How is life as a doctor in Singapore?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

which UK medical school are u at. I’m okay with long hours and taking **** that’s not really an issue for me. I’ve also been scoring very well on medical school exams so i should be fine clinical knowledge wise

I'm at Southampton. The cheapest uk med school for international students!I am only paying £28,000 a year (entered in 2021)

Originally Posted by Unregistered

and last point my NUH supervisor forced me to dye my hair back to black colour and have a clean trimmed look.

like wtf man I was rocking a pink colour mohawk hair in uk for over 5 years and my prof and clinical lecturers/ NHS staff there didn't even care at all

I am also a img from UK, came back to sg and did postings with all 3 clusters. Glad that I am not the only one who feels nuh is the most elitist and judgemental institution.
Funny thing is they always potray themselves as the most welfare, but I feel it is the hardest institution to really assimilate into

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I'm at Southampton. The cheapest uk med school for international students!I am only paying £28,000 a year (entered in 2021)

U just said you are a 5th year medical student tho??

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I am also a img from UK, came back to sg and did postings with all 3 clusters. Glad that I am not the only one who feels nuh is the most elitist and judgemental institution.
Funny thing is they always potray themselves as the most welfare, but I feel it is the hardest institution to really assimilate into

have u returned to sg post medical school? Does NUHS favour NUS grads over NTU grads?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

U just said you are a 5th year medical student tho??

I did biomedical science before entering grad med in 2021. Got very bad A levels CCC couldn’t enter direct

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I did biomedical science before entering grad med in 2021. Got very bad A levels CCC couldn’t enter direct

perhaps instead of blaming UK medical schools for ur lack of clinical knowledge, blame ur own lack of academic ability?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

have u returned to sg post medical school? Does NUHS favour NUS grads over NTU grads?

I am not sure if they favour nuh over ntu. Although most of the ntu students/duke seem to go nhg/singhealth. I must emphasize, there are many img who got into nihs residency and done well, but I don't know for some reason, I always find nuh people quite cliquey/exclusive (as in difficult to become part of them) compared to the other 2 clusters. But this is just my experience la, may not be the same for everyone

Originally Posted by Unregistered

dude you should do a final year clinical elective with NUH before you decide. I was also eager to come back to SG right after graduation but changed my mind after doing an elective this summer.

the conditions are harsh in SG. even as med students. you are expected to attend late ward rounds with HO/MO and attend teaching. somedays it can go as late as 10pm. and the standards are high. they will scold u in front of patients if you dont have the right knowledge. that's almost unheard of in the uk. consultants in SG are more like the high untouchable bosses, whereas in uk they are like friends. they dont scold u or shout at u in uk.

which is crazy. in UK the latest I have ever round with the team is till 5pm. that's when I decided SG is not the right place for me for training.

Hey bro, just curious
Do you get to learn more with so much more rounds or teaching?
Wonder if harsher training longer hours actually make better doc
The us guys always argue their residency 60-80h long make them better doc than uk despite shorter length

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hey bro, just curious
Do you get to learn more with so much more rounds or teaching?
Wonder if harsher training longer hours actually make better doc
The us guys always argue their residency 60-80h long make them better doc than uk despite shorter length

literally dosent make sense the total amount of time training is literally the same

Originally Posted by Unregistered

If my medical school is on the second schedule, do I need to do the Medical Regustrarion Exam? Haven’t really heard much about it

what is a medical registration exam?