Oh wow...

our ex PM Dr. mahathir is the chancellor for the perdana university...

so how's son's application gojng?.....

or, if i connect the dots correctly, he is also a forumer here?.....

cheapest is newcastle at 38k/year.........

so UK approx how much ? all in 1mil?

if you choose the right uni, it can be done for just a bit over 100k pounds......or rm1/2 million at current favourable enchange rates........some med schools fees are quite cheap....

may not be so bad lah......

only 5 out of 65 places for international students in 2012.......uwa does NOT have a large international student intake, unlike some others like uq and unsw.......

---

Added on September 18, 2011, 8:44 pm
uea is a new med school (ie 3rd gen) based in the town of norwich.........it adopts a full integrated approach, therefore there is clinics from year 1........

the down side, besides lack of recognition, is that the fees is the same throughout the 5 years, and thus works out significantly more expensive than some traditional programme ones.........

as for smc, they have their own mind, and policies, and often that is not related to the quality of the medical programme......eg, there was a point in the past when smc only recognised 2 aussie med schools, melbourne and sydney..........and 5 uk ones, oxbridge, edinburgh, glasgow, and the london schools....... and that wasn't too long ago.....actually 2003!

smc has NOT so far recognised any of the 3rd gen uk med schools, or any of the new aussie ones either (with the notable exception of anu).....so whether they will or not, well......if the possibility to work in spore is important, avoid the new generation med schools.....

short answer is yes....but unlikely....

oz grads are international medical graduates (img), same as from msia, india etc...

you will need to sit for plab, and they assume you have completed housemanship.......

if you pass, and you have not done housemanship, it is possible to get a fy1 job, but the chance is quite small......i think everyone who sits for the plab will have done their housemanship in their respective countries already....

it makes no sense to complete medical studies in oz, and go to uk for housemanship....might as well go direct to uk.....cheaper.....and easier to enter.....

if you are consider this as a hedge against the possibility of not getting an internship place in oz, i would think it is a dangerous thing to rely on......

wow, tough one, =P probably sg if thats the case, not sure if i'm eligible for NZ places or not too. But generally a lot of the international students (that i know of) got offered a place in their 5th year. so which is good to hear.
well we're doing more and more clin stuff since year 2. don't think you can do much in year 1 since it's the basics? and things aren't really coming tgt at that stage for me. We do like case presentation in groups, which is really fun =)

I remembered my first PBL case back in msia was on malaria. (somehow =/) and we had to learn about quinines on the 1st day. I have absolutely no idea why and what was going on. so yes, I do agree with you that clinical part of things should come in a lil later, prob sem 2 of year 1 or in year 2 when they've done at least cardio/respi. it's a good thing too cos in year 1 you go "why the heck are we learning all these for?" and in year 2 you go "aahhh..... now things are coming together" =) tis a good feeling =P

I am not in med school but a significantly interested party! That's why my keen interest in medic education and development.

Around 15-20 international students, sometimes a lil more than that, and around 110-120 per batch including repeats. really hope that they'll open up more intern spots soon.