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Source:
www.moh.gov.sg |
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More top foreign medical
schools to be recognised |
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The Ministry of Health, in conjunction with
the Singapore Medical Council (SMC), will be recognising more top
foreign medical schools to attract a larger number of good foreign
doctors to work in Singapore. |
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The number of recognised foreign medical
schools in the Schedule of the Medical Registration Act will be
increased from 71 to 100 from 1 April 2006. |
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The continuing advances in medicine coupled
with the ageing of our population will necessitate a regular increase in
the number of doctors to cater to our population's healthcare needs. |
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Matching supply with demand is an important
strategy in the control of medical cost. Failure to do so will lead to
rising healthcare cost, besides putting undue pressure on public
hospitals. |
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Moreover, as Singapore promotes itself as a
regional medical hub and a hub for world-class biomedical research, we
will need many more doctors and clinician-scientists. |
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Already, foreign patients coming here for
treatment have been growing at an average of 20% per year for the last
three years. We expect this trend to continue and hope to serve 1
million foreign patients by 2012. |
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Presently there are less than 30
clinician-scientists involved in translational and clinical research in
our healthcare institutions. We need to ramp up the number in order to
support the expansion of such research activities in Biopolis, our
hospitals and elsewhere. |
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Besides increasing local training of
doctors, we should leverage on foreign doctors from reputable medical
schools. As a policy, the top medical schools of the world ought to be
on our schedule of recognised medical degrees. |
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Currently, there are
71 foreign medical schools in the Schedule. We will progressively
expand the Schedule to recognise more top medical schools. |
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From 1 Apr, another 29 top medical schools
from Japan, Europe and US will be added to the schedule (Annex). To
safeguard medical standards, SMC will continue to assess foreign medical
doctors in their initial years through a supervisory framework to ensure
high standards of professional and ethical practice. |
Ministry of Health
24 March 2006 |
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More..... (Annex) |
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Source:
www.moh.gov.sg Press Release 26
Mar 2006 |
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Number of
recognised foreign medical schools increased to 120 (120 schools) |
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Revised list of recognised foreign universities & medical schools
(71 schools) |
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