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Old 24-01-2025, 04:40 AM
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Psych is the best choice if you like long term care with patient plus good lifestyle outside work.

Training in UK now but back in Singapore for Chinese new holiday. It’s not that bad training in uk. You have a lot of paid leave up to 32 as a ST.

Many connected flights. London-Singapore. Manchester-Singapore.

You won’t feel homesick if you can schedule your leaves in a smart way. You can always fly back home for 7 days( paid leave + weekend) every 2 months if you really miss Singapore.
I have not ruled out psych. thank you!
Do you know if psych is competitive in SG?

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Old 24-01-2025, 05:18 PM
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feel a bit guilty for making my parents pay for my UK med school fees. I’m relatively well to do but the 300k difference in cost means my parents would have to retire a year later at 57 instead. Am i being selfish? I want to be a specialist and studying in the UK means i could train in Uk, aus, us or SG. I’ll either return directly or specialise then return but I definitely want to be a specialist

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feel a bit guilty for making my parents pay for my UK med school fees. I’m relatively well to do but the 300k difference in cost means my parents would have to retire a year later at 57 instead. Am i being selfish? I want to be a specialist and studying in the UK means i could train in Uk, aus, us or SG. I’ll either return directly or specialise then return but I definitely want to be a specialist
But life without bond is so much better. I am not sure how's the cumulative effect if one stays till CCT there though since COL is not cheaper than living with family in SG and salary is lower.

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But life without bond is so much better. I am not sure how's the cumulative effect if one stays till CCT there though since COL is not cheaper than living with family in SG and salary is lower.
Yes definitelt can save and invest less but a specialist makes substantially more than a GP. If I study in singapore, there is a 70 percent chance i end up as a Gp since only 30 percent of each batch specialises. Studying in the UK then training there and returning is worse money wise during training years but a lot better post training compared to sg gp. If i can return and get into training in sg that would be best but regardless still have option of leaving to specialise if cant get in. Even if i decide not to specialise i’d be able to exit PHI 3 years faster so the money would be made back. Parents don’t expect me to pay them back but would be happy to. There’s many doctors who trained oberseas then came back and are doing very well
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Yes definitelt can save and invest less but a specialist makes substantially more than a GP. If I study in singapore, there is a 70 percent chance i end up as a Gp since only 30 percent of each batch specialises. Studying in the UK then training there and returning is worse money wise during training years but a lot better post training compared to sg gp. If i can return and get into training in sg that would be best but regardless still have option of leaving to specialise if cant get in. Even if i decide not to specialise i’d be able to exit PHI 3 years faster so the money would be made back. Parents don’t expect me to pay them back but would be happy to. There’s many doctors who trained oberseas then came back and are doing very well
Don’t just think about the money loss during training. Actually the salary is higher in UK compared to SG if you look at per hour basis. You work more than double the hours in SG.

There’s no point training in SG if all your free time is spent on catching up sleep rather than socialising with family and friends. You rather train in UK and then fly back for a quality holiday
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Don’t just think about the money loss during training. Actually the salary is higher in UK compared to SG if you look at per hour basis. You work more than double the hours in SG.

There’s no point training in SG if all your free time is spent on catching up sleep rather than socialising with family and friends. You rather train in UK and then fly back for a quality holiday
if i worked sg hours in UK by locum ming id make more than sg. Spoke to a trainee who’s making 120k pound a year locum ming in a surgical spec . Only issue is tax but u win some u lose some
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Does anyone know how much a radiologist makes in private practice here? Places like parkway, raffles, asiamedic etc
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if i worked sg hours in UK by locum ming id make more than sg. Spoke to a trainee who’s making 120k pound a year locum ming in a surgical spec . Only issue is tax but u win some u lose some
As an ex NHS consultant, I say this is stupid. Use your free time to advance your career.
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feel a bit guilty for making my parents pay for my UK med school fees. I’m relatively well to do but the 300k difference in cost means my parents would have to retire a year later at 57 instead. Am i being selfish? I want to be a specialist and studying in the UK means i could train in Uk, aus, us or SG. I’ll either return directly or specialise then return but I definitely want to be a specialist
300k set back your parents to retire a year later means your parents are really financially savvy. No one wants to die with a lots of cash.

Come back and specialise. Shorter time to specialise in sg. Don't be put off by what others have said. Many got into residency right after HO.

Be open minded. Many of my classmates wanted to specialise but ended up as a GP after they face the reality of work.

You can specialise in the UK even if you graduated in sg. Don't know which cow has been spreading rumours that one can't.
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300k set back your parents to retire a year later means your parents are really financially savvy. No one wants to die with a lots of cash.

Come back and specialise. Shorter time to specialise in sg. Don't be put off by what others have said. Many got into residency right after HO.

Be open minded. Many of my classmates wanted to specialise but ended up as a GP after they face the reality of work.

You can specialise in the UK even if you graduated in sg. Don't know which cow has been spreading rumours that one can't.
parents currently have about 3-4m invested and a nearly fully paid off condo worth about 3 mil so they are more or less okay. Can specialise in UK even if graduated in sg but need wait for 6 years for bond to end. Therefore, I could only start training at 31 which defeats the purpose completely. Definitely keeping the option of returning and specialising open. Worst case if as u said i’m not interested in specialty i can become a GP after freg. In the bigger picture i recognise my parents can afford it but still yk there’s a cheaper option even if i won’t enjoy it as much and may have slightly worse prospects
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