House Officer
House Officer Training is a mandatory component of medical training for all fresh medical graduates who have completed their basic medical degree. It is a period of clinical apprenticeship that aims to equip the new medical graduate with the basic skills of clinical practice. House Officer Training will last for 1 year and house officers are required to perform 3 or more clinical postings (each ranging from 2 - 6 months).
Medical Officer Posting
Medical Officers are qualified doctors who are immediately responsible for the total management of patients in the wards. They are required to help House Officers in the clerking of cases and supervise/help House Officers in the performance of procedures.
Medical Officers undergo two 6-monthly rotations in a year through a Medical Officer Posting Exercise (MOPEX) where Medical Officers are empowered to choose their own postings to suit their own developmental needs and career interest.
Changeover dates for the postings are in May and November each year.
Upon appointment as Medical Officers, doctors who wish to be trained as specialists can apply to the Joint Committee for Specialist Training (JCST) to undergo Basic Specialist Training (BST) in one of the 14 Basic Specialties.
Registrar Posting
Registrars appointed as advanced specialist trainees (AST) would undergo a specialist-training program prescribed by the respective Specialist Training Committees (STC). As a registrar, you will hold significant responsibilities in your clinical department. Your posting will therefore require not just STC endorsement but the support of heads of clinical departments.
While STC endorsement will ensure that your training path remains on track, the support of heads of departments will ensure that you receive sufficient opportunities and exposure to the right balance of service work, training and research in your chosen posting.
AST
There are 35 AST subspecialties in Singapore (excluding Family Medicine)
1. Anaesthesiology
2. Cardiology
3. Cardiothoracic Surgery
4. Dermatology
5. Diagnostic Radiology
6. Emergency Medicine
7. Endocrinology
8. Gastroenterology
9. General Surgery
10. Geriatric Medicine
11. Haematology
12. Hand Surgery
13. Infectious Disease |
14. Internal Medicine
15. Medical Oncology
16. Neurology
17. Neurosurgery
18. Nuclear Medicine
19. Obstetrics & Gynaecology
20. Occupational Medicine
21. Ophthalmology
22. Orthopaedic Surgery
23. Otorhinolaryngology
24. Paediatric Medicine
25. Neonatology
26. Paediatric Surgery
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27. Palliative Medicine
28. Pathology
29. Plastic Surgery
30. Psychiatry
31. Public Health Medicine
32. Radiation Oncology
33. Rehabilitation Medicine
34. Renal Medicine
35. Respiratory Medicine
36. Rheumatology
37. Urology
38. Intensive Care Medicine
39. Transfusion Medicine |
Eligibility for entry into AST
Completion of 3 years BST or equivalent experience;
Obtained MMed or equivalent qualification in the relevant specialty
- The final phase of AST may be with an overseas institution of renowned Health Manpower Development Plan (HMDP)
- Formal assessment at end of training with an exit qualification
- Obtain the Certificate of Specialist Accreditation from the Specialist Accreditation Board Specialist Register with SMC
- Eligible for promotion to Associate Consultant