Issue 06, Apr 2013 - SingHealth Residency

Hear it from the Program Director
Associate Professor Inderjeet Singh Rikhraj, Program Director
of the SingHealth Residency Orthopaedic Surgery Program,
shares how the program will help you develop into a wellrounded
orthopaedic surgeon, with the ability to push the
frontiers of Orthopaedics by capitalizing on your strengths in
innovative care, education and research.
INNOVATIVE CARE EDUCATION RESEARCH
Gain an advantage in your
Residency training with
SingHealth’s comprehensive
range of patient cases, which
give you exposure to a wide
range of orthopaedic
conditions. You will learn from
a team of senior surgeons who
are internationally recognized
in the field of Orthopaedics,
and who are committed to
developing you into an
accomplished orthopaedic
surgeon.
Teaching juniors may be an
integral part of most Residents’
routines, but our Residents
have the chance to delve
deeper and explore their
interests in teaching with the
opportunity to be a full-time
teacher for two weeks every
year. In the firm belief that
every good senior doctor
should be able to teach well,
we have structured the
Orthopaedic Surgery Program
to give you a head start in
formal teaching, where
Residents assist in the teaching
of medical students as Resident
instructors in the anatomy
dissection laboratories.
You will be immersed in
research for two to three weeks
every year, when you can
choose to write a proposal, do a
literature review/search, or
work on a journal submission. If
you would like to further your
interest in research, you can
select the clinician scientist
track and pursue a two-year
Master of Clinical Investigation
program offered by the
National University of
Singapore (NUS) while
undergoing your clinician
education.
If you like to be part of a special group of healthcare professionals who assist patients to regain
their body function from diseases afflicting the musculoskeletal system, contact us at
OrthoResidency@singhealth.com.sg now!
Campus Beat - A Peek into the Life of a SingHealth Ophthalmologist
The SingHealth Residency Ophthalmology Program mini open house on 23 March 2013 offered more than 30 medical
students from the Yong Loo Lin Shool of Medicine at NUS and the Duke-NUS Medical School the chance to meet with
Faculty and Residents, and gain some insight into what it means to be an ophthalmologist.
On hand to share their experiences were Program Director Dr Ian Yeo and his faculty members. The Residents too
got into the action, bringing the students on a tour of the world-class ophthalmic training and research facilities at
the Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC) and the Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI).
Here are some comments from the participants on their firsthand experience with the Ophthalmology Residency
Program: