Emergency Medicine and Pre-hospital Emergency Care: 4-week Clinical Attachment (Observer) Programme

With the support from the Emergency Medicine Departments and other PEC partners in Singapore, UPEC has been organizing this Clinical Attachment (Observer) Programme on a yearly basis since 2016 aiming to cultivate knowledge of a proper and efficient PEC system especially in developing countries.

This programme for foreign Emergency Physicians offers an insight to

1. the clinical practice/procedure, patient care management, ethical and cultural context of Singapore’s emergency medical care system; and
2. the basic framework of the public pre-hospital emergency care system in Singapore.

Eligibility criteria:

1. Conferment of basic medical degree (e.g. MBBS or equivalent)

2. Evidence of housemanship / internship postings (usually 12 months following basic medical degree) with a certificate of satisfactory completion

3. Registration with medical council, minister or relevant licensing authority for practicing medicine

4. Confirmation of employment before and after attachment in SGH

5. Board certified by your respective institutions in Emergency Medicine; or have the equivalent recognition by the relevant national medical bodies; or have at least 3 years or relevant clinical working experience as a medical officer/resident.

6. Preferably have valid certificates in Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)

7. If you are interested in this programme and want to be informed when the next intake is about to open for application, please drop us an email (via the contact us info mentioned in the UPEC website) with the email title: “Emergency Medicine and Pre-hospital Emergency Care: 4-week Clinical Attachment (Observer) Programme”.

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