do make your way to oz asap to gain a foot hold here, before they shut their doors again (the policy makers here are fickle minded, unfortunately). at this moment, the doors are wide open, esp for uk grads (attention: ex sgp and malaysian overseas medical students who will find it challenging competing with other EU grads in the uk).

it took me less than 2 years to repay my parents my medical school fees (i came back to oz after doing some MO terms in sgp and i started my aussie hospital locum career which took me all over the country) . was shitty working in sgp but it was great learning experience. in fact many singapore based hospital MOs can do a lot of the aussie hospital locum jobs – sgp drs are highly regarded here in australia. .
if i can do it, so can you

eventually settled for gp training.

one of my malaysian friends who is working in a rural general practice (4 years rural gp working experience) (who does hospital on calls too) is making more than A$500k per annum (as much as what a junior general surgeon specialistwill earn in singapore?????? correct me if i am wrong). with the strong aussie dollar, i need not say more.

education wise for your kids – many rural GPs move back to the city when their kids are of school going age. by then, they have secured nice accomodation in prestigigious sydney/melbourne suburbs (all paid up in full). rural gps will make enough to secure their kids in the sydney and melb’s equivalent of ACS/RI.

Shamdoc- As far as I know, you’re gonna need to negotiate with them directly based on what you’re currently earning, and your medical school needs to be recognized by the SMC.

no doubts, if you are out to save up for a deposit for a house in a nice metro area, u may want to give rural practice a trial run.

from what i was told, working in certain public benovalent institution/clinics (quite easy to identify one if you are here in australia), u can have access to salary packaging (ie up to A$75k per year tax free!!) and accomodation is subsidised.
plus the government will provide GPRIPS (a grant paid every 6 months, depending on how ulu your town is from the nearest metro area). if you choose to do hospital on call, u will get the extra income from there too.

but if you are awaiting a big family inheiritance/ have blue blood whereby getting into cosmetic surgery in sgp is no issue, don’t bother to waste your time here .

but if u are a nobody like me who is interested in providing a well rounded care to rural clients, do give rural medicine a damn!

good luck. -)

Regards

thanks