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Local senior residency training requirements for Geriatric Medicine
Last updated 24 April 2025
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Senior residency training in Geriatric Medicine
Geriatric Medicine is a 3-year Internal Medicine (IM)-related Senior Residency training programme following the completion of the 3-year IM Residency Training Programme. For details on eligibility criteria and compulsory courses, please refer to the section on Internal Medicine-related specialties.
The duration of residency training accredited by ACGME-I and that required for exit certification by the Specialists Accreditation Board is listed in the following table. Where the duration for accreditation exceeds that of ACGME-I, the remaining time will be accredited by the Joint Committee on Specialist Training (JCST).
Duration of senior residency training in Singapore
Specialty | Duration of training accredited by ACGME-I for residency programme (months) | Total duration of training in Singapore (months) |
Geriatric Medicine | 24 | (24) + 12 |
Training requirements document
Geriatric Medicine Residency Training Requirements
Singapore Country Addendum to the ACGME-I Advanced Specialty Requirements
The Singapore Country Addendum to the ACGME-I Advanced Specialty Requirements prescribes specialty-specific programme requirements applicable to residency programmes in Singapore as discussed with the ACGME-I and the Singapore Residency Advisory Committees (RAC).
Read together with the ACGME-I Advanced Specialty Requirements, they represent the requirements of graduate medical education in the specialties listed.
Singapore Country Addendum to the ACGME-I Advanced Specialty Requirements
Section | ACGME-I Specialty-Specific Program Requirements for Graduate Medical Education | Addition/Change | Clarification |
|---|---|---|---|
II. B. 2 | Long Term Care Facilities | Intermediate and Long Term Care Facilities | In Singapore, sub acute care and rehabilitation of the elderly take place in community hospitals, while long term residential care are provided in nursing homes. Geriatricians input to community hospitals will increase. |
II. B. 2 (a) | The program must be affiliated with one or more long-term care facilities, such as a skilled nursing facility or a chronic care hospital | The program must be affiliated with one or more intermediate/long term care facilities, such as a community hospital or nursing home | |
V. B. 14. | Topics of special interest......osteoporosis, fractures, functional impairment.... | Topics of special interest.....osteoporosis, fractures, frailty, functional impairment.... | To add the topic ‘frailty’ which is gaining importance in elderly care |
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