Road To Becoming A MO

last SG · 2006-07-05T14:53:28+00:00

Yep, if you are a doctor after NS.Chances are that you will converted during reservist to an MO.

tarutaru SG

Take cold shower and drink lot of water

Ristar SG

tried all that before going to NUH. u think i wanna see a doc purposely and keng MC meh?

Master -_- SG

my friend has the best scenario...

he was a medic during NSF.
Studied medicine, returned as a MO.

At the same Medical centre Laughing

LazerLordz SG

nasty senior medic tio Pwned. Twisted Evil

alien09 SG

maybe Ristar has his difficulties lar. Esp. with the current shuttle services and it’s locations, hospitals cld. be easier and faster to reach than the normal GPs. plus 40 degrees sounds damn bad…i 38.5 degrees kena dripped in the medical ctr i alrdy feel like dying…and hospital can use 11B to pay, GP can’t…so must also look at it from his point of view lor..

monoslayer SG

i went to NUH A&E dept for fever b4.. i have to say their service was fast n efficient! total, i waited less den 30 mins to have my blood test n diagnosis.. mainly bcos tat was during the SARS period.. Rolling Eyes

downgradeadvisor SG

Think you are expecting too much of the hospital A&E staff. Lets look at it from their perspective, they have potential heart attack patients, stroke patients, trauma patients... and here you have a young adult with a fever but is still walking and talking.

Ok, your high fever may be indicative of some serious problem. But once determined it is just a viral fever or perhaps an URTI, the medications are quite standard... panadol, NSAIDS and perhaps antibiotics if indicated. What else do you expect the A&E staff to do? Admit you for IV drip or monitor in the A&E with drip? Do you want to be admitted in the first place, and secondly is it necessary at all.

The A&E purpose is to screen out potentially serious and life threatning cases for further management and treatment. By the fact that you are now here and posting on the net means the assessment and subsequent treatment is correct

downgradeadvisor SG

You can still become an MO, but only depends if you willing to pay the price. After NS, you can apply for a place in medical school overseas, either through a graduate or post-graduate path. If your poly results not good, you may need to apply for a graduate course.. get good results and then apply for med school (Singapore approved one) . This may take approximately 7 years. After that, complete your houseman training and do your medical officer rotations. Notify NS manpower that you are now a qualified doctor, and there are several NS MOCC courses conducted. It is a one month course for reservists... fastest commisioning in history... and you will get your CPT rank.

But frankly lah, there is nothing great in being an MO in army. As a recruit I know the MO seems like god in Pulau Tekong, but the MO there is the most pitiful of the lot.. seeing 100-150 people in a day, and most with just minor issues but blown out of context. Also, NSF MO pay allowance is high relatively, but understand that the MOs take a 50% paycut when entering army, and some of these people are married with houses and cars to fund.

My advise is just finish your NS, get a job earning millions and the army will not call you back ever

Othello_Red SG

hmm, if only it were that easy. I've ORDed and am currently in sydney most likely studying medicine next year. i almost fainted when i saw that u may be a doc n not be a MO. if that were the case i'd rather stay in aust all the way.

it isn't like i wanna have an easy way out for reservist but i think the army has had 2 years of my life and that's more than enough. had a really bad time in there and now most of my platoon are trying they're best to siam reservist.

anw, the combat officers can look down on MOs all they want. just think abt it, MOs are trained and if they work in hospitals, constantly tested while the combat officers are largely untested. besides, when my friend once said that combat officers have pride, i told him, this is a civilian world. people respect a civilian job of higher status, not nec a doctor, than any military job. so, you can go ponder that fact.

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