NON-TRAINEE MEDICAL OFFICER (MO)

Training for non-trainees posted to any specialty in SingHealth involves daily ward routines, clinical skills and procedures, CME, departmental meetings, teaching ward rounds, research and finally supervision by senior doctors in your department. Your assigned mentor in each posting will help you with any difficulties you may encounter and also help to plan your career path in the department, institution and in the profession.

To help you make the best use of your training in your posting, we have worked with Heads of Departments to suggest training objectives for specific specialty. Read more on Medical Manpower Intranet.

MEDICAL OFFICER TRAINEE (MOT) 

If you choose to train as a specialist, you can apply for basic specialist traineeship (BST). In addition to all the above non-trainee activities described above, you will be required to fulfil Specialist Training Committee (STC) requirements in order to qualify for the Master of Medicine and other relevant postgraduate examinations.  For more information on Specialist Training in Singapore, please visit Division of Graduate Medical Studies NUS.

View a list of clinical specialties available in SingHealth.

The Basic Specialist Training Handbook will explain the following procedures for BST:

• Eligibility criteria for traineeship application/BST
• Traineeship positions, specialties and intake
• Method of application
• Selection criteria of basic trainees
• Commencement of basic specialist training
• Period of appointment as basic trainees
• Interrupted training
• Courses, lectures and examinations
• Monitoring of training and submission of training reports
• Basic specialist training (BST) fees
• Advanced specialist training (AST) posts
• Location of JCST secretariat office

Read our FAQ on BST.

Medical Officer postings are administered through MOPEX but trainees generally receive assured rotations to relevant postings of their choice in order to meet STC requirements for specialist training.

SINGHEALTH INTERNAL MEDICINE POSTING PROGRAM

The SingHealth Internal Medicine Trainee Program is currently available in SGH and CGH. This program was developed to meet the needs of trainees wishing for a structured posting and training pathway. Please visit the SingHealth Intranet for further details on applying to this program. Read here for a short interview with one of the appointed trainees or contact us for more information.

SGH SURGICAL TRAINEESHIP POSTING PROGRAM

The SGH Surgical Traineeship Program is designed to enhance the knowledge and skills of medical officers intending to sit for the MRCS Part 1 and Part 2 examinations. Being a rigorous training program, it will improve your eligibility if you choose to sign up this program. Read more about this on our Intranet or contact us for more information.

SINGHEALTH BST PREPARATORY PROGRAMME

Surgery
SingHealth organized the first preparatory course for their surgical trainees from May to July 2004. It was well received and it had helped most of our trainees to pass their MRCS Final Assessment. Read more about it. 

Once again, the course has proven very helpful to our trainees.

Paediatric Medicine
Presently, we are organizing the SingHealth BST Preparatory Programme for Paediatric Medicine. It is a 2-year interactive programme which aims to help our BST trainees gain relevant clinical training, concepts of paediatric care and to pass the specialist exam particularly Clinical Part 2B. Read more about it on our intranet or contact us for more information.