About the speaker

Mr Peter Hwang graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore. He pursued training first in general surgery, and was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1993, and the Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1993.

He trained in neurosurgery in Singapore, Sidney and Adelaide, and obtained the fellowship of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons in 1998.

He was appointed as consultant neurosurgeon at the National Neuroscience Institute in Singapore, and served as a consultant neurosurgeon to the Singapore General Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, National University Hospital and Changi General Hospital in Singapore. He was appointed Clinical Director of Neurosurgery at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne in 2006.

Content of Talk

Mr Hwang has a wealth of knowledge and experience working and training in both Australia and Singapore. He will be talking on life after medical school and will include the following topics:
1. Specialization
2. Where to work
3. Marriage and kids
4. Work outside of medicine

The talk will end with a Q&A session.

Please note that no form of recording (audio or video) is permitted at this event.

Please register with the form below by 18th May 2012.

SMSV regrets to inform you that applications for attachment at TTSH are now closed.

In the event that you will still like to submit your applications, you will have to send in the documents to Jasmine by the end of this week (Week ending 4th May).

To do so, please contact jasmine.chan@smsv.sg

We regret that all submissions that do not reach Jasmine by the end of this week will not be processed.

We thank you for your interests and applications and look forward to having you on board for attachments at the end of this year.

We will like to extend a warm welcome to the new Year 1s who have joined us as medical students in Australia, and thank the medical students from the different year levels who have come down for making this a successful event.

For those who have not signed up for your SMSV membership, please be informed that there will be another membership recruitment drive at the Freshies Gathering in Melbourne.

The MOHH Pre–Employment Grant is open for application from 2nd January 2012 to 5th February 2012 23:59 (GMT +8:00).

Please refer to the  PEG Website for further information and online application.

For further queries, please email: pre.employment.grant@mohh.com.sg

About the Pre-Employment Grant (PEG)

The PEG has been designed as a financial incentive to attract more Singaporean students studying medicine overseas to return to Singapore.

The grant will be offered mid-course and cover up to 60% of the remaining years of tuition fees, capped at $40,000 per year up to a maximum grant of $80,000. Singaporean students studying in an overseas medical school recognised by the Singapore Medical Council will be eligible to apply. The selection will be based on merit. Students should possess good grades in their medical studies, especially in their clinical training years. Students are also required to undergo an oral interview with Senior Clinicians from the restructured hospitals and MOH Holdings.

Recipients of the grant will be required to serve in the hospital clusters for a minimum period. Students receiving a one-year grant will serve in the hospital clusters for three years, while those receiving a two-year grant will serve for four years. The service period will include the one-year housemanship which is served locally.

Date: 19th January 2012
Time: 7pm
Location: Casa Esperanza, Function Room
997 Bukit Timah Road

Participants will be able to:

1. Meet fellow coursemates and obtain advice from current medical students studying in Australia,

2. Learn how SMSV can help them in their study in Australia,

3. Sign up for SMSV membership,

4. Obtain a copy of Survival Guide to Studying Medicine in Australia prepared by SMSV.

Participants are encouraged to RSVP by 13th January to yiliang.zheng@smsv.sg so that adequate copies of the survival guide will be prepared.

Please click here for the facebook event.

SMSV looks forward to seeing you there!

With the trip targeted mainly at pre-clinical students, the exposure gave many of the participants a taste of what clinical years had to offer. However, the experience did not just stop there for some participants- some of the participants even had a hand in delivering babies, and it wasn’t uncommon to be allowed to scrub in on surgeries either!

Most of the participants also experienced what community health in Vellore was like, which was an eye opener. Some participants got a chance to witness how antenatal care was offered to the villagers, and even participated in the process! The session offered great insight, and perhaps, comparison with rural healthcare’s district nursing services in Australia.

Amongst everything else, this trip was a great chance to embrace what India has to offer! From the great food, to abundant shopping opportunities to its picturesque street scenes, India was truly, incredible.

Date: 9th January 2012
Time: 2pm – 5pm
Venue: NUSS Guild House
#05-001 Suntec City Mall
3 Temasek Boulevard
Singapore 038983

Dress Code

Ladies: Dress, Blouse, Skirt, Pants, Collared T-shirts, with proper shoes or covered sandals

Men : Shirt with collar or mandarin collar with sleeves including sweaters, proper trousers and covered shoes.

Please note that registration is required to attend the pre-departure briefing. Due to the scale of the event, students are encouraged to bring only one guest along for the pre-departure briefing.

Click here for further information and registration.

SMSV is proud to bring you an overseas hospital attachment with St Stephen’s Hospital at New Delhi this holidays. St Stephen’s Hospital is a 600-bed tertiary care hospital offering care in all specialties.

More information with regard to St Stephen Hospital can be obtained from here

The attachment will take place from the 6th December to 16th December 2011.

The cost of the trip will be 140 euros excluding airfare. Participants are expected to arrange for their own air tickets.

Please sign up with the form attached below and we will get back to you. Please note that applications close on 11th November 2011.

This coming January 2012, SMSV is organising a trip to Bharatpur Teaching Hospital in Bharatpur, Nepal to provide assistance to their staff in their screening and clinical examinations of rural communities. This will take the form of rural health camps and the aid of medical students will be needed to screen and examine the heavy patient load at these camps. Pre-clinical students will be aiding in more rudimentary examinations such as BP and basic general clinical examinations, while clinical students will be given the opportunity to take patient histories and conduct examinations with a view to forming a diagnosis before a local doctor sees the patient. Students will be paired 2:1 with Nepalese medical students for the sake of translation and to learn from each other.

A tour as well as teaching sessions will also be organised by the hospital to familiarise students with the medical examination conducted routinely in Nepal. Visits to local places of interest in Bharatpur will also feature in the itinerary, in between health camps. A rural health camp in neighbouring picturesque Pokhara could feature in the itinerary as well. After 14 January when the official itinerary ends, participants may choose to continue travelling instead of returning to Singapore.

The dates of the trip will be from 3 to 14 January 2012 and participants are expected to apply for their own visas as well as get the relevant vaccinations. Note that Nepal will be in the midst of winter during that period and participants are advised to pack sufficient warm clothing.

Accommodation will be in Bharatpur Global Hotel (800rs per night), and students are responsible for paying for their own meals (which is estimated to cost ~300rs per meal). The overall budget is estimated to be as follows:
Return Airfare: $1000
Accommodation: $150
Meals: $120
Ground Transport from Kathmandu to Bharatpur and back: $50
Administrative Fee: $30
VISA
Vaccinations
Total budget is expected to be around $1500.
All currency is stated in Australian Dollars.

The main objectives of the trip are to
1) Assist the staff with screening and clinical examinations of rural health communities
2) To inspire and expose participants to humanitarian missions and encourage them to continue doing such work in the future
3) To identify and develop an effective referral system linked with Bharatpur Teaching Hospital

Please register for the trip with the form attached below by 7th November. Successful applicants will be notified by email.