Shanmugaratnam K
Department of Pathology, National University of Singapore, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119074.
Ann Acad Med Singap. 2005 Dec;34(11):678-6.
From 1910 to 1945, doctors in Singapore received postgraduate training through apprenticeship. During the early post-war period, some doctors in the public service were given scholarships to study in Britain and to obtain higher professional qualifications from the British Royal Colleges. The events that most influenced subsequent development of postgraduate education in Singapore occurred between 1956 and 1969: the formation of the Academy of Medicine and the Singapore Medical Association (SMA); organisation of courses for candidates preparing for examinations of the Royal Australasian and British Colleges; competition between the Academy and the University over responsibility for postgraduate medical education; the inauguration of the School of Postgraduate Medical Studies (SPMS); and the introduction of Master of Medicine (M Med) degrees in various medical specialties. From 1970 to 1999, there was expansion in several aspects of postgraduate medical education: SPMS awarded more than 2000 M Med degrees; the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) established a Register of Specialists and formed a Specialist Accreditation Board; the Academy formed Chapters in 10 specialties and developed Advanced Specialty Training programmes leading to Fellowship of the Academy of Medicine Singapore (FAMS); the SMA formed Societies in some 20 specialties; and a College of Family Physicians was inaugurated. There have been more developments from 2000 to 2005: the University restructured SPMS as a Division of Graduate Medical Studies within the Faculty of Medicine; the SMC implemented compulsory Continuing Medical Education; and the Academy converted 6 of its 10 Chapters into Colleges.
从1910年到1945年，新加坡的医生通过学徒制接受研究生培训。在战后初期，一些公共服务领域的医生获得奖学金前往英国学习，并从英国皇家学院获得更高的专业资格。对新加坡研究生教育后续发展影响最大的事件发生在1956年至1969年之间：医学科学院和新加坡医学协会（SMA）的成立；为准备澳大利亚皇家学院和英国学院考试的考生组织课程；科学院和大学在研究生医学教育责任方面的竞争；研究生医学研究学院（SPMS）的成立；以及在各个医学专业引入医学硕士（M Med）学位。从1970年到1999年，研究生医学教育在几个方面得到了扩展：SPMS授予了2000多个医学硕士学位；新加坡医学委员会（SMC）建立了专科医生注册簿并成立了专科认证委员会；科学院在10个专业领域成立了分会，并制定了高级专科培训计划，以获得新加坡医学科学院院士（FAMS）资格；SMA在约20个专业领域成立了学会；家庭医生学院成立。2000年到2005年又有了更多发展：大学将SPMS重组为医学院内的研究生医学研究部；SMC实施了强制性继续医学教育；科学院将其10个分会中的6个转变为学院。
