How is life as a doctor in Singapore?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

But they don’t get to
Locum the same hours as you. Not easy to find regular last minute 120/hr locum

You living under rock?
Locum rates regular 120-150 also easy to get.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Dont hold your breath. Word on the ground is that it is not a poly specific increment. and the increment quantum… haha leave you to find out.

What does not poly specific means? Means hospital also get?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

The poly locum is very regular … 8-5

Im just angry that they baited like that and no news of any increment when said coming soon
Arent the clusters private , still so much red tape ?

Clusters private in name only.
everything still moh decide.

If not significant might as well don't increase
Give u those 200 or 300 increment taking us for beggers

Originally Posted by Unregistered

But they don’t get to
Locum the same hours as you. Not easy to find regular last minute 120/hr locum

Polyclinic v short of manpower lei . No scared cannot find slots
Moh don't give us mopex how we recruit rp or gdfm fp?
My clinic come one mopexer after asking for so long 4 months later quit becuase he learn the ropes liao
Resident pipeline also very chiu. Drop out rates 20 to 30 percent
The remainder 40 percent fail exams
Those that pass half straight go private.
100 fam med ressie per batch left 30 behind in ops and that cos thet got bond
Unofficially half will leave once bond up and saved up to open clinic or girls claimed all the maternity or complet family.
Left 10 just nice become your clinic deputy director or director lo
But they direct who I also dunno. Everyone leaving and no core workforce
Maybe become a locum workforce

Future of primary care yo!
I want to stay and work but also sian
As if patient not complicated enough now have to healthier sg, have to recruit p tech, have recruit Tele, have to recruit for research
Promise me pay rise make me wait few months still dun give
Maybe see amt already become the final insult
Turn locum better. Can 4 day work week myself.
Since I work v hard also cannot stay landed or drive mercedes with Coe at 130k
What for work so hard
Lie flat..chill with 4 day locum no responsibility kind of job each month 10 to 12k also not bad

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Polyclinic v short of manpower lei . No scared cannot find slots
Moh don't give us mopex how we recruit rp or gdfm fp?
My clinic come one mopexer after asking for so long 4 months later quit becuase he learn the ropes liao
Resident pipeline also very chiu. Drop out rates 20 to 30 percent
The remainder 40 percent fail exams
Those that pass half straight go private.
100 fam med ressie per batch left 30 behind in ops and that cos thet got bond
Unofficially half will leave once bond up and saved up to open clinic or girls claimed all the maternity or complet family.
Left 10 just nice become your clinic deputy director or director lo
But they direct who I also dunno. Everyone leaving and no core workforce
Maybe become a locum workforce

Future of primary care yo!
I want to stay and work but also sian
As if patient not complicated enough now have to healthier sg, have to recruit p tech, have recruit Tele, have to recruit for research
Promise me pay rise make me wait few months still dun give
Maybe see amt already become the final insult
Turn locum better. Can 4 day work week myself.
Since I work v hard also cannot stay landed or drive mercedes with Coe at 130k
What for work so hard
Lie flat..chill with 4 day locum no responsibility kind of job each month 10 to 12k also not bad

Your grouses are not unique to Singapore. The scope of primary care keeps expanding. More and more things are "simple" and the primary care doc should manage. And specialists are saying don't waste their precious time with unnecessary referrals (as if primary care dr's time is not precious).
Wanting drs to see more complicated patients with same finite time and not have any reduction in total number of patients seen.

Meanwhile what's the consult fee like?

There seems to be a correlation between consult fees for GPs and the cost of a men's hair cut in various countries.

This is how societies now value primary care physician consults. Might be better off being a barber.

Ok so the BIG question is.. how much is the increment? and WHEN.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Your grouses are not unique to Singapore. The scope of primary care keeps expanding. More and more things are "simple" and the primary care doc should manage. And specialists are saying don't waste their precious time with unnecessary referrals (as if primary care dr's time is not precious).
Wanting drs to see more complicated patients with same finite time and not have any reduction in total number of patients seen.

Meanwhile what's the consult fee like?

There seems to be a correlation between consult fees for GPs and the cost of a men's hair cut in various countries.

This is how societies now value primary care physician consults. Might be better off being a barber.

The shophouse GP clinics in my area (Bukit Timah) seem to be doing well though. Fees are for sure way higher than the quick cuts at Beauty World.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Your grouses are not unique to Singapore. The scope of primary care keeps expanding. More and more things are "simple" and the primary care doc should manage. And specialists are saying don't waste their precious time with unnecessary referrals (as if primary care dr's time is not precious).
Wanting drs to see more complicated patients with same finite time and not have any reduction in total number of patients seen.

Meanwhile what's the consult fee like?

There seems to be a correlation between consult fees for GPs and the cost of a men's hair cut in various countries.

This is how societies now value primary care physician consults. Might be better off being a barber.

And yet many students apply for a spot in NUS YLLSOM every year. All with lofty ambitions of wanting to be a rich surgeon. Only to find out later that their odds are very slim. Even worse, some who can’t get into YLLSOM waste their time on a science degree to try their luck for Duke. Perhaps the worst of the lot are the ones who shell out over half a million dollars on an overseas med education!

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Your grouses are not unique to Singapore. The scope of primary care keeps expanding. More and more things are "simple" and the primary care doc should manage. And specialists are saying don't waste their precious time with unnecessary referrals (as if primary care dr's time is not precious).
Wanting drs to see more complicated patients with same finite time and not have any reduction in total number of patients seen.

Meanwhile what's the consult fee like?

There seems to be a correlation between consult fees for GPs and the cost of a men's hair cut in various countries.

This is how societies now value primary care physician consults. Might be better off being a barber.

And yet many students apply for a spot in NUS YLLSOM every year. All with lofty ambitions of wanting to be a rich surgeon. Only to find out later that their odds are very slim. Even worse, some who can’t get into YLLSOM waste their time on a science degree to try their luck for Duke.

Perhaps the worst of the lot are the ones who shell out over half a million dollars on an overseas med education

Originally Posted by Unregistered

The shophouse GP clinics in my area (Bukit Timah) seem to be doing well though. Fees are for sure way higher than the quick cuts at Beauty World.

Ok? And what about the rent? The biggest earners are the ones operating in mature HdB estates. Look at their patient volume. All filled to the brim. Just take a walk at Ang Mo Kio, Toa Payoh