Table 1 Amount of students’ exposure to primary care settingsa
From: Medical students’ attitudes towards careers in primary care in Singapore
School | Preclinical Yearsb (First and second year) | Clinical Yearsc (Third, fourth and fifth year) |
|---|---|---|
National University of Singapore’s Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (YLL) (Five-year undergraduate programme) | First year: 3 h of attachment in public primary healthcare clinics for each student | Third year: 3 weeks of attachment in public primary healthcare clinics, 2 weeks of GP clinics, 2 days of community hospital for each student Elective programme in fourth year: 2 weeks of public primary healthcare clinics/ GP clinics limited to 30 students |
Duke-NUS Medical School (Duke-NUS) (Four-year graduate programme) | Second year: 10 sessions of placement in a GP clinic and 10 sessions in a public primary healthcare clinic | Fourth year: 2 weeks in public primary healthcare clinics and 2 weeks in a community hospital where family physicians practise |
Nanyang Technological University’s Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) (Five-year undergraduate programme) | First year: 1 week in a public primary healthcare clinic | Fourth year: 7 weeks in public primary healthcare clinics and private clinics Fifth year: 3-week rotation as student interns in public primary healthcare clinics |