How is life as a doctor in Singapore?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Is haem onc, cards and GI very hard to get in?

Don’t be fooled when you look at those rich cardiologists at Mount E. They likely spent over a decade training plus another decade gathering experience at PHI before they can achieve their current earnings.

Easiest job in medicine is just to be a GP. You won’t be rich but you can get by comfortably without any effort. All you need is a MBBS and full reg.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

The reason why top UK schools are better is because there are a lot of alumni senior con, PD, department head from those schools so the opinion of those is much better

Are top UK schools = Oxbridge, Imperial, UCL or does it also include KCL, Edin, Barts?

Tried digging SGH MedOnc and NSC, feels like there are a few London schools + 1/2 Oxbridge and that's it.

But then I remember private practice so many derm / ENT came from lower tier UK schools like Notts, Soton, Bristol.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

What a waste of training spot. That guy don’t even need IM training for aesthetics. Why deprive genuine trainees of a training spot if he has the intention of doing aesthetics

I don't know if you have been burnt out and frustrated by medicine that you just eventually go with the flow. Whatever life gives you, just take it. Collect salary at the end of the day. Kao tim.

If you have not, you are lucky.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

people enter IM for many reasons. Some really want to subspec. other just go with flow. One lady i know enter because she lives v near a hospital and don't want mopex all over SG, Basically IM let her rotate at her preferred geographical area. Finish basic IM, do her dip fam med, last year paid off the 30K , break bond and join private GP group.

if you cannot tank IM residency , SR will be much much tougher.
morning either gen med or specialty rounds, then see blue letter, run clinics, PM maybe clinic or teaching, exit round, update con about blue letters. THEN still need to do R1 to R3 night calls. Night senior very scary. One or other weekend burnt. Holiday 50% burnt. MC today, the sick patient in hospital u still need to settle unless u go
Do it 3 to 4 years then go sit for exit.
Come out as AC
become most junior of department. still need to tank admin and all sai-kang for another 2 to 3 years.
Hit con then maybe chill a bit. Then need to publish or get grant , if not , no SC

All this time your life goes on you know? Parents will age, grandparents will die. You need to decide if you want kids etc. Juggling a kid while u in training also difficult. wait till u exit maybe too old.

Depends on your subspec
cardio SR can be tougher than surgery. Do CICU damn stress , every patient like want to die.
go AIM basically solution to the hospital dumping ground department, endless social problems.
chill spec pple all interested but they take v little. 2 endo, 1 rheumato. 1 hae onc, 2 ID per cluster. Geri is essentially a glorified fam med.
renal do until sian, 80% is diabetic ESRF sick dogs.

can try nuclear med or rehab med

Getting chills down my spine because the first two paras are correct. IM worst time of my career. Just do something non patient facing better.

More likely parents will age and die during residency (x grandparents). So choose your specialty wisely.

I think if no help from parents to look after kids, must really get helper at home. Bo pian.

IM versus basic surgical training. Workload and timing. Which is worst?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Are top UK schools = Oxbridge, Imperial, UCL or does it also include KCL, Edin, Barts?

Tried digging SGH MedOnc and NSC, feels like there are a few London schools + 1/2 Oxbridge and that's it.

But then I remember private practice so many derm / ENT came from lower tier UK schools like Notts, Soton, Bristol.

Id go by global ranking. Only includes oxbridge Imperial, UCL, KCL, Edin. Rest lower than NUS alr. The proportion of succesful specialists both in private and public from those schools is much higher

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Don’t be fooled when you look at those rich cardiologists at Mount E. They likely spent over a decade training plus another decade gathering experience at PHI before they can achieve their current earnings.

Easiest job in medicine is just to be a GP. You won’t be rich but you can get by comfortably without any effort. All you need is a MBBS and full reg.

plan to train overseas first then return to sg as con

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Are top UK schools = Oxbridge, Imperial, UCL or does it also include KCL, Edin, Barts?

Tried digging SGH MedOnc and NSC, feels like there are a few London schools + 1/2 Oxbridge and that's it.

But then I remember private practice so many derm / ENT came from lower tier UK schools like Notts, Soton, Bristol.

Go look at the programme director profiles and the private and public senior con specialist profiles lor. Have a lot from Kings and Edin in cards, derm, ENT, etc. Not sure about bart’s