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Local senior residency training requirements for Respiratory Medicine
Last updated 24 April 2025
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Senior residency training in Respiratory Medicine
Respiratory 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 training is fully accredited by the Joint Committee on Specialist Training (JCST).
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 residency training in Singapore
Specialty | Duration of training accredited by ACGME-I for residency programme (months) | Total duration of training in Singapore (months) |
|---|---|---|
Respiratory Medicine | 24 | (24) + 12 |
Training requirements document
Respiratory 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
IV.B.5 | Fellows must have clinical experience in the evaluation and management of patients: a) With genetic and developmental disorders of the respiratory in pulmonary rehabilitation | In view that there are no cystic fibrosis cases in Singapore, the fulfilment of this requirement needs not be clinical experience. Can be educational experience. | Locally, we do not have any genetic and developmental disorders cases. We can include cystic fibrosis in the teaching curriculum but no clinical experience. |
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