Family medicine education in Singapore: a long-standing collaboration between specialists and family physicians
Wong, T.Yee.; Koh, G.Ch.; Lee, E.Hin.; Cheong, S.Kwing.; Goh, L.Gan.
Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore 37(2): 132-135
2008
ISSN/ISBN: 0304-4602 PMID: 18327349 Document Number: 621114
In many countries, family medicine (FM) training has been conducted mainly by senior family physicians alone. However, FM training in Singapore in the last 30 years has involved specialists working in close collaboration with family physicians. The areas in which specialists are currently involved include the training of FM trainees in tertiary hospitals, the Master of Medicine in Family Medicine [MMed (FM)] and Graduate Diploma in Family Medicine (GDFM) programmes. This close relationship has been crucial in the continuing vocational and professional development of family physicians and in fostering closer collaboration between family physicians and specialists, thus ultimately benefiting patient care.