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Post Graduate Training

Enhanced Structured & Formative Training

Designatedcore faculty with protected time

PEOPLE

Regular formative assessments &

examinations

ASSESSMENT

CURRICULUM

Defined learning objectives & core

competencies; graded

responsibilities

SYSTEMS

Regulators, training councils & training committees

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•Medical Knowledge

•Patient Care

•Professionalism

•Interpersonal skills and communication

•Practice-based learning

•Systems-based practice

STRUCTURE

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New Opportunities for Learning

• Residency programmes leading to 22 specialties were launched in May 2010

• Rolling out 11 additional specialties and Family Medicine in 2011

• For those undecided on career directions choose Transitional Year (TY) or Housemanship

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Programmes & Pathways

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Tracks That You Can Enter On Graduation

Medical Specialties

Post-3 year Internal Medicine Residency Internal MedicineCardiologyDermatology

Endocrinology

Gastroenterology

Geriatric Medicine

Haematology / Transfusion Medicine

Infectious diseases

Medical Oncology

Nuclear Medicine

Neurology

Rehabilitation Medicine

Renal Medicine

Respiratory Medicine

Rheumatology

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Tracks That You Can Enter On Graduation

Preventive Medicine

Post-3 year Preventive Medicine Residency

Public Health

Occupational Medicine

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Tracks That You Can Enter On Graduation

General Surgery Residency

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Tracks that you can select at M5 but enter after TY

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Tracks you can only apply for after you finish TY or Housemanship

Clinician Scientist Tracks

• Clinician Scientist tracks:o 1-2 years of clinical research in advanced Residency yearso Entry requirements similar to default Residency programmeso Can indicate clinician scientist tracks as one of your choiceso Cannot select both clinician scientist track and clinical

residency track in the same specialtyo Internal Medicine clinician scientist tracks will be in advanced

residency years after 3-year Internal Medicine Residency

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Examples of clinician scientist tracks

•Paediatric Medicine

•Pathology

•General Surgery

•Ophthalmology

•Psychiatry

•Etc

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What you have to do

1. Study MOHH website carefully.

2. Decide on the track you want to choose. You have 3 broad choices:

i. Do a specialty track or Family Medicine

ii. Do a TY

iii. Do Housemanship

3. If you are undecided on a specialty track or Family Medicine, select TY or Housemanship

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What you have to do

4. If you decide to do a specialty track or Family Medicine– You will be allowed a maximum of 3 choices, if one or

more of them is a clinician scientist track. – For clinical residencies, you will be entitled to a

maximum of 2 choices– Application for TY or Housemanship is separate, and

does not consume one of the 3 choices.

5. Identify the Sponsoring Institutions where you can do your specialty track, TY or Family Medicine, and rank your choices in your application.

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Thank you