Overview
Hands-off observership for foreign doctors in NUH clinical departments, strictly for observation.
The programme
- Focus
- Multiple specialties (anaesthesia, cardiology, CTVS, imaging, EM, medicine, O&G, ophthalmology, orthopaedics, ENT, paediatrics, surgery, urology and others)
- Training type
- Observership (hands-off)
- Duration
- Maximum 28 days (4 weeks)
- Start
- Flexible: applicant-proposed start date, which must be at least 8 weeks after the application (minimum processing lead time)
- Positions
- Not stated on official page
- Accreditation
- Not stated on official page
- Department
- NUH Medical Affairs - Education
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Recognised medical degree; registration as a medical practitioner in current country; immunity documentation (varicella, MMR, Tdap) and chest X-ray
- International applicants
- Yes - foreign doctors may observe in a clinical department with no hands-on involvement
- Visa support
- Applicants arrange their own visa
- Licence requirement
- Not required (strictly observation; no patient care, case notes or prescriptions)
How to apply
- Deadline
- Minimum lead time of 8 weeks before proposed start date
- Application method
- Email completed application form and CV to observer_application@nuhs.edu.sg
Funding
- Funding
- Processing fee S$170 (GST incl.); no stipend or accommodation; miscellaneous departmental fees may apply