Fellowship Training Programme in Clinical Nutrition

Overview

1. To become medical expert in managing macro- and micronutrient imbalances which affect gastrointestinal disease and non-gastrointestinal disease ( details in learning objective). 2.

The programme

Training type

Clinical Fellowship (attachment for foreign doctors)

Duration

6 to 12 months

Start

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

Positions

2 Fellows

Accreditation

Certificate of Training

Department

Medicine/ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Eligibility and visa

Eligibility

To be eligible for training in the subspecialty of clinical nutrition, a physician must have completed categorical residency training.; Department requirement: Physician must have completed categorical residency training. This training may be in Internal Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics, Family Medicine or subspecialty training such as adult or pediatric gastroenterology, endocrinology, critical care, nephrology or cardiology.

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 Programme Funding source: Self-funded

Official sources