Programme A (Discontinued)

Programme A is for applicants who are fully or conditionally registered with Singapore Medical Council (SMC) and are awarded sponsorship by the health clusters after choosing Family Medicine as the specialty.

The New syllabus from May 2007 features more postings (a change from 6 monthly postings to 3 monthly postings) for trainees to gain wider exposure to various specialties to help the family physician.

The aim of the MMed (FM) is to train an echelon of family physicians who will be on par with the hospital specialists and be able to take on the role of leaders, trainers, and administrators in family medicine development.

Aims and Objectives:
The overall training objective is to produce a professional and competent family physician that has the following qualities (as defined in the Family Medicine Training Logbook):

• Able to practice competently and independently on his/her own 
• Possess the necessary skills to set up and maintain a practice either as solo or group practice 
• Provide good primary care with emphasis on health promotion, health education, disease prevention, and chronic disease management. This would result in better primary care, appropriate referral and usage of specialist services, better health for the nation and reduce health care cost. 
• Perform the role as a doctor, health care coordinator, manager, teacher 
• Able to pursue continuing professional development on his/her own and in accordance to the changing practice trends and advances 

Eligibility:

• Full or conditional registration with SMC or temporary registered with at least 1 year of working experience in public hospital upon application deadline 
• Successful in MOH BST Selection Exercise 

Course Overview:
Programme A consists of:

• Hospital rotation postings from the defined list (See under eligibility criteria for MMed Examination) relevant to family practice in the first two years. 
• Family Medicine Modular Course (FMMC) - 8 modules of distance learning and quarterly workshops in the first 2 years including the FMMC Practice Management Courses (P&P, CCC and PEL). Course syllabus is the same as those of the GDFM trainees. 
• Structured family medicine training during the hospital rotation years 
• - the trainee is supervised by a mentor in the hospital department. Training progress is recorded in the FM Logbook via PTMS (Postgraduate Training Management System). 
• Optional short attachments to General Practice clinics, Child Guidance Clinic and Health Promotion Board’s Youth Health Division. 
• Compulsory 6-month Structured Training Programme in Primary Care

Other courses:

• 2 Weeks Advanced FM course where foreign experts were brought in to impart his / her knowledge.
• MMed FM Revision Course - A 2-week full-time MMed Revision Course in FM, usually in August.

MMed (FM) Programme A Summary

MMed (FM) Programme A Clinical Postings

 Updated as of 10 February 2010