okay..let me try to help with the folks here...
Firstly, as u are not trained in Singapore, any family physician or specialist will be conditionally registered only.You will be "supervised" when working in a hospital. Full fledged specialist in their country cannot practice as consultant ( or attendings ). You will start off as a registrar ( or resident) Unfortunately, you cannot immediately setup a private practice.
For family physicians ( General practitioners, or GP as we call them that here), the typical supervision period is about 4 years before an endorsement from ur supervisor earns u the full registeration. For specialist it's usually 2 years. Google for SMC singapore registerable qualifications to see the list of specialist certs recognised / or basic MBBS/MD for general practitioners.
You can also google for Singapore General hospital, tan tock Seng hospital, Changi Hospital to look up the careers section to find people to contact. Generally, it's easier to come here to work if you contact them
There is no shortage of private GP clinic all around. In any neighborhood, the ratio of GPs to a grocery stores is about 1:1. A survey done in 2006 shows the average net income for a private GP to be about 120K/pa ( sing $$ ). The only issue is that a prior survey done in 1996 show an annual salary of about $120K/pa too. That means that accounting for inflation, GP salary actually drop over the 10 year period.
Senior GP in government hospital gets abotu 8K/per mth ( but they received a form of compulsory savings contribution and bonus + leave etc, so it sorta evens out with private sector). Of course, the private GP can offer other things, amongst which are aesthetic medicine. Some business savvy GPs also set up practise in young estates focusing on child health. "Examplary" cases of private GPs who evaded $11 million in tax over 5 years was all over the newspapers years ago.
However the workload is quite different. Gov GPs are overloaded, a few years ago, they reported seeing up to 100 patients a day compared to about 30-40 for private GP. Nowadays, with more graduates and overseas docs, it drop to about 50 patients a day. We are also utilising APN( advance practising nurses, similar to Physician assistants in the US ) that can carry out simpler duties of a GP, ( like take BP, etc). It looks to improve as gov is increasingly
aware of the need to have a strong primary care force as the population gets older.
Ok. so with a 10K/per mth pay, what the standard of living like? Cars are expensive, but EVERYONE in this thread fail to mention that public transport here is good( trains, bus, taxis) It's a small place and quite efficient, so you do not really need a car. If you do need a car, a jap made will cost you about 1.2K/mth, which is not too bad at 10%. Food ranges from $2.5 ( YES, $2.5) for the fill up your stomach type to $20 for a simple course at a eatery.
It's cheap compared to Auzzie and definitely a small % of the income. Housing, unfortunately, due to land shortage CANNOT be compared to auzzie/china or practically anywhere that land is plentiful . 350K can get u a comfortable 110m² apartement in suburbs ( $500K if close to town ).Landed ones start from 1 million up. Security is good, there isn't any issue with walking alone during midnite. Education is sorta good, maybe not the best place
to bring up a genius, but it's a competitive system that pushes the child to excel. MIT is prolly one of the best uni in the world. Do you guys know per year, more student from raffles insitution ( a local school ) got in ( typically 10-20) that ANy other high school in the world? That says something. And yes, for 2009, 3 local chaps actually top their individual courses at oxford. And how in 2007, a local actually complete an engineering bachleor and a econs PHD in 4 years at MIT ( first time in history of MIT).......the list goes on...
Oh yes, tax..the interesting question. It's cap at max 20%. For a 120k/ year salary, it's about 4-5K ( google IRAS singapore to check the scale), which is seriously NOT bad at all.
Ok. the specialist question. There are a few private specialist grop. Glenagles, parkway, raffles medical and a couple of few in the making like Novenna, Jurong medical hubs.
Well, how much u earn depends on how good you are. There was a minister who was formely a cardiothoratic surgeon in private practise. His reported annual income is about $2million.
Lasik Surgey is popular here. Legend has said that the most prolifc one do about 30 surgery a day ( 2.5K each ). Work out the sums yourself.
Ok, for the more typical salaries. The typical private specialist charges about $60-$70 for simple consulation ( not inclusive of meds, test etc). So how much u earn depends on the population that has problem comming to look for you AND how many tests u order ( dun be evil here). I highly doubt any people will come to you with an amputed hand for reattachement if u happen to be a hand surgeon.
OBGY , well, we have about 30K of births per year. EAch package cost about 1.2K for simple delivery + $500-700 for 10 consulations. Estimate pie for each OBGY is about 100 birth a year ( you also can't schedule more ) ( ya, about 300 of them now) so ur income from this section 100 * 2K. Epidural, complicated births, C sections all increase this.
Peds, yes, we have about 300 of them here as well. Generally, kids are healthly ( lol) due to good nutrition and very attentive parents. Parents tend to bring kids to GPs first who do a roaring trade with expensive "child designed" medications. Cough syrups that cost 4X that of adult ones...Zzzz
Ok, dun ask me about neurosurgery, hamemotology , pain med and watever. i dunno as if anyone else will. Lol
In goverment hospital, the pay varies. The national eye center reportedly pays it's opthamolgist about 40-50K per mth. ( yeah, some public uproar a while back). General surgeons takes about 15-20K.ENT/ortho more. Non procedural Cardo probably about 20K. Inverventionalist definetly more. internal Med like GI, nephrology 15K ( these are all esimates...)
Don't ask me about radiology etc whatever. i dun know
And yes, suprise, suprise. I'm not a doctor . I'm an engineer..Lol.
hope all this help u guys.
