I am very sure MANY will miss the sarcasm, and be further fueled by your "encouragement". 

Thanks for the reply , Mahsa and Aimst only gave me provisional offer , not an official letter yet . For Mahsa , they ask me to study there while waiting for the official letter , so they gave provisional letter and ask me to study there asap while waiting for the official letter ( since the first intake is already studied a lot , and i have to catchup with them as soon as possible ) , they insist me to pay 2.5k and the hostel fee . I had a bad feeling about this . so i waited for the official letter first . Aimst didn't even ask a single cent , they only ask me for fax number and they sent the provisional letter and wait for the official letter to come .

Yesterday , i got offer letter from usm-kle . i guess i better go there . ( I did applied for it before, but i'm not sure i will get it since they only want 40 people . )

Nah..i never intend to do medic..i dont understand why ppl want to be one..every day see sick ppl..got blood..urine..poo..transferable disease..even if i go visit ppl in hospital..i keep washing my hand with sanitizer..i rather sit comfortably in office room rather working as doctor in hospital..but now heard that mo minimum can get rm7600..now i understand why lots of ppl want to do medicine..

Yeah..and doctor need to wear coat somemore..if u buy expensive beg,watch,or cloth..u will think many time to wear in hospital..just no point..not bcause of the white coat..but the germ the blood will ruin your expensive cloth..

The allure of sitting comfortably in an office without having to be on-call every alternate night is tempting, especially when you plan to start a family. You're right, there is no grandeur or glam, listening to patients complaining all day long    but for some being a doctor is more than a job, it is a vocation.

you are NOT an australian resident or cotizen, therefore you have NO right to work and live there, unless you obtain the necessary visa....

so ability to work in another country depends on 3 things....

1. recognised qualification
2. offer of job
3. getting a visa to work

you need all 3....

for monash sunway grads trying to work in oz, you have problem with 2....

for numed grads trying to work in uk you have problem with 2 and 3, and probably 1 too....

if you are a msian uni grad trying to work outside msia, you have problem with all 3....

to work in oz as a doc, do u have to do ur housemanship in oz?

onelove, what's the status of your cohort, as in internationals getting an internship job?....anyone taking up the rural/private hosp based commonwealth medical internship scheme?....

sorry, i thought you are of the 09-13 cohort and should be graduating now?....

the launnie and burnie jobs, they are the mainstream ones i presume?....does tassie have any 'commonwealth medical internship' jobs?....

http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/pub...cal-internships

at the moment, it is purely running for 2013 graduating students, for internship 2014....100 places...

it appears it may be a short term adhoc measure, till public hospital internship places catches with graduating numbers....the increase in graduating doctors is expected to taper off in 2016...

Hi guys, just a few questions for those who are attuned to the healthcare system in Malaysia. Does anyone know the state of psychiatry/mental health in Malaysia? I'm a Malaysian medical student in an Australian medical school with an interest in psychiatry.

I must admit that I'm not entirely keen on practicing medicine back home, but I would be slightly more receptive of the thought if there are signs that psychiatry will become more acceptable to the Malaysian population in the future.

Other side questions include:
i. What is the extent of psychiatric teaching in Malaysian medical schools? (eg how many weeks/rotations/etc?)
ii. How bad is the stigma in Malaysia? From my very limited exposure, it seems that Malaysians only see psychiatrists when things get REALLY bad or when they are forced to do so, either by law or coercion. I'm guessing it's mostly due to embarrassment or the impression that psychiatry is a 'lesser' branch of medicine, but correct me if I'm wrong.
iii. Do psychiatrists in Malaysia deal mostly with voluntary patients or involuntarily-admitted patients?

Thank you in advance.

Higher income may lead to better diagnostic equipments, better and more qualified nurses and a more conducive working environment. Does it not apply to the medical line that a more profitable company is generally a better working place with better benefits?

I thought they have sorted out the shortage of internship places, and the commonwealth places scheme was temporary for 2014.....

So it looks like they have not increase the intern positions enough to absorb all graduates...and the commonwealth scheme continues, but I think it's not as bad as 2013 with almost 500 overhang....

I know there are a couple of Monash sunway grads in rhh internship, so surely it can't be that bad in tassie?...I understand a significant number of interstate Aussies prefer to move to the mainland....

I wonder... if you are sent to Australia's interior (middle of it) or to Christmad island...  vs coming back to Malaysia... what say you?

the first round offers are already out?....

qld i thought is always pretty full considering the numbers coming out from uq....more chances with wa and sa i think?.....

uq takes in about 500 students every year, the also have an 'american' programme, geared to the us system and usmle exams....like all big med schools, you can be posted in different hospitals, and never meet your year mate...!

graduate entry 4 year programmes have a 2 year clinical component....should be the same for melbourne as well....but the 3rd year could possibly be a hybrid year, like utas' 3rd year....

any offer yet?....when will tasmania give out offers for cat 2?

Internship update from Western Australia:

As of today, at least 70-80% of internationals from UWA have received internship offers. I myself have just gotten one just hours ago ^^ Things are looking decent here; there might be opportunities for interstate internationals at this rate.

Most states including NSW and Queensland are halfway through their offers for internationals. Not sure about Victoria. As far as the crisis is concerned, SA seems to be bearing the brunt of things because of the funding cut by the glorious Tony Abbott. To date, no international from SA has received an internship offer.

Edit: 28/29 who applied have gotten offers.

I'm sure you'll get a spot. If not, there's the Commonwealth Medical Internship thing that opens in Oct. Up to 100 spots for internationals!

We've done our final OSCEs in 5th year. All 16 stations of pure horror. 6th year is mostly gaining experience in the core internship rotations eg gen med, surg, ED. The assessments are spaced out throughout the rotation. Tbh they could easily shorten the course to 5 instead of 6 years haha but I suppose that makes it difficult to squeeze extra money from us.

UTAS is 5 years right?