not a bad move, but once again, one step forward, two steps back...
Drs from overseas, esp those of indian ethicity, usually have some form of white lies on their resume. In their own country, again, like ours, only the very rich get into the good medical schools. And they get in there because no doubt they are smart, but also becos of family and business connections. Once these people get in, its smooth sailing, and within their own country, they get promoted very fast to consultant equivalents. Once they earn enough in their own countries, which again is a lot as the country population is big, they start to go for internships in healthcare advance countries (in terms of technology) like US. On their resume, instead of stating internships, they would list this as actual work experiences (I dont think any of our local employees will call the US hospital up for verification, more often they will call the referee) Many whom I work with say they work 5 years in the US, but only 1 in 10 has the "US" accent when they speak. The rest you can barely understand them.
So now SG wants to go over to train them to prevent this problem (or more specifically problem of medical negligence should they kill a patient here). A penny wise pound foolish move because once they come over to SG, they will realize (1.) the workload is very heavy in SG, (2.) doctors need about one year of conversion should they go to the US, Australia, etc to practice. They will then leave in time.
Once again, the medical school in SG should change its admission criterias. Have a general entrance exam to sieve the people really interested in becoming a Dr. Do away with the A levels admission shit, cos IMHO, very few 19 years old have the maturity and capacity to sign a 12 years bond (6 in school, 6 in hospital). How many matured 19 years old self made millionaires are there in this world? I think its about 0.01%. What more Drs...
