traditionally, since the grave diggers and body snatchers days of the 18th century Scotland, anatomy is taught through the dissection of cadavers....

however, in recent times, cadavers have become difficult to find, and newer visual technology allows effective teaching of anatomy without physical cadavers....and many medical schools have moved towards such simulations.....

there has not been any difference in anatomy learning and knowledge with this change...

in recent years, there is also a move towards scaled down anatomy syllabus....the argument is, the majority of doctors need not have in-depth knowledge and familiarity with detailed anatomy....and those that do, can learn it when they are doing their postgraduate training....

sydney uni is trying out this new syllabus......not everybody agrees with this of course....

there is precedent in focused medical training....the us style residency (specialist) training has this focus method for years....us graduates specialise from internship, and while they are very good in their area, they are relatively weak in all other areas.....it works fine in their system.....the contrast is of course the broad based british system....where everybody is a broad generalist...before specialising down into a speciality.....

the question of whether a medical school uses cadavers or not, therefore, is of little importance....

Don't bother unless you have good connections.

are the one of the 3A*s scorers for the 2012 listed below?
http://www.ucsi.edu.my/v2/alevel/news/adve...alvels_SUNx.pdf

Hey guys, do you know what price roughly Kamal is selling Talley and O'Connor Clinical Examination 6th edn?

I see. I'll be visiting NUMed someday as well. =)

What I meant with 'research' is to look for universities and understand more from there. Not that research.

I didn't get a 3A* though, but yeah I'm one of those in there.

Oh.. lookie here! a medical students thread! didnt notice this thread when i was a medical student..

There goes your strong reason for an upgrade.
If you still score straight As, JPA's up coming interview will just be a formality.

The interview is with UCSI, not JPA.

If scored 3 A's, UCSI going to say NO to JPA scholar?

the interview is with the uni.....

normally, when one makes a mistake, one just apologise, and not go dig a deeper grave for oneself.....

foreign 1st world med schools turn down scholars ALL the time....some ipts, eg imu, have turned down scholars who failed to make cut offs.,,,,,and dismiss some who flunk out.....

What's so great about JPA scholar anyway? They can easily be replaced by their foundation students and their own A level students now. UCSI are now at the stage where they can say no.

Not the creme de la creme for a long while now, just full cream milk perhaps.

If both of the same kind, any uni will go for one financially stronger with big bucks.

One student drop out and your benz is gone!

Good grades are definitely not the sole determining factor when a medical school chooses its students. In fact it is now an expectation. Many applicants have perfect scores like triple A*s, ATARs of >99 etc however they may not get an offer unless they have proved themselves to be competent communicators in their interviews.

Communication skills, critical thinking and empathy are very important in the medical profession and are aspects of humanity that are developed over time. Interviewers will want so see that you have attained this mental and emotional maturity. Performance at the interview is definitely more important as on paper everyone's grades are all similarly excellent. In fact the medical school may choose to offer people who got slightly lower scores but performed much better at the interview!

RM75 if bulk. Emomedical.com is selling at RM80 (RM70+RM10) shipping.

@sydG, thanks.

U're at Usyd now right? How's things for you?

Ha.. I wish

I'm in Sunway

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Added on March 26, 2012, 6:19 pmTo answer 'how's things are for you' part, I'm enjoying the course tremendously. Didnt know med school can be pretty tough and fun at the same time

This post has been edited by Syd G: Mar 26 2012, 06:19 PM

You guys due for a mid-semester exam next week?

Yes sir. But I look forward to the case commentary assignment more