NUS / NTU medicine application 2018/2019

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SONG456,

Have u DC received LKC offer ready ? Thanks.

Hi gardenia64,

So sorry for the late response.

No, no response from any uni. My take on the situation is that SG is hitting the saturation point of doctors. Go read the straits times article on Singapore having too many doctors published on 9Jun.

[gardenia64]

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gardenia64\" post_id=\"1914006\" time=\"1560151817\" user_id=\"92490:

SONG456,

Have u DC received LKC offer ready ? Thanks.

Hi gardenia64,

So sorry for the late response.

No, no response from any uni. My take on the situation is that SG is hitting the saturation point of doctors. Go read the straits times article on Singapore having too many doctors published on 9Jun.

Hi, song456,

Thanks for reply. My friend’s son accepted duke offer. At least he got an medicine offer and it is up to him to study hard at university. Duke is conditional offer.
10 years back it only nus had offer for 260 entries for medicine, half for girl, half for boy, now it has 500 entries for three medicine school. There are more Hospitials in SG now. Also MOH recruits more oversea doctors.
Looks like it is hard to get offer from LKC.

[gardenia64]

Hi, Song456,


U can ask your dc to apply nus duke next year. There are a lots of combined program for this.

[SONG456]

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Hi, Song456,

U can ask your dc to apply nus duke next year. There are a lots of combined program for this.

Hi Gardenia,

Thanks for the info.

:thankyou:

[iFirefly]

Nurturing compassionate, competent and innovative doctors for tomorrow


With new challenges facing Singapore’s healthcare sector as the society ages, there is a need to look beyond grades when it comes to nurturing and training doctors for the future.

\"Selecting students for medical school should not be just about grades, but about whether they have the right skills and values to be good doctors”, said Professor Chong Yap Seng, Dean of NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine.

In an exclusive interview with The Straits Times, Prof Chong explains how NUS Medicine is embracing itself for the challenges of the future – and the key lies in nurturing compassionate, competent and innovative doctors from different backgrounds. He also assures that “no student will be denied the opportunity to study medicine at NUS because he is unable to pay the tuition fees.”

The Dean also shared that one in five NUS medical students receives financial help in the form of bursaries and scholarships from the school to cover tuition fees. Students who need more aid are also supported in their living expenses.

“We don’t look at whether a student is able to pay the fees. Just whether he or she will make a good doctor.”

Following changes in the way applicants are evaluated, the NUS medical school is now seeing a greater diversity in our intake, with medical students coming from more diverse academic backgrounds.

The School is studying the possibility of allowing students to combine their medical studies with other related courses. This could open up options for our students to combine the practices of medicine with other fields, such as health economics and administration or inventing new medical devices – all of which would help develop more holistic patient care and nurture our students into better doctors when they enter the medical profession.

Addressing the graduates of NUS Medicine at the Commencement ceremony on 14 July, Professor Tan Chorh Chuan, Chief Health Scientist, Ministry of Health, reminded the newly-minted doctors of the “precious gift” of skills and knowledge gained in their five years of medical school.

“They not only allow you to diagnose and heal, but to serve patients well, be a source of comfort, and to have a positive impact on communities, no matter where they are.”

He also urged young doctors to “remain effective” by continuously learning and expanding their knowledge, especially as they enter medical practice “at a time of great change and opportunity”.

Such views were echoed by NUS Medicine graduate and Class of 2019 valedictorian, Arturo Neo. In his speech, Arturo shares how his experiences during medical school and his housemanship taught him to “fight for our patients”.

Serving the underprivileged has taught Arturo to empathise with patients: “We are often caught up with day-to-day admin tasks and we may not have time to stop, to think about what else we can do to make the lives of our patients better, unless we make an active effort to do so.”

Arturo also shared that coming from a family which struggled financially when he was younger, helped him understand the “constraints and limitations” that some people have.

The Commencement ceremonies for NUS Medicine graduands was held at the University Cultural Centre. Over 1000 Medicine and Nursing undergraduates and postgraduates received their degrees.


https://nusmedicine.nus.edu.sg/medias/news-info/2094-nurturing-compassionate-competent-and-innovative-doctors-for-tomorrow

[gardenia64]

iFireFly,


Thanks for sharing this information.

[gardenia64]

iFireFly,


Thanks for sharing this information.

[iFirefly]

How human donors and an artist help train future doctors


Bay Song Lin’s work is key to teaching generations of medical students, how does she do it without any background in medical science?

Working in the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine as their only medical illustrator, she creates graphics and animations based on organs dissected from once living people.

These organs come from donors who pledged their bodies to science through the Silent Mentors Programme. In a field often thought of as cold and scary, she gives dignity to these human cadavers.


Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/cnainsider/how-human-donors-and-an-artist-help-train-future-doctors-11759272

[jtoh]

Thanks for sharing firefly.

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