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Programme C Details
The MMed
(FM) Programme C is tailored for non-trainee doctors who are currently
working in the clusters and are keen to pursue the M.Med (FM) after having
obtained their Graduate Diploma in Family Medicine (GDFM). These doctors may
not have fulfilled the 5 years of primary care experience to be eligible for
M.Med (FM) Programme B. The M.Med (FM) Programme C will last for 1.5 years.
During this period, the healthcare clusters will manage the doctors as
trainees and ensure that they fulfill the remaining postings and structured
training programme within the polyclinics. As trainees, the doctors will be
eligible for PGTF-funded training hours and leave. Completion of Programme C
will be a requirement for doctors to be eligible for the MMed (FM) exams.
Aims and
Objectives:
The overall training objective is to produce a professional and competent
family physician that has the following qualities (as defined in the Family
Medicine Training Logbook):
- Able to practice competently
and independently on his/her own
- Possess the necessary skills
to set up and maintain a practice either as solo or group practice
- Provide good primary care
with emphasis on health promotion, health education, disease prevention,
and chronic disease management. This would result in better primary
care, appropriate referral and usage of specialist services, better health
for the nation and reduce health care cost.
- Perform the role as a
doctor, health care coordinator, manager, teacher
- Able to pursue continuing
professional development on his/her own and in accordance to the
changing practice trends and advances
Eligibility:
- Full or conditional
registration with SMC
- Successful in MOH BST
Selection Exercise
- Completion of GDFM (Graduate
Diploma in Family Medicine)
- Completion of at least 4 of
the list of postings (i.e. 2 years of required hospitals/ polyclinic
postings)
- Must be currently employed
by the Clusters
Course Overview:
Programme C consists of:
- Programme C consists of 1.5 years of hospital
rotation and a 6-month compulsory primary care posting in the
polyclinic. The details of the posting arrangements may change from time
to time.
- MMed (FM) Programme C
trainees would have already met the FOUR 6-monthly hospital posting and
completion of GDFM requirements to qualify for the 1.5-year structured
training programme. These pre-requisites would have been documented in
the non-trainee logbook for
FM and approved by the Joint Committee of Family Medicine Training
(JCFMT).
- Trainees will need to
complete the remaining THREE 6-monthly required postings within the 1.5
year traineeship. Refer to Figure 1 and Figure 2 below.
- Optional short attachments to General
Practice clinics, Child Guidance Clinic and Health Promotion
Board’s Youth Health Division.
- Compulsory
6-month Structured Training Programme in Primary Care
Component 1: Combined teaching sessions of Programme
A and C (mega session)
- 6 sessions each 2 hours for 6 months
Component 2: Clinical skills sessions
- 10 out of 12 sessions each 2 hours
Component 3: Clinical Case Conference
- 5 out of 6 sessions
Component 4: Audit Course Workshop
- 2 workshops a year
Component 5: Medical Ethics, Professionalism and Health Law Course
- 2.5 days
- 2 Weeks Advanced FM course
where foreign experts were brought in to impart his / her knowledge.
Other courses:
- MMed FM Revision Course - A
2-week full-time MMed Revision Course in FM, usually in August.
MMed (Programme C) Examinations:
The eligibility criteria for the MMed (FM) Examination are as follows:
1.
Satisfactory
completion of each posting.
2. Satisfactory completion of the modular
course
3. Satisfactory formative learning as reflected
in the entries and reports in the MMed logbook
For more details on Programme C,
please visit the FMRAC website at http://www.fmrac.edu.sg/programmes/programme-c
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