Hi folks, I have few doubts to ask you fellas

I'm planning to take up medicine at an IPTS medical school. It's only the 3rd year of commencement so yet to be recognized by MMC and listed under IMED. Attended the interview and currently waiting for the announcement. I'm having few doubts about USMLE.

(1). Is it advisable to sit for Step 1 of USMLE at the end of 2nd year of medical school?

(2). Is it practical for Malaysian IPTS graduate to sit for USMLE to become an IMG with the hope getting a residency in the States? What are the odd?

(3). Errr....any alternative to United States Clinical Experience (USCE) ?

(4). When we should start prepare for USMLE?

Kindly advice.

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Added on July 30, 2011, 4:08 pm

I heard that it might due o some licensing fiasco with the previous Perak government. Their programme is not advertised in their web. It will cost about RM293K-RM310K depending whether your want thier hostel or not.

Lecturers will shipped in from India, not sure about the quality, intake's in September.

hi

can someone help me

urinalysis...
what parameter has higher predictive value of urinary tract infections?
nitrite or wbc?

thank you in advance.

My renal lectures are a few weeks later x.x but I'll be going for WBC as a main detection that there's something going on? prob culture/serology/stain the urine for any suspected bacts?

I think it's depends on type of microorganism...if the pathogen is bacteria normally presented with WBC cast in the urine....Nitrite is due to present of pseudomonas aeruginosa with nitrase which can convert the nitrate to nitrite...or even direct detection of bacteria in the urine.....

pseudomonas is the most common bacteria for nosocomial UTI....

that is incorrect.......what are they teaching you?!

the microbial spectrum of nosocomial uti will vary from hospital to hospitals and region/country to region/country......but e.coli, klebsiella, enterococcus and candida consistently will be at the top of the lists......and pseodomonas somewhere down the list......

Oh I see....because during urinary system...my lecturer list pseudomonas as one of the commonest causative agent as nosocomial UTI....her name is DR rosni...."Pseudomonas aeruginosa,Disease: common cause of cystitis and pyelonephritis; higher incidence in hospital and nursing home patients,Epidemiology: one of the most common nosocomial pathogen" I quote this from my lecture notes.....

Limeuu...I'm entering clinical years....so far as what I know something I had learned from pre-clinical years is actually not that correct as the statement I made above is a proof...is there any advice to me during my clinical attachment because I really want to be a competent doctor in future but not a killer......To be honest I learned quite a lot from this forum....

I think it's depends on type of microorganism...if the pathogen is bacteria normally presented with WBC cast in the urine....Nitrite is due to present of pseudomonas aeruginosa with nitrase which can convert the nitrate to nitrite...or even direct detection of bacteria in the urine.....

hi

can someone help me

urinalysis...
what parameter has higher predictive value of urinary tract infections?
nitrite or wbc?

thank you in advance.

Hi guys, need your advise here. I'm an IMU student, choosing my PMS very soon so I need to know something about specialty training.

1)Specialties(say cardiology) are offered by Universities or Hospitals?
2)What do they take in account when I apply for a specialty i.e my MBBS grades or any research achievements?
3)Is it harder to cross country(if I graduate from Aus and decided I want to go UK for my specialty training instead)

I know it may seem funny for me to think of that so early but I think it really affects my PMS choice a lot, so I need some advise from you guys. thanks!

Masterskill has just announced to Bursa Malaysia today on the increase in intake from 50 to 100 students for the first batch.

I thought the gomen has freeze the increase in intake of students in medic colleges to monitor quality.

Hmm....sometimes who you are and who you know is important.

Apa apa pun boleh, ! Malaysia!

the freeze is on any NEW programmes, but licences already given will continue, as will increase of intake as ans when set requirements are met.........i think there are still a couple of licences outstanding.....we need not have any new med school for the next 100 years..........

If it doesnt apply to existing quotas, it wont make any sense. Worse still, you can even increase first year quotas!