Not yet, but will be soon after their 1st batch graduates.

English is an academic subject, but is not included in entry qualification. Not sure about now, try to give aimst a call and you'll get a clear answer.

1. Yes, you can.
2. Nope, very much easier in fact.
3. Yes, you can. And in fact, there are no international body who recognises medical degrees. They only list them down. Such as the IMED directory of WHO. AIMST's degree is however recognised by MMC, so there should be no hassle in the future for post-grad studies.
4. Yes, you're compulsory to finish the 3 levels of english proficiency course in AIMST in order to graduate. They are EGAP (Eng for General Academic Purposes), ESAP (Eng for Specific Academic Purposes) and EPP (English for Proffessional Purposes). You can still buck up on your language by speaking more often. You should be able to catch up. English is however VERY important in Medicine.
5. MUET is the requirement to graduate. You need to have at least Band 3.

Here comes me again.

1. Initially, there were 2 intakes per year (Jan and June). But 2009 onwards, the school of medicine will only take in 1 batch per year. Which means there will be only ONE intake which falls on September each year. It seems that it'll be more organized that way. I don't know.
2. 200 per intake. And from what i heard from my lecturers, application process is kinda competitive. They already have 400 ppl on the waiting list for the Sept 2009 intake. Mostly STPM/A-Levels leaver.

As long as you get a minimum of B4 for all science subjects in SPM, you're qualified for the foundation programme which allows you to enter medicine and dentisty as well as other courses.

Probably it's too late to apply now, however you can still try. Many have waited for at least a year to enter the next intake. You'll be notified through mails, but of course this would take a very long time. Best is still to ring up aimst and enquire about your status, as the working efficiency in aimst is not so good. Us students, we know that.

Dude, i mean it's too late to apply for the MBBS sept 2009 intake. Foundation, you can still apply. And definitely you'll get an offer letter for that, there are no definite number of students they will take in. Which means that as long as you have the minimum qualification, you'll be offered. MBBS wise, most of the applicants have waited for at least a year. Therefore, priority will be given to them and foundation leavers. That's the reason why i was saying it's too late to apply for the sept 09 intake for MBBS now. There are 3 intakes for foundation like what yshiuan has said. But, i'd suggest you to take up the april intake as all degrees intake would be at sept. Which means that if you take up the april 09 intake, you'll finish ur foundation on april 2010 and enter the degree programme on sept 2010 itself.

This post has been edited by csrulez: Jan 1 2009, 02:28 PM

The foundation is so much easier if compared to other pre-u courses, i myself is a foundation leaver too. And am doing fine in the degree currently. So there's no point studying earlier or what, you'll be fine especially if u're a stpm leaver. So, don't worry. Use your time and enjoy it now, else holidays are limited when you enroll. The foundation is conducted in term system, 3 terms a year. Finals exam will be held in the end of each term, major finals on term 3 where everything on the syllabus has to be covered. Basically if u're taking up the found in science for med, dentistry and pharm, you're required to take up bio, chem, physic, maths and english. Total of 215 of 3 top science subject has to be obtained as the minimum requirement to enter MBBS. Of course, it's competitive. Therefore, the higher you got the better chances you'll get enrolled into the most recent intake.

No, it will not affect your application. Languages does not matter, mine was done in BM too. Year 1988?

And yes, you can apply from the Subang Jaya office. Right opposite Taylors. I applied mine there too. There shall be an officer assisting you.

Feel free to ask if you need anymore info. Else, give aimst a call and i think they should be able to answer you as well. Nice day and happy new year guys.

Yup. Second year. All the best in everything dude.

Yup, NOT YET. But soon, after the first batch graduates. Currently they're still at their final year. The rule is, recognition will only be given if the final year students of the 1st batch fullfil the requirements. Technically speaking, it'll definitely be recognised esp if you're joining the junior batches.

AIMST did quite abit in holding our lecturers actually, in fact few weeks ago IMU was about to grab away 2 of our very best microbiologist and pathologist by offering a much higher salary compared to AIMST. So what the school did was to promote both of them straightaway and thank god they'll be now staying with us. We can't afford to lose them. In fact, lecturers are okay and quite sufficient for the school of medicine. Am not sure of other schools. Therefore, i'm sure that we're currently up to the standard. Yshiuan will clarify on the school of biotech while edge85 on the school of dentistry i guess.

And cedricgordon, there are no pre-med. Only the foundation programme, once you've achieved the minimum marks to enroll they you'll be offered to read medicine.

So are you saying that the school of medicine has hell lotsa problems while the school of dentistry does not? lol. Come on, we share the same management. Anyways, it's subjective. Some lecturers like the place more than academics teaching while most of them are already around the age of retiring and has kids who are already proffesionals. They're more to residing a cool and stress-free environment, which in this place is Semeling. And they should have already know beforehand that their MD is not recognised by the MMC and therefore will not be allowed to practice in any hospitals in M'sia, only teaching. How could a doctor/specialist does not know if their post-grad is recognised by the country they're heading to. And this, was told by our dean. However, i'd say that problem do arise when lecturers do not comply with the school and this happens in all university. Therefore, as long as we the students are comfortable and have felt that we've no problems coping with the academics and to an extent that we're on par with the medical schools of the same level, then i'd say that this is a good medical school.

We do have local lecturers anyway, but it made up the minority. Subjects such as epidemiology where local disease patterns are involved were taught by them. Human anatomy and physiology are the same wherever you go around the world. Clinical school, local consultants in the hospitals are involved in most of the teachings.

And building a teaching hospital aren't as easy as establishing a dental hospital, many fields of specialty are involved.

This post has been edited by csrulez: Jan 4 2009, 01:37 PM

That's the whole point, it's to cater to patient needs. So what the point of you bringing up that we do not have a hospital? Of course establishing a private hospital isn't an easy task. The lecturers should know that with their decades of experiences.

Whether is it a second class degree or not, it depends on our graduates. It's works the same for BDS(AIMST), do you think it's going to be of first class if you were to compare it to Aus or whatsover. Of course, with an exception that if our graduates are really competent. First few batches of the school are always the lab mices, that is why a good dental school presents themselves with decades of academic teaching experiences mostly through trial and error. A good example, Uni of Queensland, currently the best dental school in Aus. How long has their dental school establishes themselves? Come on, AIMST is a young university so definitely we can't expect much from it.

And dentistry is becoming a new trend now as well, trust me that the same thing would happen to this field in just a moment of time. AIMST was the 1st private dental school to establish itself, and look now PIDC, MAHSA, IMU are sprouting out as well. It's exactly the same as how 10 years ago medicine started off, local dental school are now desperately taking in students to fill up their empty seats as well. So now, do you have any doubts in their quality? This happens in all field, my dear friend. As long as you're good, you have no worries.

And do you have something against doctors?

This post has been edited by csrulez: Jan 5 2009, 04:13 PM

I'd say attitude as the number one concern here in many of the medical school asides from being intellectual, intelligent etc. Therefore i always thought that interviews are an important process to screen out applicants who are not eligible. By this, i do not mean of those interviewers who mainly likes to ask about one's financial background. I think aimst should have stricter rules on their selection process, that's all. By having some interview, amplitude test or something.

Hopefully the management problem would not affect the academics much. There's too much corruption in AIMST cause of the political influences.

It's called CME in medicine. Continuous Medical Education by attending seminars and workshops.

That was METi South East Asian HPSN Conference. METi, Medical Education Technologies Inc. Most of the simulators such as Harvey, iStan, PediaSIM at the CSC was bought over from them.

Great news for all MBBS students of AIMST!

This is a forwarded mail from our Dean of the School of Medicine, AIMST.

Dear All,

The Good News for 2009 is that SoM – AIMST University has been included in the latest (Jan 6th) list of ECFMG-FAIMER directory of the USA

Click on the link to see for yourself:

https://imed.faimer.org/results.asp?country...e=Asia&psize=25

So all our MBBS students can now appear for the USMLE exams

Please spread the news around – esp to our student community.

We need to get us in to the Copenhagen Directory of World medical schools thru MMC or MQA

With best wishes

Prof Sethuraman
Dean

This mail has been forwarded to most of the faculty members of SoM. A printed notice will be out very soon i guess. Just posting here as it's a great news for the whole of AIMST, students can therefore take the USMLE exam and practice in US upon passing the exam right after graduation.

Yup, indonesian and russian grads are often looked down by even consultants in m'sian govt hospitals. However, this should not happen untill his/her competency is graded below doctors who are graduated from non-indon/russian university. I think.

Oh btw, limeuu. Would like to know more about USMLE, do one has to take step 1, 2 CK CS and step 3 to obtain a medical licence in order to work in US? I've heard from my friend in IMU that upon passing step 1, one can actually do their residency in US already. Is that true? And are there any chances to do our residency in US upon graduation by escaping the 2 years housemanship and 3 years compulsory govt service? If yes, what are the procedures? Thanks a million for answering.

Edge85, McD is opening? Are you serious?

So, taking the USMLE exam is easy but to apply for residency in US is not? Do one needs to finish all 3 steps in order to practice in US? When do one take the step 3 examination? And COMLEX exam?

There are no foundation in medicine, there's only a foundation in science which prepares graduates for entry to MBBS, BDS, Pharmacy and Biotechnology. However to qualify for MBBS, BDS and Pharmacy you need to score at least a B for all your SPM science subjects. Once you've gotten the minimum requirement, you will be offered the degree programme of your choice. Availability depends on the competitiveness and seats available.

Yeah, probably it's an easy entry into medicine. BUT, like i've said long before the whole point of having a foundation/PRE-u is to prepare a school leaver for their university studies. Therefore, as long as one has got no problem in dealing with their degree programmes then the foundation/pre-u is considered as satisfactory.

Me, myself is also a foundation leaver and so far i do not find any problem in coping with the studies/curriculum. In fact, (This is not bragging, just to prove that foundation leavers is not THAT lousy.) i've gotten 5 distinctions for all the paper for year 1 including OSPE. AND, i've stpm/a-lvls leaver in my class too.

Probably the easy entry into medicine before was due to insufficient students intake as the programme was not recognised by MMC previously. But as the popularity increases, the school has now tighten the entry requirements. It's no longer like before as things are getting competitive these days. The present batch (Batch 14) has taken in more than half of top stpm and a levels scorer. Many are still on the waiting lists for next year's sept intake.