Freezing new medical schools but increasing medical students each intake......nonsense.

This post has been edited by sotong1992: Aug 26 2011, 11:31 PM

It should be the established medical colleges that should be allowed to increase the intake but here even segi can fill up their quota much faster than the established ones. No better than those of Ukraine or Russia or Indonesia.

Today my friend just told me that medicine can earn big bucks, thats why he choose medicine.

SIGH.................

In the old days,yes
Now It's impossible, I'm sure you notice the trend these days.Saturation of professional jobs

Nurses, pilots, even teachers are jobless. KPLI holders wait for two months but still no news.

not to forget the status also

when status doesn't go with the salary, it's problematic

Everybody seems to be looking at status and monies. If you dont have the passion, spare a thought for the patient and choose another profession.

oh, they have the passion......it's the one thing they use to justify their lack of academic ability......

passion for the status, money, 'prestige' etc.....

LOL! So medical students in all the medical schools in the country can no longer be considered the creme de la creme, but they're passionate. Hopefully the passion translates into actual medical knowledge and experience when they graduate.

Hopefully.

the problem is, the creme de la creme are still there.....but contaminated by a lot of sediments......and it becomes difficult to differentiate........

the med school they come from will tell.....it is still safe to assume all from places like uk, oz, spore, ipta (stpm route) will be indeed the top students of their time.....

for the others.......their spm results will be telling......

Sorry for interrupting the bashing, I'm a new medical student here from one of the IPTS. (hopefully I'm not the one being referred to here :S)

Anyway, any pro-tip on how the amount of stationary I should be hoarding? Planning to get 5 A4 size-note from bookstore ,should that be enough? Any other stationary stuff that is useful (index card etc.)?

Btw, on this issue, being a local IPTS student, how 'bad' are the standard are? Does it really bad compare to prominent grads such in UK in term of their surgery/diagnostic skill?

Among bad apples, there are good apples, and vice versa.

So I presume it more like a percentage game where outside grads are generally more capable than local ones? Any examples of situation where their incompetence are more prevalent?

Btw, still need advice on stationary and other necessity I should bring to my dorm

And this is where Malaysian's usually loose the plot. To quote a peribahasa, Sebab nila setitik, rosak susu sebelanga.

One rotten apple is too many. Medical schools are not in the business of creating the "best" (whatever that may be) doctor. A proper medical school is in the business of producing competent doctors in all those who walk out of the door.

We do not need a brilliant top class doctor. We need all our doctors to be proficient and competent.

I answer the previous question, how 'bad' are the standard are?

So, we cant generalize by saying that all IPTS medical students are bad.

And I do agree with your statement, the bold part.

This post has been edited by sotong1992: Aug 28 2011, 10:47 AM

Its not true, the reverse is true!

what qualifications did you get in with?......

if it is less than aaa at stpm/a levels and atar97, you will NOT have gained entry into a medical programme in uk/oz (or even ipta actually).........in fact many with better results fail to secure places, when they do badly in the umat/isat/ukcat/bmed exams and interviews.....

this simple fact will benchmark you compared to your peers in good med schools.....

IPTA medicine courses are flooded with matriculation, foundation and even diploma programs' students.