cares whether you have a med degree or even a degree at all. The ability to do business and be rich is something exclusive beyond any academic degree. The past few years have widened my perspectives on life ( I used to think education is the sole route to financial success)

Asset/business owners> professional workers.. there’s no way one person can be rich through education at all..

Anything less than 10 million usd net worth in today’s worth is not considered rich. So chasing a medical edcuation and being a doctor is only a guaranteed path to being upper middle class, not upper class.
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This is my current plan. Im hopeful for opthal so im gonna stay the 2 years and give it a shot. Worst case i waste a year and gain opthal experience and build CV to try in singapore in case i fail. Best case, i train, CCT and then return to sg

saw a discussion about aesthetics but not really very keen on that
I was like you 3 years ago when I graduated med school in the UK.. took a leap of faith by taking a gap year to spend time with my rich Korean girlfriend back in her country. Now I am happily married to her and helping her to manage her parents multi million dollar mart business.

In the real world, no one cares whether you have a med degree or even a degree at all. The past few years have widened my perspectives on life ( I used to think education is the sole route to financial success)


Anything less than 10 million usd net worth in today’s worth is not considered rich. So chasing a medical edcuation and being a doctor is only a guaranteed path to being upper middle class, not upper class.


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This is my current plan. Im hopeful for opthal so im gonna stay the 2 years and give it a shot. Worst case i waste a year and gain opthal experience and build CV to try in singapore in case i fail. Best case, i train, CCT and then return to sg

saw a discussion about aesthetics but not really very keen on that
I was like you 3 years ago when I graduated med school in the UK.. took a leap of faith by taking a gap year to spend time with my rich Korean girlfriend back in her country. Now I am happily married to her and helping her to manage her parents multi million dollar mart business.

In the real world, no one cares whether you have a med degree or even a degree at all. Anything less than 10 million usd net worth in today’s worth is not considered rich. So chasing a medical edcuation and being a doctor is only a guaranteed path to being upper middle class, not upper class.
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