ah, acute medicine. interesting and exciting to have it as an fy1.

im enjoying it as a med student, always like to pop in the admissions unit during any of my rotations. (get to clerk in patients and do investigations and stuff)

IMO, if they know what they want and where to go, just let them do it as long they are committed regardless of what pre-u. (1 year in comparison to 1 and a half to 2 )

I dont believe coming from different pre-u course gives you an advantage or disadvantage in terms of academic wise since you generally ease into the medical course as long you do what is needed. A levels was tough but defo doable with all the past year questions. (regurgitating is all you need)

yeah, as long the students are aware of the minimum requirement by MMC, which hopefully is stated everywhere now.
to me, is more of the "cheaper" courses from russia, indonesia and etc which gets me worried.

hmm, glasgow has already closed their clearing and is already filled up in st georges. I heard Liverpool went to clearing as well.

I wonder whats the main reason behind it. was it the exorbitant fees or was it something else like the state of NHS.

update on reducing subsidy for medical students in the UK.
it will be implemented on 2019-2020, rather than 2018-2019 as planned.
Guess this will be coming true.

"International students
2.9. The consultation outlined the Government’s intention to increase domestic supply and
charge international students the full costs of their course from 2018-19.
2.10. Following feedback provided through the consultation, these changes will commence in
2019-20 and not in 2018-19 as indicated in the consultation. This means the
Government will continue to fund clinical placements for international students
commencing study at English universities in 2018-19 while it undertakes further crossgovernment
work on implementing the change in 2019-20. "

@limeuu @zeng

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/syste...esponse__2_.pdf

Never of anyone getting a waiver before but its interesting she came back before she finished her 2nd year. she could have just finished off her second year in uk and get an exemption from the compulsory service.

its based off what paga has mentioned regarding the recent change in the system in about july, aka kelonggaran which you can apply for.

https://pagal72.files.wordpress.com/2017/08...equest-form.pdf

points 3.1 and 3.2.

oh, i didnt notice she mentioned her niece was a jpa scholar.
my bad then

All the best for your niece in Malaysia.

I dont think he was being "cynical", but just concerned regarding her ability to cope with MOship in Malaysia.
I believed he did not doubt what rotations she has done but rather what her job entailed. Fy1 in UK, as alot people have heard about, can be quite supranumerary in terms of patient management, as in youre doing just most of the jobs ( usually set by the consultants and regs).
Its still a learning year and alot of it is due down to meaningless paperwork.

However, you still grow alot from a med student to being a doctor. I believe she will do fine as a MO in malaysia, even though she might struggle alittle at the start.

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?

i see.
im currently at a small dgh of 420 beds at the moment.

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.

Interesting points being put out between medicine vs non-medical careers.
Imo, I have only experience from being in the healthcare system overseas but the fact is, your skillset will be valued around the country or even the world. (maybe less so for graduates locally due to limited opportunities)
The job is difficult with long hours, constant fear of making mistakes/not following the guidelines, unrealistic expectations from consultants and patients. However, there will be vast opportunity to pursue multiple opportunities within the field or out of the field like medical law, management, leadership, education, journalism etc.
Essentially, the world is your oyster as long youre willing to work hard.

It will be interesting to see the future of UK healthcare system with Brexit, limited funding, and increase complexity of cases with the aging population.

As an F1, you can only locum internally in the hospital (usually in the acute medical rota based on what ive seen)

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.

no idea, sorry :/

Once youre in the training programme, you'll be granted the visa duration to complete the training to consultant (aka CCT) if it is a run through programme, aka no need to reapply for higher specialty training. Might need to renew the visa after 5 years/apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) if your training is longer than 5 years. (the Tier 2 visa is usually given at max of 5 years at once)

If youre in a medicine/surgery core training programme, you'll need to reapply for Higher specialty training after 2/3 years. (At this point, then you'll once again be subjected to RLMT aka round 2 if you are not a local/uk trained doctor.)

Disclaimer: this is what I'm aware of so far as a final year med student and from talking to other msian doctors in the UK.

You actually earn alot as a FY in scotland if youre banded.