MOHHoldings is carrying out a Recruitment Drive to inform medical students studying in Australia about what Singapore has to offer.

The Recruitment Drive in Melbourne will be held on 8th August 2011 (Monday) at 6.30pm at Sofitel.

There will also be sessions available in Sydney, Brisbane, Tasmania and Perth.

Please visit http://www.physician.mohh.com.sg/ to find out more.

Thinking of returning to Singapore to work upon graduation but worried about the new Residency programme?

The NUS YLLSoM Medical society will be organising the yearly event (since Residency Program began in 2010), giving all students the opportunity to find out more about the various offerings and clarify their doubts directly with the sponsoring institutions. Our focus here will be answering pertinent questions that are close to heart and dispelling all the myths regarding Residency, so that everyone can make informed decisions about our future.

NUS YLLSoM Medical society will be holding a series of talks for the month of JULY, conducted by the Ministry of Health and individual Sponsoring Institutes (SI). There will be opportunities to listen to their introduction for different specialities and also booth time in which personal questions can be asked directly to the Programme Directors.

The order of the talks will be as follows:
MOH – 9th July 2011 – LT28, NUS
NHG-APHL: National Healthcare Group(TTSH, IMH, National Skin Centre) & Alexandra Health (JGH) -16th July 2011 – Ren Ci Community Hospital
NUHS: National UniversityHealthcare System (NUH, National University Cancer Institute, National University Heart Centre) – 23rd July 2011 – NUHS Tower Block
Singhealth(SGH, KKH, National Cancer/Dental/Heart/NNI/Eye Centre) – 30th July 2011 – SGH block 1
Because some of the hospitals are offering limited seats for their talks, we will need online registration for the event to avoid over-crowding!

Priority will be given to the senior years of medical students and it will be based in a first come first served basis!

Please visit http://careersymposium.tumblr.com/ to register by 30th June 2011 if interested to attend.

For those of us in Australia who are unable to return to Singapore for the talks, please submit any questions you want answered through the following form.

Hi all!

Coming off another year of medicine, how would you like to spend 2 weeks of your summer vacation in India? SMSV has managed to clinch an excellent opportunity for 10 SMSV members to spend 2 weeks on a hospital attachment in The Christian Medical College (CMC) in Vellore, India. This is a rare opportunity to experience healthcare provision in a different healthcare system. Spend 2 weeks in outpatient clinics, shadowing doctors on ward rounds, attending bedside clinical teachings, academic sessions (tutorials, lectures) and OT sessions in your selected department of interest! CMC is offering attachment opportunities in obstetrics and gynaecology, internal medicine, surgery, paediatrics, cardiology and dermatology. Alternatively, take up the rare opportunity to compare rural healthcare in Australia with that in India with the Community Health and Rural Health department!

This attachment is targeted mainly towards pre-clinical year students, as it would serve as a good opportunity to revise and practice your clinical skills, while maintaining an observatory role to learn more about clinical practice before heading into the hospitals in year 3. Post-attachment activities every other night include patient case presentations, as well as a discussion of the selected case to facilitate learning. For the year 1s, this would provide a glimpse into the year 2 syllabus, as introduced and taught by the year 2s, and for the year 2s, a chance to revise and improve on concepts.

Details of the attachment:

Duration: 12/12/11—23/12/11

Number of pre-clinical students: 10

Estimated cost: AUD900 *price subject to change, depending on air ticket pricing

Application for the attachment is based on a first-come-first-served basis, so hurry and apply for the attachment!

Thank you for applying and we will get back to you as soon as we have selected the 10 successful applicants.

Dear SMSV Members,

SMSV is conducting a Personal Particulars Update to ensure that you are receiving announcements from us. On top of that, by updating your details, SMSV will be able to share the Education and Resources Folder (which contains useful study aids) with your University email.

Best Regards,
SMSV.

SMSV is proud to present our annual Med Students’ Forum in 2011 with Guest Speaker Dr. Suresh John.

Dr. Suresh John is an Obstetrician & Gynaecologist Consultant currently working at Angliss Hospital, Melbourne. He graduated from his MBBS in Singapore, and has had working experience in Singapore.

Dr. Suresh John is also a current OSCE Examiner for Medical Students.

He will be sharing with us his working experience in Melbourne and Singapore, and provide students with some tips on OSCEs.

Please fill in the form below to register for the forum.

As winter holidays are approaching, once again SMSV is bringing winter attachments in Singaporean hospitals to you. This time in the June to July holidays, we are also offering observerships(purely observation no hands-on) at Changi General Hospital (CGH).

Please note that due to the small number of observership placements available, the invitation to apply for observership at CGH is only extended to SMSV members.

Details are as follows:

CGH is offering observership to students in the various departments indicated in the form attached below.

Students applying for CGH attachments must supplement their application with the following documents:
1. Completed application form (we will email it out to you)
2. Resume

These documents should be submitted to ma.jun@smsv.sg within 7 days of submission of your application.

As winter holidays are approaching, once again SMSV is bringing winter attachments in Singaporean hospitals to you. This time in the June to July holidays, we are offering attachments at TTSH and NUH. Details are as follows:

For TTSH:
The hospital is offering attachments to students in the following departments:

-General surgery
-General medicine
-Rheumatology
-Trauma surgery
-ENT
-Infectious Diseases
-Cardiology
-Diagnostic Radiology
-Endocrinology
-Respiratory Medicine
-Geriatric Medicine
-Orthopaedic surgery

Students applying for TTSH attachments must supplement their application with the following documents:
1. Completed application form (we will email it out to you)
2. Proof of enrolment from the university (can be purchased from student services centre)
3. Document proof of valid health insurance (eg. MIPS, Avant)
4. Document proof of valid malpractice insurance cover/ professional indemnity for duration of attachment (can apply online).
These documents should be submitted to ma.jun@smsv.sg within 7 days of submission of your application.

For NUHS,
Please indicate your choice of department, and the admin staff will try their best, subject to availability of doctors to take on students.

Students applying for NUHS attachments must supplement their application with the following documents:
1. Completed application form (we will email it out to you)
2. Document proof of valid health insurance (eg. MIPS, Avant)
3. Document proof of valid malpractice insurance cover/ professional indemnity for duration of attachment (can apply online).
These documents should be submitted to ma.jun@smsv.sg within 7 days of submission of your application.
Another thing to note of with the NUH attachments is that at the end of the posting, you will be required to fill in a survey and submit a written report within 2 weeks to the medical education office.

Other things to take note:
Please apply by the end of March to allow time for the hospital to make allocations.
Also applying for an attachment implies commitment towards attending the attachment if you are successful.
SMSV members will be given priority if there is a shortage of spaces.
Successful and unsuccessful applicants will be informed by email.
For additional enquires please email Ma Jun

The Singapore High Commission in Australia and Overseas Singaporean Unit (OSU) is organizing a Student Welcome Reception on the evening of the 7th of March 2011 at the Park Hyatt Hotel to welcome all Singaporean students studying in Victoria.

The Student Welcome Reception (SWR) objectives are to welcome all Singaporean students, provide updates on Singapore to promote connectedness with home, promote OSU and OSU related activities, encourage students to e-register with MFA, and to help promote and profile the SSS/SSA and related activities. This event is free to all Singaporeans and will provide new and current students an opportunity to meet one another and share experiences, along with meeting various student organisations and their representatives.

SMSV and the existing medical students in Melbourne would like to extend a warm welcome to all 1st year medical students in Melbourne by organizing a mingling and potluck session!

You will be meeting most if not all of your year 2 seniors and other seniors from other levels. It will be a great sharing experience since you should have some rough ideas on the study and life in Melbourne.

And this is the best chance to show off your culinary skill by bringing dishes and share with all of us.

We’ll also be talking about VESPA ( or Senior Junior Study Group)! There will also be an Q&A session with Ling Ling, our senior, who is a recent Monash graduate.

It will be an amazing night!

See you there!

Event Details:

Location:
South East Flats Pavillion
1-131 Wellington Road
Clayton, Victoria 3168

Time:
5th March, 6pm-9pm

SMSV

MOHH is holding a career information session in Melbourne on 4th March 2011(Friday) at 6.30pm.

It will be held at the following location:
Sofitel Melbourne On Colins
25 Colins Street
Talk venue : West Tower Suite

Taken from the MOHH Website:
With a world class comprehensive healthcare system ranging from polyclinics and step-down centres to tertiary specialty & academic health centres, Singapore has much to offer when it comes to pursuing a fulfilling and meaningful medical career. Singapore’s vast healthcare infrastructure has long been regarded as a modern, state-of-the-art and professional system, but beyond that, we also hope to impart a little taste of what to expect if you were to embark on a career with us.
Come to our information sessions and find out more.

Please refer to the MOHH Physicians Website for more information.