I want to ask... If a medical student who finished his/her studies, but later could not finish housemanship, what options does he/she have? What post-graduate studies could one get into without clinical experience?

What if someone just does not want to practice as a doctor at all? I mean after 5 years of med school, realising that practising as a doctor is not what they want to be...

If you're not registered with MMC, are you not qualified to be called a doctor?

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Added on October 10, 2009, 11:54 amMedical school lecturers doesn't require clinical experience? How about those in medical departments? Those need clinical exposure...

I mean, can someone with a MBBS or MD go venture into studies of other fields? For example, taking up post-grad studies in biochemistry, molecular biology, chemistry, etc...

And why some Masters in Medicine require clinical exposure of housemanship for 2 years? Eg would be MMed in Pathology, Chemical Pathology, Microbiology & Parasitology..

This post has been edited by nicodemus88: Oct 10 2009, 11:54 AM

Hello...

I wanted to ask what are the steps need to be taken if we want to pursue post-grad studies / specialisation in medicine in the US... What I know so far is we have to take the USMLE; 3 papers altogether, am I right?

What other requirements are needed? Depends on the uni we're going? Is there any minimum requirement of residency we need to be exposed to before we can apply for it?

I need someone to chart out the proper route, I'm quite confused with it, especially the US medical school systems...

I have a question here but I couldn't find the answer... Could someone explain this to me?

Wernicke's encephalopathy is caused by thiamine deficiency... And thiamine is an important cofactor of enzymes involved in carbohydrate metabolism... Patient's with WE or sub-clinical thiamine deficiency will have exacerbation of the encephalopathy when they take carbohydrate... Why does this happen? How intake of carbohydrate in people's with thiamine deficiency will cause neuro symptoms?

From what I understand, thiamine deficiency causes damage to the neuron, mainly in thalamus and also mamillary bodies of hypothalamus. Also low levels of thiamine cause impaired carbohydrate metabolism leading to increase glutamate in the brain, leading to gliosis. So the neuronal damage could be said as gradual... So how does intake of carbohydrate in thiamine deficiency patients exacerbate the neuro symptoms?

Thanks!