How is life as a doctor in Singapore?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

By right yes.
By left no. And hr aren't so free to check.
But if you go around telling ppl and give interview as an entrepreneur, then no choice to act if directly informed.

Ok, the thing is I will need to register my company and it will be under my name. So that's a huge risk to take isn't it?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Ok, the thing is I will need to register my company and it will be under my name. So that's a huge risk to take isn't it?

No they dont check acra proactively.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Requesting help from all seniors please. I am really keen and passionate about surgery but looking through this forum I am now disheartened and worried about the prospect of getting into the general surgery residency programme. I studied in the UK and have worked a year in the UK as an FY1. I will be extremely grateful if someone can advise me on whether I should go for surgery despite the bleak prospect of getting in, or is it time for me to think about other specialties such as internal medicine which is statistically easier to get into? Thank you very much

As a UK grad you're already subpar by comparison to YLLSOM grads so I suggest you don't get your hopes up. If you can get into any residency programme even FM that in itself is an achievement.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

As a UK grad you're already subpar by comparison to YLLSOM grads so I suggest you don't get your hopes up. If you can get into any residency programme even FM that in itself is an achievement.

As an nus alumni who tutored some yllsom undergrads, i realise some ugs are quite cmi. You probably need to consider the massive expansion to 300places in recent yrs. now the quality control aint as good as the good old days where intake was 200-250.

Coupled with the post 90s syndrome, it Just spells disaster.

Like this poster here, having an misplaced sense of self importance, Very proud, complains too much, lack of eq, rude to nurses.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

As a UK grad you're already subpar by comparison to YLLSOM grads so I suggest you don't get your hopes up. If you can get into any residency programme even FM that in itself is an achievement.

Well that is overgeneralising isn't it? I have seen many overseas grad who are better than local grads and get into competitive specialties when locals fail. Coming from a yllsom senior

Originally Posted by Unregistered

No they dont check acra proactively.

Just dont do it

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Ok, the thing is I will need to register my company and it will be under my name. So that's a huge risk to take isn't it?

Doctors all so broke now need to do part time job ????

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Just dont do it

Just do it. Later your start up becomes a multimillion company or even a decacorn.

You get to employ more Singaporeans.

How much is your pay now? At best 5k.
What do u do daily? Round a bit, organise family conference , update family, run a bit like a monkey.

Meaningful? Sort of. Yes sort of no.
But what if your start up could change the lives of Singaporeans?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Just do it. Later your start up becomes a multimillion company or even a decacorn.

You get to employ more Singaporeans.

How much is your pay now? At best 5k.
What do u do daily? Round a bit, organise family conference , update family, run a bit like a monkey.

Meaningful? Sort of. Yes sort of no.
But what if your start up could change the lives of Singaporeans?

I haven't start working as an MO yet. MOHH quoted me 4950 as my starting basic pay. Factor in 500 clinical allowance (I haven't take my MRCP yet) and some on call pay should be able to hit 5k easily right? Not sure if I'm right.

As a private practitioner for some years now

I would like to say the following (and yes this IS GENERALIZING so it may not apply to every single situation)

But....

1) Foreign grads are considered below local grads when being considered for job positions and residency positions (that doesn't mean the foreign grads are poorer in skillset/EQ/ results)

2) Foreign degrees are next to useless in Singapore. All it ensures is at best conditional registration, which means you will NEVER EVER LEAVE the institution setting seeing how only a miniscule % will ever get full registration

3) Pay is **** relatively speaking. If $ is the most important consideration - do not do medicine

4) Getting a residency is one thing, getting a job at the end of the residency is another. There is no guarantee of either, but its far worse to find you have no job (to become a full fledged specialist) after 4years of struggling as a resident then to be rejected right from day 1

5) Locum safely. Don't go crazy gungho and work within your limits. Don't skip work and try to locum within the institutions first.

Happy to answer any questions within reason . Cheers