Fellowship Training in Anaesthesiology

Overview

The overall aim of the fellowship programme is to produce independent and competent anaesthesiologists with the experience, skills and knowledge, to manage patients requiring major surgery, with the highest standard of safe and comprehensive perioperative care.

The programme

Focus

General / subspecialty anaesthesia

Training type

Clinical Fellowship (attachment for foreign doctors)

Duration

6 – 12 months

Start

Subject to SMC registration and work pass approval (clinical fellowship processing takes approx. 6-9 months after provisional offer)

Positions

2

Accreditation

Certificate of Training

Department

Anaesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine/ Anaesthesiology

Eligibility and visa

Eligibility

An adaptable anaesthesiologist keen on an experiential learning journey in a high- volume tertiary referral hospital; Department requirement: Postgraduate medical qualifications for e.g. Master of Medicine or equivalent. ; Passed the National Board of Anaesthesiology examination in the country of conferment of postgraduate qualification

International applicants

Yes - SGH fellowship and attachment programmes are offered to foreign doctors for short-term clinical training (more than 1000 international doctors since 2000)

Visa support

Training Employment Pass application with Ministry of Manpower (MOM) upon successful SMC Temporary Registration

Licence requirement

Temporary Registration (for training) with the Singapore Medical Council

How to apply

Deadline

Rolling - applications reviewed monthly; cut-off is the last day of each month (Singapore time)

Application method

Apply through SGH Postgraduate Medical Institute (PGMI) with CV/posting history, case summary and two endorsed recommendation letters (one from Head of Institution/Department); online interview for clinical fellowship; queries pgmi.fellowships@sgh.com.sg

Funding

Funding

Training Fee: S$3,000 (before prevailing GST) per month Training fee could be waived for suitable fellows from ASEAN countries Programme Funding source: Self-funded

Official sources