As the largest sponsoring institution (SI) for the Residency Program in Singapore, SingHealth provides the ideal graduate medical education (GME) environment to best nurture competent medical practitioners – our healthcare leaders of tomorrow.

This can be attributed to our rich legacy in medical education, renowned faculty pool and pursuit of excellence in providing quality patient care.

SingHealth’s key features include - 

• Largest healthcare cluster in Singapore: The SingHealth group comprises 3 Hospitals (SGH, CGH, KKH), 5 National Specialty Centres (NCCS, NDC, NHC, NNI, SNEC) and a network of 9 Polyclinics, making us the single most comprehensive healthcare delivery system in Singapore. This strong consolidation of clinical expertise and medical best practices provides a competitive and holistic learning environment at the forefront of GME. 

• Strong tradition in healthcare education: From Singapore’s first medical school and nursing school more than a century ago to the introduction of allied health professions, healthcare education finds its roots at our grounds.

• Renowned healthcare institutions: SingHealth institutions are widely-acclaimed for their clinical excellence and medical contributions. Here, residents will train in some of Singapore and the world’s most established teaching hospitals and clinical specialty departments.

• Partnership with a US Graduate Medical School:  SingHealth's close partnership with the Duke-NUS GMS goes beyond graduate medical education, allowing us to effectively encompass residency training in specialist healthcare programs. Our faculty will be complemented by our US education partner in receiving first-hand experience and access to US-style specialty training.

• Wide range of patient case mix: With an extensive spread of patient case mixes across our institutions, residents can expect to gain exposure to a broad spectrum of medical conditions, treatments and case studies.

• A relevant, beneficial Residency Program: We are committed to making the residency program a success for aspiring doctors. Our top leaders, including the Cluster DIO, hospitals CMBs and residency PDs have gone on US study missions to learn residency best practices from institutions like the Duke University and University of Texas. Even our faculty and administrative staff undergo training to advance their expertise on the program’s implementation.

• Outstanding and dedicated faculty: Our faculty pool comprises locally and internationally-renowned clinician-teachers with vast clinical and pedagogy experience. Most importantly is their passion to make a difference in lives by nurturing and inspiring the next generation of healthcare leaders.

• Continuous development for faculty: In their zeal to deliver the best education to residents, our faculty also undergo continual pedagogy development through Faculty Development Programmes. Residents can be assured that they are learning from the cream of the crop in medicine.

• Best networking opportunities: Our national and international standing in the world of healthcare and medicine provides residents with strategic network opportunities to enhance both personal and career growth.

• Cutting-edge clinical research outcomes: SingHealth is committed to translational and clinical research to open up new horizons of developing new drugs, medical devices and advancing technologies.  Residents can work alongside clinician-scientists to bring research outcomes from bench to bedside.

• Team-based learning (TBL) system: In collaboration with the Duke-NUS GMS, SingHealth has adopted a TBL system in its education curriculum. This is strategic in emphasizing active learning that requires knowledge application to authentic programs in real-life clinical settings. Facilitation is done by our TBL-equipped faculty who are trained professionally by the Duke-NUS TeamLEAD curriculum developer.

• Innovative teaching methods: Keeping up with the digital age and advancing technology, SingHealth leverages on innovative pedagogy methods such as medical simulation, interactive games, digital media and eLearning in GME. Such optimises residents’ learning experiences and effectiveness.

• Dynamic campus life: Apart from work and training, residents can be part of a dynamic campus life featuring an array of social and special interest activities for them to unwind in, relax and network with other healthcare practitioners.

• Dedicated Office of Student Affairs (OSA): A dedicated OSA has been appointed to look after the needs of SingHealth residents. From administrative issues to counselling services and recreational activities, residents’ well-being is taken care of from start to end.

• Education publishing: In complementing medical education, SingHealth has a publishing arm producing healthcare resources written by our faculty and even medical trainees. These include medical cases for teaching purposes, textbooks and our very own Singapore Health Medical Journal.

• Events Planning & Management: Scientific conferences, medical events and healthcare workshops are prominent features in SingHealth. This adds on to our vibrant academic medical culture that residents learn and practise medicine in.

• Simulation: Medical simulation is one of our unique teaching methods here at SingHealth. Through simulation of lifelike medical scenarios using hi-fideltiy manikins, residents would be able to effectively practise and refine their skills without putting patients at risk.