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as General Surgery is a never to be complacent in Orthopaedics
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skills. And if our interests is in improve ourselves.
research, we will get the Pathology
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needed support and PathResidency@singhealth.com.sg
learning and guidance from our mentors
GOING
to pursue it. In a way, we Pediatrics
research brought What makes surgery PedsResidency@singhealth.com.sg
have the best of both worlds
rewarding is that day in day
him to Liverpool, here. out, you keep getting better. Surgery-In-General
UK, for the I find great satisfaction in SIGSSResidency@singhealth.com.sg

International WHY DO RESEARCH being able to provide

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2012, where his speed. We may be good at and tell them that they have STAY CONNECTED
what we are doing, but there been cured.
research paper was will be new surgical
accepted for techniques that can make us HIS INSPIRATION
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now. SingHealthResidency
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Surgeons of Great KEY LEARNING FROM science research, many of
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WHAT OUR GENERAL SURGERY PROGRAM CAN OFFER YOU
Throughout Residency, there will be appropriate supervision,
formative assessment and personalised mentoring to ensure
that our Residents progress in their training to manage patients
with progressive responsibility and independence. On
completion of the Residency program, our Residents will be
prepared for the practice of clinical general surgery, further
their surgical specialty training and academic surgical career.
Dr Cheow Peng Chung, Program Director-Designate, TOMORROWS MEDICINE,
SingHealth Residency General Surgery program THE FUTURE OF MEDICAL
EDUCATION
200,000 surgical operations yearly means that you will have a chance to deal with a An issue specially
wide variety of cases and benefit from a broader operative experience. dedicated to all medical
students, learners and
Our high volume and variety of patient cases provides you with ample opportunities teachers.
to undertake interesting and invaluable clinical research.
Wide exposure from different subspecialties of GS and related surgical specialties, as
SINGHEALTH
well as choice of rotations in surgical electives to further develop your subspecialty BRINGS THE LOVE TO
knowledge. YONG LOO LINS PUBLIC
HEALTH SCREENING
Research opportunities throughout your Residency training give you the opportunity
to present your work in conferences both locally and overseas.
Learn from recognized leaders in the surgical field who are dedicated to develop you
to your fullest potential be it in clinical skills or research.
Seamless track to specialist surgical training with training rotations at SingHealth
cluster including Singapore General Hospital (SGH), KK Womens and Childrens
Hospital (KKH), National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) and National Heart Centre As part of our ongoing
Singapore (NHCS), as well as at our major participating site, Changi General Hospital sponsorship of medical
(CGH). students initiatives, the
SingHealth goodie bag was
Want to be part of our cutting-edge General Surgery Program? given out to over 2,000
Contact us at GSResidency@singhealth.com.sg now! members of the public who
turned up at Toa Payoh
Central for basic health
checks and health
Developing Residents beyond clinical skills education booths.
Missed our
16 Pediatrics Residents got a chance to hone their feedback
skills at the inaugural Residents As Future Teachers (RAFT) previous issue?
development workshop, conducted on 26 Nov 2012 at KKH.
PARTNERS IN
Developed base on real-life scenarios with medical students, ACADEMIC MEDICINE
this comprehensive 2-hour workshop aims to equip our
Residents with feedback skills to communicate more effectively
with them. It offered two strategies for giving feedback to
challenging individuals, and provided the participants an
opportunity to practice these strategies.
MAJOR
This workshop is jointly organized by Center for Resident and PARTICIPATING SITE
Faculty Development (CRAFD), SingHealth Residency, in
collaboration with Academic Medicine Education Institute
(AMEI).