How is life as a doctor in Singapore?

#**3241** (**permalink**) 06-12-2021, 04:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Why work so hard and slog in hospitals for specialist training when you can be a locum? Good hours and good money and relatively easy job

EY. dude, locum , u work for the money.
as a consultant boss, people work for u and u continue to earn money at a rate much higher than ur 100 to 150 per hour. pple respect you and u actually become good at something.
u slog 10 year, easier life for next 30.
u want to start to take it easier now, u need to overal work harder for the next 40 years

seriously , easy maths. how on earth did u get into mef school not being able to work this out?
oh wait. are u even a doctor

#**3242** (**permalink**) 06-12-2021, 06:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Unregistered

EY. dude, locum , u work for the money.
as a consultant boss, people work for u and u continue to earn money at a rate much higher than ur 100 to 150 per hour. pple respect you and u actually become good at something.
u slog 10 year, easier life for next 30.
u want to start to take it easier now, u need to overal work harder for the next 40 years

seriously , easy maths. how on earth did u get into mef school not being able to work this out?
oh wait. are u even a doctor

Can I ask if procedural specialist still get procedural fee? E.g I know gastro con can earn 16-17k/mth, but will they get additional payment for every ogd that they do for gastritis?

#**3243** (**permalink**) 06-12-2021, 10:02 PM

Which speciality can make >20k a month?

#**3244** (**permalink**) 06-12-2021, 10:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Which speciality can make >20k a month?

ICU doctors? Great demand for them during this pandemic?

#**3245** (**permalink**) 07-12-2021, 07:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Can I ask if procedural specialist still get procedural fee? E.g I know gastro con can earn 16-17k/mth, but will they get additional payment for every ogd that they do for gastritis?

depends on department and hospital and how many private pat u seeing.
but generally yes although most new contract are limiting the amt they can earn.
some of the gastro AC I knew 10 years back under old scheme got a suprise when their bonus came. that's when their entire year of procedural work got tallied. one guy paid cash for a 5 series.

#**3246** (**permalink**) 07-12-2021, 06:18 PM

Can I check if you work in the public sector, either as a consultant in public hospital or as a family physician in ops (after mmed or fellowship), what will your performance rating be if you just choose do clinical work? I e no interest in research/admin/teaching, just come to work, finish your clinic/ward work (i.e ward rounds for specialist) and go home straight after.

I assume you won't progress far and obviously won't be candidate for leadership position or become a Prof for e.g, but you will still get average performance bonus? (I.e b or c grading)

#**3247** (**permalink**) 07-12-2021, 10:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Can I check if you work in the public sector, either as a consultant in public hospital or as a family physician in ops (after mmed or fellowship), what will your performance rating be if you just choose do clinical work? I e no interest in research/admin/teaching, just come to work, finish your clinic/ward work (i.e ward rounds for specialist) and go home straight after.

I assume you won't progress far and obviously won't be candidate for leadership position or become a Prof for e.g, but you will still get average performance bonus? (I.e b or c grading)

I can't say for hospital cos I don't work there but for ops , u can do pure clinical and meeting requirement is largely based on numbers ( and ok number of complaints). meet requirement , they throw quite good bonus at you. your annual package in ops will suprise many. when I tell my juniors , they go sure or not ... in some cluster like singhealth, u have solo queue , so when u finish u can actually just go home. but when u actually start to run clinic u dun wish to do pure clinical la. 45 patient a day X 5.5 is 250 patient a week. by Thu and Friday shag liao. u run out of empathy , this is the 235th patient with poor dm control.. best is have a mix of teaching , do 1 or 2 research project on the side.