SINGAPORE: With the local medical school intake increasing by more than a quarter over the past decade, the proportion of foreign-trained doctors in Singapore’s medical workforce has consequently declined and stabilised at about 40 per cent, with more than half comprising Singaporeans returning home to work here.
The Ministry of Health (MOH) and Singapore Medical Council (SMC) jointly announced on Jan 27 that another eight overseas institutions would be added to the list of recognised universities for medicine in Singapore, bringing the total from 112 to 120.
