title: Family medicine education in Singapore: a long-standing collaboration between specialists and family physicians.
abstract: In many countries, family medicine (FM) training has been conducted mainly by senior family physicians alone. However, FM training in Singapore in the last 30 years has involved specialists working in close collaboration with family physicians. The areas in which specialists are currently involved include the training of FM trainees in tertiary hospitals, the Master of Medicine in Family Medicine [MMed (FM)] and Graduate Diploma in Family Medicine (GDFM) programmes. This close relationship has been crucial in the continuing vocational and professional development of family physicians and in fostering closer collaboration between family physicians and specialists, thus ultimately benefiting patient care.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community, Occupational and Family Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore. cofwty@nus.edu.sg
authors.forename: Teck Yee
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Gerald Ch
authors.initials: GCh
authors.lastname: Koh
authors.forename: Eng Hin
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Seng Kwing
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Cheong
authors.forename: Lee Gan
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Goh
mesh_terms: D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D008511:Medicine; D010821:Physicians, Family / Q000193:education*; D012846:Singapore; D013038:Specialization