Further information

Doctors who are listed in the “Register of Specialists” can use the title of “Specialist” followed by the name of their specialty, e.g. “Specialist in Internal Medicine”, or use the approved specialist titles by the Specialists Accreditation Board listed below.

For applicants seeking specialist accreditation in Singapore, the specialty training content completed will be judged and should be deemed by the SAB as equivalent to Singapore’s local residency programmes in the areas described as follows:

1. General specialty clinical exposure under supervision and competencies obtained are similar to Singapore,

2. Structured assessments have occurred through specialty training including at the conclusion (summative) of the specialty training,

3. A clinical environment and practise exposure which shaped the specialty training being similar to Singapore, and

4. Subsequent specialty practice reflects the reasonable range of settings for the specialty as defined locally.

5. Please refer to the links in the list of specialties/sub-specialties below for the local residency training requirements.

Specialties' titles

Subspecialties' titles

If you seek for more information regarding the specialist accreditation in Singapore or the application process, please refer to the section on FAQs.