You started med in malaysia, but doing 2 nd year utas now. How was the application process via this route? Glad to know you're enjoying the course!

what would be considered an isat 'satisfactory result' for utas?....80?

people fail because of basically 3 reasons.....

1. they did not study.....fool around, distracted, mental problem etc....

2. they are not interested but forced to do, so no motivation....

and msia has a 3rd category unique to msia, and some other 3rd world countries.....

3. they academically and intellectually should NOT be in med school.....but allowed to.....

Actually a lot of doctors say that it's just very hard to get into the course (this is way before the current tsunami of med schools), and that once in the course, if you study consistently and systematically, you will get through every year. Why did you allow yourself only "6-7 days" to revise?

If you want to give up because of pride, then perhaps you should really reconsider continuing with the course. If you can set aside your pride, and are really interested in pursuing the course and the profession, then repeat year 2, study smart and hard. Hope this helps a teeny bit.

Also can I just say "ditto" to limmeu's post above....

relative's college mate.....there could be more that he is not aware of....

apparently 2nd round offers for newcastle also out....a few rejections from first round....

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Added on October 4, 2011, 6:09 pm
so where do the other international students come from?....

i wonder, with so many conditional offers, how many will actually get a firm offer at the end...they are just trying to lock in people, because they know they are never the top choice of most students.....

there are not many undergrad medicine left.....adelaide and unsw with 6 year courses, and utas, monash, uws, jcu and newcastle with 5 years......

sporeans wouldn't want to go to jcu and uws, as they are not recognised in spore....utas will be a preferred option to them i would think, although most will eventually NOT return to spore....

What has a Jazz graduate, a Geography graduate and a Physical Education graduate got to do with a medical program. All these are senior management and HODs in Alliance Medical University and they are termed as "Meducators".

From what I have read, there are a few people who got conditional offers for UTAS '16. If anyone needs help (information etc.) I'm sure onelove as well as I would be happy to explain a little further. Please pardon that there might be late replies though, exams.

if these postings are part of the course, it is the duty of the med school to arrange for it, and assign accordingly....otherwise, they are failing in their duties...

if it is however, not part of the official postings, and is like an elective, then you will have to arrange it yourself....

family/primary health means different things in different countries.....in uk/oz, that means gp's......in msia, where a big portion of primary healthcare is provided by the public sector, it can mean one of the gov walk-in polyclinics.....

however, it is quite different, the way things are done in a gp clinic compared to a gov clinic, so exposure to both is useful, and i know some ipta that includes both in their rotations....

Sunway Monash also does such interview and they asked question on what you know abt diabetes. Is it too technical for a potential student or they are looking for other positive factors?

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Added on October 27, 2011, 5:00 pm

Sunway Monash also does such interview and they asked question on what you know about diabetes. Is it too technical for a potential student or they are looking for other positive factors?

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barriers are usually perceived when you are outside the system...once you are in the system (ie have residency rights in both countries), you will then just compete like everybody else....whether you are born citizen, naturalised citizen, or permanent resident, it does NOT matter, in these countries......after all, both country have 20-30% of their people NOT born in the country.....

huh?

Absolutely right. Now it's the internship uncertainty!

sorry, copy wrong link.    lol. link changed.

MMI. Scenarios were given and the interviewees were asked to answer based on "what should this person do".

But it was quite obvious that they were assessing the candidate's opinion on teamwork and the life as a medical doctor.

My point is to overcome the 'unrecognized school' issue to work outside Msia, one must be willing to sit for qualifying exams or go for postgrad exam for specialisation.

Say I go to ABC school and sit for AMC exam and passed. I can work in OZ too right?

So it's actually a cheaper route than forking out RM200k extra (in case of Monash Sunway) to be automatically recognized by the AMC?

I think technically working in Oz shouldn't be much of a problem IF you can get a place in their hospitals...and a working visa as well...

For number 2. I was talking more of a contact in person. Family members that live nearby etc. Besides, time zone differences even with the current communication media is a pain as well!

maybe because it's very expensive? during the final year you have to go to Oz for one semester and that will incur even more money...