So UTAS it will be, if it's medicine. Hope it all works out.

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This post has been edited by podrunner: Jan 8 2012, 10:16 PM

Nerve wrecking days!!

Is relative waiting on offers from others, or was UAC's the last?

So bottom line, avoid doing MBBS in Australia if there are offers from say, UK or Ireland.

Dsx, Huskies, Onelove, please advise.

Regarding medical tsunami in Oz, in say 5 years time, which state will be harder hit, NSW or Tasmania, all other things being equal?

NZ? Re Singapore, assuming you get a spot as a fresh graduate, what is the process like thereafter, particularly leading to specialization?

Regarding internships in NZ, go and read up at NZ Medical Council for first hand information

In the UK, it depends on the medical school, eg. Oxbridge - traditional, Liverpool - PBL, and Edinburgh - integrated.
In Australia, I read PBL is gaining popularity, but most follow the integrated approach. Newcastle was the pioneer in PBL, and UWS states they use PBL, and others like Monash and UTAS follow a more integrated approach including case based learning, and problem based learning.

Maybe Limeuu can shed some light on this.

This post has been edited by podrunner: Jan 29 2012, 10:22 PM

Congrats!

OMG! Med students must be the unhealthiest of all undegrads!

This post has been edited by podrunner: Feb 1 2012, 03:59 PM

How to survive on 4 hours of sleep a day? the long term effects will be disastrous, i reckon.

I hope so!

For those interested in doing medicine in Australia, or who medical graduates hoping to migrate to Australia, here's an interesting read:

The Rising Tide of Medical Graduates

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Added on February 1, 2012, 10:34 pmFor all who may be interested, BBC's "Junior Doctors, Series 2" has premiered!


This post has been edited by podrunner: Feb 1 2012, 10:34 PM

In Australia, undergraduate entry is much more competitive now. Even the domestic students are going for 5 years, instead of spending 3 years in a bachelors of science course, then go through GAMSAT, and keeping very high academic scores in the undergraduate course, to get a chance at 4 years in grad med school. At the moment,what I deduce from their med forums is that the uncertainty of making grad med school, has made this pathway less popular.
Already, there are many questions about what one will do with a Bio-Med degree, if they fail to get into medicine.

This post has been edited by podrunner: Feb 2 2012, 09:43 AM

Those who do not make the cut for undergrad mbbs, will opt to do a med related degree, and my son alone, already knows a handful of international students taking that route. Many domestics are also taking that route, so I don't see how it will be "less competitive", generally.

For offshore students, it's generally agreed that taking A levels is the more flexible course, and I believe this has been discussed and explained at length by limeuu a while back, in this thread, and also in another thread " need serious help" where grades etc were discussed in detail.

With IMU-PMS, the uncertainty of matching will still haunt the student for 4 sems, correct me if I'm wrong. Also, ALL uk unis have limited places for internationals, between 24 to 35 places, thereabouts, but UK has a lot more medical schools. I believe Australian unis cn offer up to 20% of their med places to internationals, and even with the tsunami/ rising tide of medical grads, the demand has not changed much, yet.

Are you an education agent?

Well, UNSW and UAdele offers a 6 years mbbs course, the three unis with 5 years mbbs are UWS, Monash and UTAS.

Am not sure if "pick things up fast" is accurate, as one would have covered med related subjects during the bachelors degree, leading up to grad entry. Consider perhaps undergrad first year = 3 years bachelors degree' but no guarantees getting into 2nd year at all (for grad entry). It's a more challenging pathway, I think. If money is not an issue, it's actually a better gauge of the student's interest, having had 3 years to think whether medicine is the "true calling". Once into grad med school, I don't think it's really that much harder, it's the preceding uncertain years.

This post has been edited by podrunner: Feb 2 2012, 01:15 PM

Thank goodness for that, as all work and no play makes Jack/Jill a dull boy/girl, and all that!

Anyway, during the clinical years, summer holidays get shortened to 4 to 6 weeks.

Maybe hand holding require a significant amount of extra time

It will take a couple of months for the criminal record check. Not sure about UK, but Aus requires proof of immunization, which can be certified by the family doctor.