imu students have too much free time

onelove went to trinity foundation in melbourne, i remember 2 years ago, in his naivety, he was very sure he was going to do medicine at u melb.....

actually imu recognises trinity foundation, but they have a marking system different from the year12 ter system, and imu deem his results inadequate for entry......

this highlights a problem i have always warned potential foundation students......other unis may not recognise (or may not give as much weightage to) other foundation programmes.......it is still best to do generic pre-u programmes, like a-levels, sam/ausmat, ib, even stpm........and i now conclude that unless you are very sure you want to go to oz, a-levels is the best pre-u programme, gets you into all the commonwealth countries.........

12 hours of lectures? i only had to spend 10 hours in uni this week for lectures, pbls and clinical sessions. not that i'm ecstatic about my free time.. seems like a waste that we're paying so much but getting so little in return.

Victoria is still comparatively easy to get an internship position compared to other states, as most of us are able to be matched in the first round offers whereas students in other states usually have to wait for 2nd or even 3rd, 4rd rounds for fight for scraps. Having said that, most of my friends from other states still managed to secure a position after the 2nd round. I guess it's a trade-off - Vic's pay is the least !!

ooo.. so many people graduating in 2013?
if everything goes well, i should be graduating at the end of 2013 too
and yes, it's also my plan to at least become a specialist before i come back here.

My confusion is not how the mechanism work. That thing I know.ok la....like this!

The correction is bring about due to the intensity of stimulus but when there is something wrong to the mechanism the stimulus will persist and of course the symptom like polydipsia will persist and this is due to the frequency of stimulus.

That is what I think,I am not sure whether the relationship between intensity and frequency is  correct or not.So,please give me some idea about this.

So,the thing that I confuse is the symptom that persist is due to intensity or frequency?Example,the diabetes patient will keep on feel thirsty is because the frequency of stimulus or intensity.

Sorry for my first question.I don't ask it in correct manner!

Actually,I will relating the blood glucose regulation mechanism to the "intensity" and "frequency" .

Its because I think that the beta cell detect the amount (intensity)of glucose in the blood is increase to the level that higher than the set-point then the correction will be carried out.

If there is something wrong to the mechanism ,so ,the correction could out occur properly and the stimulus(abnormal high level of glucose) will persist that keep on stimulate the beta cells to correct the conditions(frequency).

Im trying to use this 2 words to explain. sad.gif I dont know correct or not,so I ask lo!

something off the current topic...

this is a convo with my friend:

123: hey why do you want to be a doctor, like seriously why?
me: um, in short, to help others.
123: really? that's noble, but mine's not so noble.
me: um, then what's your reason?
123: I like surgery, you know, cut things up
um.... guys, do you reckon the reason of 'I love to cut things up' is valid to be a doctor? >< haha, just something random that I remembered.

Why AUS when you know about the medical student tsunami there?

lol cause i got rejected from UK, and besides, where else to go? KL? I rather go AUS. Cross the river when I arrive at the bridge.

"I have completed the same course as your local students and will graduate with an honours degree and an impressive resume, but this means nothing because I was not born here." - The Australian

According to WHO guideline....If one diagnosed as hypertension, the blood pressure should be more than or equal to 140/90 regardless of age....one is considered hypotension if the blood pressure is less than 90/60

Are you sure that they've secured spots for internships? As far as I know, hospitals are struggling with spots for internships. For the mainland unis, they have reserved spots for their own local graduates. For tasmania, we aren't guaranteed a place in tassie. It's proposed that they will try to increase the internship spots. I reckon for international students, even with 'secured' internship placements, they will send you to rural areas.

Just wondering, is the syllabus for MBBS monash sunway based on Malaysia or Aussie? I mean, there will be differences in prevalence in diseases, risk factors etc.