Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
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Oct 26, 2026
Michael ScottGUEST
I grew up in the UK, grew up in Bath.
Michael ScottGUEST
I trained at the University of Birmingham for my MBCHB.
Michael ScottGUEST
I was very fortunate.
Michael ScottGUEST
I got this photography award with Kodak early in my life, and so I was involved with a group of photographers called Stone Images and it was like Magnum for travel photography so I really paid my way through med school and did a lot of my training abroad in the University of Birmingham so I was lucky I worked in Hong Kong, Vancouver, Sydney both for doing my undergraduate studies so I was a med student intern in Vancouver for instance.
Swami SarvapriyanandaHOST
And then your qualifications are the Upadhi.
Swami SarvapriyanandaHOST
You're a doctor, an MBBS, an MD, you're a lawyer, an LLB or something, or an MBA.
Swami SarvapriyanandaHOST
Those are Upadhi.
Swami SarvapriyanandaHOST
You write it after your name.
Swami SarvapriyanandaHOST
And then your qualifications are the Upadhi.
Swami SarvapriyanandaHOST
You're a doctor, an MBBS, an MD, you're a lawyer, an LLB or something, or an MBA.
Swami SarvapriyanandaHOST
Those are Upadhi.
Swami SarvapriyanandaHOST
You write it after your name.
Shashank BhargavaCORRESPONDENT
So are there no doctors involved here?
Kaunain SheriffGUEST
There are MBBS doctors, of course, involved in this.
Kaunain SheriffGUEST
How we should understand this, these are prescription medicines that has to be prescribed by an endocrinologist.
Kaunain SheriffGUEST
An endocrinologist is a specialist who deals with our body's hormones, the chemical messengers.
AnaHOST
Joining us is Dr. Sabrina Ramkissoon, specialist obstetrician and gynecologist who has been passionate about women's health for over a decade and a good friend of mine.
AnaHOST
Dr. Sabrina obtained her MBBS from the University of the West Indies Faculty of Medical Sciences before going on to complete her MRCOG membership of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
AnaHOST
For more than 10 years, she's been inspiring, educating, and empowering women through all different stages of life.
AnaHOST
And she says she's loved every day of it since day one.
Joshua SelmanHOST
On Thursday, he goes to engineering, and he keeps doing that for five years, and the person says, "I demand a certificate as a doctor." Is that person a lazy student? No.
Joshua SelmanHOST
But can you give that person MBBS? Can you give him MD or whatever the, the certification that befits a doctor? No.
Joshua SelmanHOST
What is his error? His knowledge is not sequential.
Joshua SelmanHOST
It is not aggregated.
Stella FurlongGUEST
Yes.
Stella FurlongGUEST
My sister and mentor and co-author is Monica Furlong, MD, MBChB.
Stella FurlongGUEST
She stood by me through thick and thin.
Stella FurlongGUEST
She's not a psychiatrist, but a consultant anesthesiologist.
IsaacHOST
Do you think that that could be a cultural thing that's actually very common to both Singapore and Malaysia? Because interestingly, when I was studying in the UK, there is not as much direct copy-paste from degree into vocation as what I definitely felt in medical school, in law school, where over there, I mean, partially it's because of the, the problems that are plaguing the NHS and all that, but there are so many medical students, um, those who post content, those who quietly are exploring these options.
IsaacHOST
But so many of them think about, oh, uh, should I go and straightaway go to the US? Should I join management consulting? Should I join pharmaceuticals right after MBBS? And when I was studying law, it was the same.
IsaacHOST
In Singapore, everyone who studies law becomes a lawyer.
IsaacHOST
But then over there, I will say up to 30 to 40% of my classmates-
Tanaya NarendraGUEST
So here is where I think I rely on basic credentials.
Tanaya NarendraGUEST
I have done MBBS.
Aanchal PanthHOST
At least you have a doctor who has studied biology and you know it's coming from a credible source at least.
Aanchal PanthHOST
So, and you know, has a knack to explain things well.
27 MINS LATER
Aanchal PanthHOST
So don't worry.
Aanchal PanthHOST
Like what are the different types of period blood color and when should they be concerned?
Tanaya NarendraGUEST
I think the first thing that people need to understand is that on the internet these days there is a lot of talk about pink blood, estrogen, Derminol, from where? Who studied this? I am not a gynaecologist and yet I have studied so much in MBBS.
Tanaya NarendraGUEST
This is what I wanted
Sachin ChatteHOST
And to take this conversation forward, I'm joined by three panelists who bring three very important perspectives to the discussion.
Sachin ChatteHOST
So we have with us Dr. Shaheen K. Saiyed, MBBS MD, Psychiatry.
Sachin ChatteHOST
She worked as a senior psychiatrist at North Goa District Hospital, MAPSA for 15 years.
Sachin ChatteHOST
Promoted to the post of Deputy Directorate of Health Services, Panjim in July 2024.
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