Current continuing medical education provision in Singapore.

* Master, Academy of Medicine, Singapore Address for Reprints: Dr Chee Yam Cheng, Department of Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Jalan Tan Tock Seng, Singapore 308433. † Based on a presentation made at the Royal College of Surgeons, England on 20 May 1999 at the meeting on “Global Perspectives in Healthcare and Clinical Training”—a Joint Conference of the Royal College of Physicians of London; the Royal College of Surgeons of England; Academy of Medicine, Malaysia; Academy of Medicine, Singapore; Hong Kong Academy of Medicine and the Chinese Medical Association Introduction It was in 1994 that as an overseas fellow of the College, I received a letter from Dr Peter Toghill, Director of Continuing Medical Education (CME), Royal College of Physicians of London, stating that the three Royal Colleges of Physicians in the UK have agreed to joint recommendation on continuing medical education. This letter dated 19 May 1994 accompanied a copy of the report published in June 1994 titled “CME for the trained physician, recommendations for the introduction and implementation of a CME system.” This is familiar to you all in the United Kingdom.