Anyone know about which university recognized by Singapore (SMC). Is Monash or Newcastle University recognized because of the twinning?

I only know IMU-PMS is recognized. Any other?

Hehe. Yes, I'm actually a Singaporean studying in Malaysia from kindergarten. But sadly 2 years plus suffering (physical training etc.) really make me feel sad not being a Malaysian.Since I only scored 3.5 CGPA, I thought I might get in Monash or Newcastle. Anyone know the recent cut-off point?

I'm eligible for next year intake. I canceling out IMU since I think I'm not good enough.

P.S: wgy589, nice being a Singaporean female huh

Wooo... but looking at the requirement(Monash Australia, Newcastle Australia, or Newcastle Upon Tyne UK), I don't think they accept ABB.

No university with SMC accreditation accept ABB huh?

From what I heard, each med school in aus guarantees a spot for the grads, meaning they've allocated seats for them in the local hospital. At my place, we don't even have that system >_<

well its kinda weird cos in lecture today we learnt about the low doctor/10k in aussie, and now they say that doctors are gonna crowd the whole place up. I reckon there's a crowding of docs in the metropolitan areas like syd and melb, and no one wants to go to the rural communities.

however, i am not aware of any monash msia graduates getting internship in oz, so i think these students are somewhat unlucky, graduating as they did in the middle of a glut.....

just back from gleneagles hotel kl..it was like a 5 star hotel..

Anyways - Seniors , im sure you'd heard of mantoux test right. 10mm is the normal reading for a person with tb negative? So anything more then 10mm is positive? how do one confirm that he/she has tb? besides chest x-ray? im sure mantoux test can go false-positive due to BGC injection and the air you breathe?

would it make a difference if the doctor didnt wait for 48-72hours before analyzing the mantoux test?
It can be detected by ESR too right? if im not mistaken for males in general the esr reading is 10< female 20 < ? and in general if you have an active lung infection the level of haemoglobin is lower compared to normal , no?
Speaking about  pulmonary TB here.

Dont get me wrong , im not trying to be a pain in the butt here , its just that a cousin of mine was suppose to go to australia this friday and unfortunatey we found out that he had active lung infection. I followed him around during my free time , we had like 4 opinions. 2 gp said he had nothing and perfectly fine. 2more said otherwise. Today he went to umsc , to get a respiratory professors final confirmation. He has to go for CT-scan later in the morning. No symptoms of tb are shown. No weight loss or whatsoever. I'll try to post up the pictures of the x-ray once i get a hold of it for the fun of it
I've heard of stories like the medication of tb last for 4-9 months and side effects are insane. Liver failure , jaundice and so on?
Cyber - thanks for being so proactive and posting up a picture. I cant wait for my time in med school

As a matter of fact - i remembered back when I was training in a Govt.Hospital pathology lab (Likas Hosp.) in Sabah that ESR should not be ordered as part of TB investigation.

That circular was even pasted on the laboratory wall.

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Added on February 22, 2011, 5:07 pmThat Quantiferon-TB gold assay - isn't available in Likas Hospital (although big as it is). The basic AFB staining is still practiced there~

I'm not sure if it is available in Queen Elizabeth Hospital either (Main Ref.Hosp. for Sabah)...

that is not correct.......cultures and afb have excellent positive predictive value, but poor negative predictive value.......

ie, if you get a positive result, it probably confirms active disease........if you get a negative result it does NOT confirm you do NOT have TB............

up to 50% of patients undergoing treatment will be based on presumptive diagnosis, taking in the whole clinical picture.......in many cases, you will NOT find the organism even in patients with very classical clinical picture........