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Obgyn
 

Anyone know how much OBGYN AC, C and SC are paid in terms of:
1) Basic
2) Private patient consults
3) Private patient NVD/C-sect fees

If you have to ask means u wont get in as you are not in inner circle.
The money is actually in full pte practice.
But u gotta fork out own malpractice insurance of 30k per year., While in public, they help u pay.

I've heard how toxic KK is for the permanent staff there across the entire hierachy. But just genuinely curious why some people remain there after so long. The only reason I can think of it is that the pay (after factoring in malpractice with no tail coverage) is worth the toxicity. Or perhaps the availability of research support an opportunities

I wanna talk about the end of partnership of the medical school between LKCMed and Imperial College, I somehow see the shadow of Yale-NUS. Is the next one following this trend be Duke-NUS?

Feel betrayed btw as I graduated from Imperial. It's like using Imperial to pull LKCMed's ranking then ditches Imperial once LKCMed gets what it wants. Very much like the foreign talent policy that SG has - use liao then ditch. Just look at the HCW in the hospital. Ditchable, disposable, recyclable and reusable. Sustainability much.

huh?
what talking u
are u really so naivie and ....stupid?

1. pls la, u think imperial want to pair up with LCK out of the goodness of their heart to spread education? NTU paid them lots of money for the partnership and in return get their expertise. Cant pay them forever right? now that LCK is up and running , its time to end the partnership. Imperial entered it with the knowledge.

2. LCK is a local medical school built to train doctor for local work. Who cares about rank. you either 1, 2, or 3.

3. Duke NUS should end long ago.

Thought I'd share my perspective.

I'm US trained in internal medicine and practice in the US working as a hospitalist. The rest of the world doesn't have hospitalists but they are basically wards-only inpatient hospital physicians who manage the patient from start to finish and place consults to specialists only if needed (for example we call GI and ask them to do an endoscopy in a patient with bleeding, or call cards to help manage a difficult rhythm but we still take full ownership of the patient for their other co-morbid conditions while they are hospitalized).

I make about 310K USD per year which after taxes and healthcare expenses puts me at about 215k USD per year take home pay. I work about 195 shifts per year (shifts are 9 hours long).

I traveled to Singapore a few years ago and absolutely loved it and would love to live there and practice (if they had a similar hospitalist position). Does anyone know if anything like this exists in Singapore?

I see a lot of numbers thrown around on this thread where consulting physicians can expect around 15-20k per month in SGD. Are these numbers pre-tax or after tax? What would the annual take home amount look like?

Pre tax but our taxes are Low. Very low
Hospitalists are called internal or general medicine in Singapore.

Duke NUS didn’t ask for large sums of money.
Duke NUS has enough foreign students to pay full fees.
So duke collaboration going v strong for 20 plus years
Anyway lkc medicine without imperial or not . No diff lah.
You still get full Reg.

By the way u only pay 30k per year for lkc education, not the full 100k per year as international student in imperial .
Cheap things no good, good things no cheap.

The Luigi one is Yale NUS but too bad then. Suddenly cancel arrangement,

Fam Med career path
 

Anybody could shed some lights on:
1) How difficult itd be to get a senior post eg. AC /CON in polyclinic M.Med Fam Med/ GDFM?
2) What’s the duty/ expectations on an AC/CON in polyclinics ? Seeing patients? (Quota?) ? Training & Admin work?
3) Besides Polyclinics, what are the other options as Fam
Med trained Dr / Fellow ?

Thanks a lot !

So since LKCMed no longer paying 'royalty' to Imperial in 2025, does that mean they will reduce the fees?

No reason they charge the current fees since LKC no longer needs to pay money to Imperial after the partnership ends.

1. with m.med fam med , ac is given to u in 3 years long as u meet requirement, aka average performer.
no chance with gdfm or fam med training from other countries . to become consultant u need fellowship ( but doing fellowship doesn't guarantee u consultant )

2. up to you. it's a mix of clinical, admin , research or teaching. want be clinic head u at least 50 percent admin. become key trainer at least 40 percent teaching.
most of us have a mix. unfortunately u need to see patients no matter what. quota is 45 patient per day

3. public wise, community hospital is where fammies can shine. it's a mix of internal , rehab med. u can dabble a bit of palliative , dementia work if u keen. lastly is transition services seen at fmcc, cgh and ttsh. slightly more complicated cases are handled by them for 3 months before distributed to primary care.

Bro when oil price drop, do u see petrol pump fees decrease.
I think they won't reduce fees.

Fam Med career path
 

So for 1. Could you elaborate more on gdfm or fam med training from other countries? Do you mean they wont be considered for AC/ CON poster even they got the fam med registration in Sg? Thanks again

ya. anything other than a m.med fam med sg will not put u on the consultant track. so u can't get ac.
is senior fp , principal fp

Fam Med career path
 

May I know more abt the transition clinic @ eg TTSH you mentioned earlier on? So it is kind of like integrated clinic, seeing more complicated cases and these cases would eventually be discharged to polyclinic after stabilization ? Around how many cases / quota needed to be seen in a day roughly ? Where do these cases come from eg. Referral from other specialty? More complicated general cases referred from somewhere else?

aiyah.
u ask so much
u want them they also might not want you.
get ur m.med first

Why chu want go SG? Chu fall in love with SG gal izzit?
Board certified Int Med in USA is good wat.
Go SG get MMed Fam Med? Dun be nuts la

Fam Med career path
 

Yes yes agreed with u, let me work on that :) thanks A LOT for your sharing la!

How does the pay compare for all these institutions?
OPS, CH, Hospital FMCC

Thanks!

The same pay

Next headline: 7 Doctors cheated in their 2021 exams.

What’s the pay range for FM AC and C?
Is it easier to be promoted to C in CH and FMCC?

suprise suprise.
polyclinc actually pay better.
but u have clinic everyday. very draining one.
polyclinic actually get 60 to 80 bucks for each chronic patient u see depending on how complex.
so one full time equivalent is 45 patient , u earn the clinic 2.4 to 3.2k and that translate into a fatter salary package.
community hospital is u incharge of a ward of 30 to 40 patient.
see till 10am shag Liao can go drink kop then continue at 11pm. today cannot settle tml then do.
overall same same over a 30 year career...u not gonna make surgeon or cardiologist money for sure.
buy hdb not problem, buy condo can la but no landed and certainly no gcb

Just wondering how does one cope mentally when they see people around them all leaving the system for private?
Currently a FM resident just completed most of my hospital rotations , now mainly left with ops postings for last year. (Currently in ops)

5 of my batchmates from FM left, some my co mo in IM, GS, and o&g(friends that I made during hospital posting) also left residency recently.
Personally I am keen to complete residency since I only have slightly more than 1 year left. (Turning r3 in July).

But I feeling increasingly lonely, also not sure if I am making the right decision in staying and will it be too late for me to leave next year (i.e will there still be jobs left outside?)

Some people say ops is better than gp land as you work as a team and can learn from your peers. Personally so far in my posting I don't seem to feel so. Although I am in a teamlet, we actually run our own individual queue. I come at 8am see pts till 130pm (morning usually over extended) have quick lunch, then see pts from 2 to 5pm. I leave at 5 -530pm once done. I hardly talk to other people (doctors, care coordinator, nurse manager) in my teamlet.
Lunchtime teaching is 1-2x/week but I usually zoom in from my clinic room. Only person I spoke to in my ops is the hod who gave me an orientation when I first came.

Just like gpland it feels very much on your own, and I actually miss the times in IM/GS where although hours are longer, you can chit chat with people I your team and have lunch together)

Sry for the rant guys but I don't know, I am feeling increasingly depressed and Sian. Maybe a break from medicine altogether might be Good..

You are not suited for GP type work. Sit in room see 70 to 80 patients kpkb all day.
It will be no different if you go pte
I guess you didnt do IM or GS cos of calls which you dont like
So lan lan. Medicine not for u

Hi all. I am here looking for advice. I am finishing my mohh bond soon and then intend to quit for a few years and explore other options. But currently I am still conditional reg … is it a good move to quit ? Any ideas what c reg doctor can do ?

Yes quit la. You lucky still onli c reg. When you full reg then your fate is sealed man. Get out while you can. Give up medicine and never look back. Be property agent. 2% commission minimum. One simple condo is at least 1m. Sell it get $20k. One year you cannot sell 10 condos? If sell more expensive properties even better can go up to 5%. 5m property 5% comm you get $250k just from that one property. You still want to be dr? Dont waste your time and talent.

as someone said , private gp land longer hours that is more lonesome. gp land not the perfect cup of tea. for many pple it's a escape or a no where else to go route.

I actually don't prefer to fraternise too much and eat my lunch alone .
collegiality takes time to built up but u get there once u settle into a particular ops.

if u feel like u at a breaking point, ask pd for a 6 months break la. they usually quite sympathetic.
u can try community hospital work but u need more tenacity becuase pat are more complex but u can work at your own pace , go for u lunch etc.

don't quit. we all went thru what u are going thru. the world is better when u finish ur m.med.

Dont talk rubbish and give bad advice lah.
If everyone dont leave all stay then all finish got MMed then got even more competition right? How OPS gonna pay big salary to everyone?

Need some to leave lah. All stay means even worse for those who stay.

Best advice is to leave and go be property agent. Learn to trade stocks. Then locum a bit during beginning to make ends meet. When see success as prop agent or stocks booming then can quit medicine altogether.

FP easy. work in CH. Just anyhow round. Any problem, jusr refer to ED or ask Gen Med take over. Life is good. Somtimes can maybe arrange with friend. No need come to work. haha

Dumb is the person who dont try to cheat.
The punishment is so weak.

Silly question, this thread seems to be all about people wanting to leave for private. Was wondering if there are actually doctors who have left for private but want to come back to public? This is for both FM/gps as well as specialist (e.g cardio/gs etc)

Given the number of junior doctors that have resigned lately, is there a possibility that chain group could potentially run out of jobs?

There’s always demand everywhere.
Chains want to expand.
People want to open their own clinics and hire.
Businessmen want to open clinics and hire minion GPs.

gp salary will just get lower lor.
hire a gp at 15k maybe profit 5k nia. not worth effort.
reduce to 10k salary, 10k profit ok la. plus more u open more syngergy. can bulk buy med, gloves , share clinic assistant, software.
make it big enough maybe someone even buy u out
later become minster also can.
oh yes, can donate money to have a lecture hall in nus named after your mother somemore.
tan mei li lecture hall, tan dua lui book prize. tan gu gu professorship

Current mopex who plan to leave once bond is up next year. Was wondering other than gdfm (which I completed), is there any other courses that I should take to help with working as gp outside? I am thinking in terms of both medical (e.g diploma occupational med, diploma derm) and non medical (e.g coding courses given the shift towards telemed, excel courses etc)- also thinking where I should use my skills future credits 😂

Just wondering coz I was searching through one of the gp chains (Dr anywhere), they actually mentioned in their job application (for a hybrid Dr role) page that "doctors who have experience in tech startup" would be preferred.

So just wondering what other skills other than clinical knowledge and communication skills are employer looking for nowadays?

This is the only sage advice given how the dominant political party has focused on ever increasing property prices to drive up sinkies paper networth.

I Know for a fact that for specialist, they will ask how many patients you can bring in/poach over from the public sector?
Not sure if that applies for gp?
I would think that for Chain gp grps, if you can work longer hours/nights (i.e no family commitment), it will be better?

Can I ask if working in polyclinic or any public institution is really a safe haven or iron rice bowl?
I understand from my seniors that they are usually offered 2-3 year contract when they sign on with ops (for fm) or hospital (for AC)
Is there a possibility that they can choose not to renew your contract subsequently or choose to alter the terms (e.g lower pay etc)