Clinical Fellowship Training in Pain Medicine

Overview

To train the Fellow to deliver Pain Medicine through a holistic multi-disciplinary and multi-modal approach.

Focus: Pain medicine
Training type: Clinical Fellowship (attachment for foreign doctors)
Duration: 12 months (6 months for selected candidates refer to Annex A)
Start: Subject to SMC registration and work pass approval (clinical fellowship processing takes approx. 6-9 months after provisional offer)
Positions: Two
Accreditation: Certificate of Training
Department: Anaesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine/ Pain Medicine

Eligibility: Fellows who have some experience in Pain Medicine with a basic relevant specialty degree, e.g. Anaesthesiology.; Department requirement: Having a basic background specialty including and not specific to Anaesthesiology.
International applicants: Yes - SGH fellowship and attachment programmes are offered to foreign doctors for short-term clinical training (more than 1000 international doctors since 2000)
Visa support: Training Employment Pass application with Ministry of Manpower (MOM) upon successful SMC Temporary Registration
Licence requirement: Temporary Registration (for training) with the Singapore Medical Council

Deadline: Rolling - applications reviewed monthly; cut-off is the last day of each month (Singapore time)
Application method: Apply through SGH Postgraduate Medical Institute (PGMI) with CV/posting history, case summary and two endorsed recommendation letters (one from Head of Institution/Department); online interview for clinical fellowship; queries pgmi.fellowships@sgh.com.sg

Funding: Training Fee: S$3,000 (before prevailing GST) per month Programme Funding source: Self-funded