1st year UCSI student =)

Nah didn't make it cos they didn't recognize my foundation program. =( its ok.

sorry i din see the posts till now =/ I was taking FY in Taylors College in Perth. This FY is specifically for UWA so it's not the more general and widely accepted FY offered by Canning College. Some differences by the FY offered by my college, and the FY in Canning. Made a wrong move back then, but oh well, can't do anything bout it, so mind as well just move on. =)

I'm sorry MBBS >< I still don't get your question. =/ All that came to my mind are gluconeogenesis and glycogenolysis processes in the case of diabetes. Not sure whether it's related to your question or not. >< sorry

Valens don't worry. Not ALL medical students will end up with a licence to save*or kill* lives. My lecturers did mention about the % of medical students failing to get their licence to practice, but sadly I've forgotten the actual figure.

if one's a good and competent doctor, i don't mind paying him more being a patient myself. =) I reckon what he was saying is that don't let the $$$ issue be the main driving force behind the pursuing of medicine. I've heard cases of doctors doing 'rallies' just so that they can earn more money, ie they rushed in diagnosing and prescribing drugs for the patient (some just asking them "what drugs you want.") and literally shoo-ing the patient away so that they can see more patients. more patients = more $$. Not sure how true is that, but I've heard such sad news.

agree that 1 is too many. Well in the end it all comes down to ourselves as a medical student/doctor, whether we opt to be a competent one, or an incompetent one who only knows the basic GP work/antibiotics. I can't ensure you what category i will fall into but I'm definitely striving hard to be in the competent group =)

sounds like a football stadium xD And yes, there'll be more super-qualified taxi drivers in future. I reckon they should stop building more institutes, and bring in more quality lecturers. For what I know, there's a lack of experienced lecturers in Msia.

from my experience, A levels. Widely recognised cert which is just what you need. Pre-med/Pre-U pretty much binds you down and if you don't get in, you suffer the consequences.

yeah, depending on the requirement of the university. Some don't require biology as a prerequisite subject to enter medicine, some do. But then again, you'll need to know the fundamentals of biology(I'll say....till form 5/pre-U standard) , if not you'll suffer when you enter the course. Pardon my curiosity, but why medicine when you didn't intend to take biology initially?

he did mention about SAQ and LAQ. By rights there should be some of SAQ/LAQ rather than 200 questions of MCQ. the bold part I don't really understand. I reckon you're saying that they are blindly memorizing w/o understanding for the exams?

according to the list in page 1, I can't find any Us in china recognized =/

very true. I have a few HK friends and they are saying the same thing. fishnetwenyi any particular reason you're opting for HKU? =/

Most of the group of 8 in Aus are changing to graduate entry. Think UWA will be doing that soon (well, we heard news of that happening next year but not sure yet).

In Aus, you'll needa go through GAMSAT, an interview, and you'll need to ace your first degree. =) I'm not sure but people tell me that it's harder to get in the MBBS program using graduate entry compared to direct entry, unless of course the uni doesn't provide a direct entry (from year 12/Alvl etc).

I remembered them telling me that a lot of students who opted to go into medicine after their year 12, gave up or just can't follow up with the course. So, the uni is changing towards graduate entry medicine because they feel that graduates are more mature and they know what they want in life.

This post has been edited by onelove89: Jan 26 2010, 07:19 PM

Nope, I stand by my decision of being a doctor. I got my own reasons and stories. And for the alarming rise of number of doctors, I'll just have to work harder and do my part. =) btw, you missed UCSI, 1st batch coming out this July.

Your 'situation' is referring to the increase of number of doctors in the mere future, and that doctors will flood the streets and sell pisang goreng? =P ok i was joking bout the pisang goreng. xD Calm down my friend. Statistics might show that way, and yes it's true that it will happen, no doubt. But hey, for me, I'll say the same stuff as what your friend said. I'll thrive to be a good doctor to ensure my job is secured. Cos my passion is medicine, and I've a clear goal and motive of going down this pathway. =) So other than do my very very best, in each and every situation, I guess there ain't other solutions.

Besides, there're risks in every job. When the economy collapses, you'll see so many people jobless. But when there's a boom, you'll see people working like there's no tomorrow. So, I'll just do what I'm passionate at, regardless of what's gonna happen tmr. Cos we have no idea bout tomorrow rite? =)

agree with you =)



So um, there'll be another uni offering med in Malaysia soon? This time an IPTA. *I've never heard of UPNM though ><*

thought that there's a bond of 10 years after you finish studying? That is if you're taking JPA scholarship. Can you run off after that? I've only heard people being released from their bonds (for those taking scholarships) because they are um, say, not so competent.

1m-1.3m??????? you sure that's the right amount? O.o cos that's outrages. I mean, the fees itself may just be half of that sum =/ Um, how can they afford to pay off such a large sum when they are just fresh grads? >.<

Well, personally I'll stay there to work (if granted) for a period of time and see how it goes after that. But I do wish to come back here to work as this is my home country =) Just the question of when. That is, if I finish my 5 years in one piece =)

Well, that will pretty much bind them down for good =/ Well, IMHO, i think it'll be right to serve the country back since they sponsored them to study. Then again, i'll have to admit, those who graduated and gotten away with the small bond penalty are pretty lucky.

oh, din know that, thanks for the info. Any source to clarify?