Wait list candidates did not take up these places could be the reason...a distant relative was in wait list in one of the two but is now in IMU PMS.[4 A* in A level]

finally.....congrats....

New med schools accepting one year foundation programme...

https://www.kingseducation.com/university-p...e-at-kings.html

Manchester med and dent have been accepting NCUK foundation which is also one year.

It is expensive with fees exceeding RM 100k excluding living cost but still cheaper than doing A level in UK.

And yet 4 A* students are rejected.

I am surprised UK is increasing the number of medical places for locals. I doubt there is a shortage but I think its the working conditions that need improvements to make doctors stay. Maybe the consequences arising from Brexit will make more doctors quit the UK.

If I am not wrong, sometime back they are also starting to recruit Filipino nurses due to the expected shortage of nurses in the next couple of years.

MMC probably waived it because of the oversupply of graduate doctors now. I also wonder how she can perform her duties as an MO when she has only done 3 rotations as what you said.

I have 2 relatives as graduate doctors, one locally and one in UK. I would say that the housemanship training locally is so much more intense compared to what is in UK.

Yeah, compare to bolehland, its pretty decent in UK in Year 1 and the hours tend to be more or less fixed.

The only complaint I have is that if working on Sunday, the trains doesn't start running until 8.30 am. And the taxi fare is not cheap.

I feel this more in district general hospitals more than centralised ones. (its understandable but it gets ridiculous if youre getting patients to have unnecessary blood samples/imaging if it doesnt change your management imo)

haha, a max 12 hour shift here is enough to make the doctors wear out.
Whereabouts are you at?

She pays 20 pounds one way. Will suggest her to use Uber.

cant decide where to apply to for foundation jobs next year. urgh
The struggle is real.
cant believe sjt will be the main decider on where you go..

so far deciding between south yorkshire (aka sheffield) and northwest (liverpool/manchester) areas.

decile does help but its only a max of 43 whereas sjt is 50 which is variable based on how you answer the questions.

Thank you! My only problem is to get connected to those who are serious about coming to the US for residency. I am available if anyone wants to PM me about specific questions or details. I have worked hard for 10+ years, and I am seeing evidence of my success (net worth = > 2 million!). However, it is definitely getting harder for international graduates to get into residency programs because Medicare did not increase residency spots when there are more US medical students graduating. As such, there are a lot of preparation ahead of time in order to be a competitive candidate. The good thing about United States is once you get into residency + pass Boards = attending. Even in family medicine or internal medicine, that means a guaranteed income of minimum 175-200K, most of the time, you can earn more if you work hard. Especially with challenges in getting into specialist slots in UK and we all know the issues trying to become a specialist in Malaysia, this is a good option for many medical school graduates. Anyway, I hope this is helpful to you all.

When I previously talk about ROI on my kids medical career, I was blasted and told not to look at that angle. They were correct and I agree with them.

Lawyers and engineers share the same situation as medical doctors. If you are good, have the networking and interact well, you will do financially well.

As for you, with an IT degree earlier and now with everybody talking about IoT, industry 4.0, blockchain and digital media, your options are much greater and you can find some spare time to enhance your earnings.

Actually I know someone who was forced to do medicine and now wants to make his way to the tech industries. Like me, but different order 

I strongly believe in medicine as a graduate degree. There are pros and cons of course

I believe graduates are eligible for training if they complete their postgrad exams.
I know a msian doctor from UM who is currently on the paediatric training programme in the UK after completing his MRCPCH in Malaysia.

Found out from her that in her hospital, she thinks there are opportunities for locum but probably for F2 and above. Not sure about other Glasgow hospitals. She doesn't sound keen at the moment and is more interested in planning where to travel.

Just before starting work, she went to Italy for 2 weeks and another 2 weeks in US. She went to Greece during the recent break and has her plans set for CNY and May 2018 as well.

Quite a good rate indeed. Is your relative doing locum now?

When many doctors going for Xmas and New Year leave, there is a need for additional assistance.

Was informed by relative that they are getting emails asking whether interested to work as locum due to winter crisis resulting in bad flu and apparently the ineffective flu vaccine. She's not keen because she said newbies will be typing a lot of discharge work  

If a comparison is made between UK and ours, then no doubt UK win liao. Maybe still early days until after completion of F2.

Red dot kind of no 'rural' posting ...
Uk might be moving like a nomad post F2 , just speculating.