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Aimen Ismail, MS-2 Medical Student Enrichment Program Summer 2011 Singapore, Singapore

Aimen Ismail, MS-2 Medical Student Enrichment Program Summer 2011 Singapore, Singapore. History and Commerce. Urbanized city-state off the southern tip of the Malay peninsula One of the four “Asian Tiger” countries World’s fourth leading financial center World’s top five busiest port

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Aimen Ismail, MS-2 Medical Student Enrichment Program Summer 2011 Singapore, Singapore

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  1. Aimen Ismail, MS-2 Medical Student Enrichment Program Summer 2011 Singapore, Singapore

  2. History and Commerce • Urbanized city-state off the southern tip of the Malay peninsula • One of the four “Asian Tiger” countries • World’s fourth leading financial center • World’s top five busiest port • World’s top three oil refining center • World’s second biggest casino gambling market • Fourth largest foreign exchange trading center after NY, London, and Tokyo • “Easiest place in the world to do business” according to the World Bank

  3. Culture and Religion • Population of around 5 million, with 2.9 million born locally • Fertility rate is 1.1 child/woman • Three ethnic groups: Chinese (74%), Malay (13%), and South Indian (9%) • Official languages: English, Chinese, Malay, and Tamil • 1/3 of Singaporeans are Buddhist, most of them Chinese • Christianity>Islam>Taoism>Hinduism

  4. Education and Research • Educational stages: primary (6 yrs), secondary (4-5 yrs), pre-university (2-3 yrs) • Two prestigious public universities: Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and • National University of Singapore (NUS) 34th in the world and 4th in Asia, • according to the Times • Singapore Biomedical Sciences Initiative launched in 2000 to establish Biomedical • Sciences as pillar of economy http://www.a-star.edu.sg/

  5. Healthcare • 6th in the world according to WHO’S last ranking of world healthcare systems in 2000 • Life expectancy 83 for women and 79 for men • Universal healthcare system in which government ensures affordability through com- • pulsory savings (payroll deductions) and price controls, while care is provided by • private sector • Supplemental insurance also provided by employers • Medical tourism hub: 200,000 foreigners seek care each year goal is one million • foreign patients by 2012 http://www.dsppaglobal.com/projectinfo.asp?newsid=24 http://whatareyoudoingbooboo.blogspot.com/2009/12/singapore-general-hospital.html

  6. My Experience

  7. Preparation • Had wanted to visit for years • Beginning in November 2010, began emailing faculty at the Cancer Sciences • Institute and Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School • After finding a mentor, started preparing application for Training Employment • Permit for Ministry of Manpower • No special vaccinations needed • Found funding at UAB  MSEP and CaRES program

  8. http://cooper.edu/architecture/faculty2/peter-schubert/peter-schubert-duke-nus-graduate-medical-school/http://cooper.edu/architecture/faculty2/peter-schubert/peter-schubert-duke-nus-graduate-medical-school/

  9. Accommodation • Lived off campus in a (very) small studio apartment available for short-term lease • Fully furnished with bed, desk, bookshelf, fridge, washing machine, dryer, microwave, • toaster, television, hotplate, and cooking and eating utensils • Adjacent to MRT station (20 minute train ride and 10 minute walk to work) • Whopping 1300 USD per month http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:KBG_PLAT.JPG

  10. Food and Transport Expenses • Abundance of food options • Pizza Hut, Subway, McDonald’s, Burger King, KFC, Auntie Annie’s, etc… • Spent about 400 USD/month on food and groceries • Two transport options: MRT or taxi • Spent about 80 USD/month on transport • THUS, total expenses so far: 1300 + 400 + 80 = 1780 USD /month on just rent, • food and transport

  11. Sightseeing • SINGAPORE– tourism is huge part of economy • Singapore Zoo • Singapore Bird Park • Universal Studios Singapore • Broadway’s traveling Lion King Musical • Singapore flyer • Marina Bay Sands • Malls, malls, and malls! Lots of European designer brands • Myriad signature restaurants and places to relax by the sea • MALAYSIA • Kuala Lumpur Petronas Towers and KL Tower • Putrajaya, administrative capital • Genting Highlands • Cameron Highlands • LANGKAWI!!

  12. Singapore

  13. Malaysia, Truly Asia

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