Singapore Medical Society London

This holiday SMSL will once again be organising a wide range of activities to provide an enriching and fun-filled summer for our members.

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1. SingHealth and NHG Hospital Attachments

Two separate hospital attachments are available. They will be held at SingHealth and NHG Hospitals for one and two weeks respectively, and you may choose either one of the two.The details are as follows:

NHG tour: 12-19th July 2008 at National University Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Alexandra Hospital, Institute of Mental Health, National Skin Centre and Bukit Batok Polyclinic

SingHealth attachments: 11-17 Aug 2008 at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore General Hospital or Changi General Hospital (depending on speciality of interest)

These attachments are a great opportunity to experience firsthand Singapore’s healthcare system as well as to find out more about the two largest public healthcare service providers in Singapore. In addition, you will be able to get some experience working in a hospital, shadowing and meeting medical professionals, and have an idea of working life in Singapore before you graduate. It will certainly put what you are learning in university into some perspective.

If you’re interested in participating, do reply to your university reps or email : jean2000sg@gmail.com by 20th April 2008, or as soon as possible, with the following: Name, School, Email address, Choice of attachment (NHG or SingHealth), Choice of department or specialty (if any)

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2. Research Attachments with A*STAR & Pharmaceutical Companies

Want to do something useful this summer? 6 weeks of research attachments with companies such as A*STAR as well as pharmaceutical companies are available starting from the 1st week of July to Mid August.Besides looking good on your CV, its a great way to gain work experience, learn about other medically-related fields, and discover for yourself what research is about.

So if you’re interested, awaken your inner scientist and email ming.lee06@ic.ac.uk with your names, university, year, and research field of interest (e.g. stem cells, cancer, neurology, pharmacology etc) by Sunday, 13th April 2008.

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3. Project Khon Kae (Thailand)

As usual, we are organising our annual trip!! Details will be out soon, so watch this space!! If you wish to sign up for the trip, please contact your school reps ASAP to register your interest!

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4. JC Talks

We are also looking to conduct our talks in the summer in Singapore in the various JCs, and would love additional help so if you would like to volunteer to go back to your schools and help out, please email geoffree@gmail.com.

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Hope to hear from all of you soon!

Warmest regards,

the 14th SMSL Committee

Dear all,

Itching to do something worthwhile this summer?

In partnership with the Singhealth Foundation, SMSL is organising a Raising-and-Giving (RAG) to raise money for the Foundation and its causes.

SMSL Raising-and-Giving (RAG)

If you have a few hours to spare, join us as we prowl the streets of Shenton Way, Orchard Road, and the corridors of Singapore General Hospital, tin cans in hand, to raise funds for a good cause!

Surgical scrubs will be provided!

Dates and times are as follows:

Thursday 16 Aug 2007
Shift 1

Time: 11am-2.30pm

Venue: Singapore General Hospital (SGH)

Friday 17 Aug 2007
Shift 2

Time: 11.30am-2.30pm

Venue: Shenton Way

Shift 3

Time: 4.30-7pm

Venue: Orchard Road

Please contact Tamara at tamarasoh@gmail.com by 30th July 2007 with your contact numbers and preferred shift (1st and 2nd choice) or if you like, come for a full day, or both days even!

See you there!!

photo from: PKK 2004

Project Khon Kaen (PKK, as it’s affectionately known) is SMSL’s annual trip to Khon Kaen in Thailand for our members to carry out volunteer work in its surrounding villages. A group of 15 to 20 students spend a fortnight in a village chosen by the project leaders, and o n the agenda are basic health check-ups for the villagers (e.g. blood glucose tests and measurement of height and weight) educational talks and skits (all in Thai!) geared at the major health or social risks facing the village. Further activities include teaching English to the children and organizing fun-filled and educational activities for them while the students are there.

This year PKK will take place in the first two weeks of August, and prior to the actual trip there will be a period of preparation in the last two or three weeks of July in Singapore - this will encompass things like Thai lessons and skit rehearsals and other training for activities on the trip. The trip really is a great opportunity to help a community in need, and to learn more about a different way of life; participants in previous years have found it incredibly fulfilling and worthwhile - not to mention great fun!

Update:

We’ve filled up the spaces for this year’s trip already, but if you’re interested, feel free to get in touch, and do check back next year in April/May when we open up applications again!