How is life as a doctor in Singapore?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

That is a fake story. Made up one.

I think so. The story I heard, the Dr is a female. And not in Calgary.

That’s my fault. I had assumed the Calgary GP was a male but it could very well be a female too.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

True FM as practiced in the polyclinic or community hospital is as vigorous as any speciality.
M.med family med is like your mbbs exam X 5 standard.
Polyclinic work not easy. It's either high numbers like 50 walk in a day with increasingly complex cases from the 1 month old baby to the 100 year old dying to dealing with idiots with hba1c in the double digits.

If what you say is true, why are FM paid much less compared to specialists?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

If what you say is true, why are FM paid much less compared to specialists?

Are u sure FM is paid less than their non procedure medical specialist colleagues?
Haha, maybe I shouldn't say too much.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Are u sure FM is paid less than their non procedure medical specialist colleagues?
Haha, maybe I shouldn't say too much.

I think so, if you compare public (i.e ops) vs public (restructured hosp) and private (gp) vs private (private specialist)

with a lot courses being cancelled during covid, any suggestions for courses to boost our cv during this time?

what is Incident Reporting Information System (IRIS) and what happens if you get IRIS for a medical error?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

what is Incident Reporting Information System (IRIS) and what happens if you get IRIS for a medical error?

Depending on the error, if very serious error, may get struck off (eg the recent ho who committed research fraud)
But most of the time your posting grading and subsequently your performance bonus will be affected.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

with a lot courses being cancelled during covid, any suggestions for courses to boost our cv during this time?

Do research. Network.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Depending on the error, if very serious error, may get struck off (eg the recent ho who committed research fraud)
But most of the time your posting grading and subsequently your performance bonus will be affected.

Can elaborate what did the HO do and happened to the HO?