MOH announces cut in overseas registered schools approved for practice in Singapore

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The Singapore Medical Council (SMC) has reviewed the list, and proposed that the number of overseas medical schools with basic medical qualifications be reduced from 160 to 103, effective Jan 1 2020.

has more information on the revised List of Registered Basic Medical Qualifications from these overseas medical schools.

MOH said that in line with MOH’s Healthcare Manpower Plan to provide quality healthcare services for Singaporeans, it has been growing its local healthcare training pipelines and building a strong local core to meet the healthcare needs of our ageing population. The review of the list of registrable basic medical qualifications also took into consideration various factors including international and national rankings of these universities, as well as performance of conditionally registered doctors from these universities, to ensure that the quality of overseas-trained doctors practising in Singapore locally remains high.

 

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