HO Training Programme

Housemanship is an intense period of change where theory translates into practice. It is often described as an apprenticeship where one learns on the job.

The Department of Medicine is unique as it not only offers monthly rotations to general medicine but also multiple clinical specialties such as Endocrinology, Nephrology, Neurology and Respiratory Medicine, to name a few.

Houseofficers are ensured a minimum of 1 hour/week of protected time for learning and this takes the form of the HO Weekly Report. This is a structured interactive weekly session dedicated to honing skills of evaluation and management of inpatients. Clinical pearls are often dispensed at these sessions. The Department also offers a full weekly CME programme of which, the Monday Acute Medicine Teaching, Thursday Medicine Rounds and Friday Mortality Rounds are helpful sessions for the HOs. In addition, the Department also conducts HO Case Audits twice during each 4-month posting. The aims of these audits are to help HOs attain the highest standards in history taking which is key to diagnosis.

The Department strives to foster interaction between junior and senior staff. Each Houseofficer is assigned a "friendly and approachable" clinical supervisor cum mentor at the start of the rotation, who will provide advice and counsel as well as career guidance. Our DEAR "Drop everything and Relax" event is held once in 2 months, where clinics are curtailed and procedure time blocked for food and fun.

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MO Training Programme

Department of Medicine offers postgraduate training opportunities, both for basic (Internal Medicine) [BST] and advanced (subspecialty) [AST] specialty trainees. An active training programme, under the supervision of the departmental postgraduate education committee, ensures an enriching learning experience for the BSTs. Special attention is paid not only towards their educational needs for various examinations including PACES but also towards updating them on a wide range of Internal Medicine topics through structured lectures, journal clubs, radiology rounds, and morbidity & mortality meetings. Feedback is encouraged.