Changi General Hospital

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Administration fee: SGD 450
This fee is only payable when the prospective fellow accepts the offer of fellowship by the hospital. This fee does not include fees for Singapore Medical Council registration, work permits, or insurance.

Contact Information

Changi General Hospital
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
2 Simei St 3
529889 Singapore
Singapore
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Department
Name of department: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Head of department: Yeo Kuei Siong Andy
Surgeon in charge of fellows: Ho Chin Boo
Scrub in
Is there an opportunity for the AO Fellows to scrub in? Yes
Is there any additional / special license required to scrub in? Applicants need to apply to the Singapore Medical Council for a temporary registration to perform clinical work/scrub in. This application process can several months.
More information
Number of beds in department: 120
Total Orthopedic trauma cases per year: > 1000
Total Polytrauma cases with injury severity score greater than 15 per year: 50–100
Language
Dominant language spoken in the operating room: English
English written and spoken by our team members: written (5)* / spoken (5)*
* Level of proficiency, with 1 equaling basic and 5 equaling proficient.

There will be daily departmental teaching sessions across different subspecialties. There are month trauma meetings, and weekly trauma round audits. There are additional departmental sawbone workshops, as well as industry sponsored educational workshops.

Host center description

Fellowship period: 4 weeks

Administrative fee: SGD 450

Time required for formalities: 6-10 weeks

Remarks: Subject to hospital approval

 

Fellowship period: more than 4 weeks

Administrative fee: Minimum SGD2,227

Time required for formalities: 8 to 18 months

Remarks: Subject to Singapore Medical Council and Ministry of Manpower approval

The applicant will have to submit a number of documents including: 1. Medical qualifications in English 2. Department support letter and evidence of specialty training 3. Recommendation letters 4. Curriculum vitae. 5. English language proficiency.

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