Hehe. Hi, i jz completed my foundation in aimst.... i 'm one of those ppl who will be applying for mbbs in this coming august intake too. No interview is required in entering mbbs in aimst...

Oh, Hi ... I'm from june 08 intake..  What about u, charmy 18? Haha... Oh, so,i guess u mz hv sent in ur offer letter, rite? I haven't sent mine yet, cz still waiting for my result..
BTw, jz curious, do u hv any idea on hw many ppl from ur batch who are applying 4 mbbs? 

Nice meeting u too.. oh, u're from april batch...hw was ur holiday so far?? 
I'm sure u will be able to get into mbbs.. Ermm, i'm nt a jpa scholar... Are u?

some of jpa scholar for jan batch got their offer letter for mbbs n dentistry... im still waiting.... hope it will come on july...

MBBS year 1? 13 subjects to be exact. We go by the systems of elements. If you want me to list it out, anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pathology, pharmacology, microbiology, immunology, nutritions, neoplasia(cancer), biostatistics, epidemiology, medical ethics and anthropology.

hii charmhy18, im from january batch'08... still having a long holiday before back for degree.....

Each year has a different system. For year 1, there will be 4 CAs in a year, excluding the finals after CA4 which is known as the Professional Exam I. Basically for finals, 5 theory papers (13 subjs) and 1 theory paper (OSPE) are there. And yes, it is important as 30% will be cumulated and combined with your final papers which will carry 70%. To get through to year 2, you need to get at least a pass or 50% of your final paper plus cumulative CA marks. And CAs are internal exams which questions are set by the faculty members, where else finals paper are evaluated by external examiners. You should know more when you enrol into the programme.

I have the same situation with yshiuan..I already received offer letter from aimst..why we have to wait for another intake for degree?  we have to wait for one year? so unfair..why????

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Added on June 16, 2009, 2:11 pmsorry,I meant I have the same situation with grandreams...

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Added on June 18, 2009, 1:48 amhow many seats provided in pharmacy degree in aimst? is it competitive to secure a seat through foundation? I am new here,hope to get more info from senior before I go for foundation july intake...

who is confirm taking mbbs august intake 2009???? looking forward to go back aimst... 

And yup you'll be starting class in the following week. Notebook are not needed for class, powerpoint presentation by lecturers will be projected onto the screen. Welcome to AIMST.

Powerpoint notes are provided for you after the lecture. You could download it anytime thru ur class desktop or mail daily. List of books, what subject of books do you want to know?

Anatomy- Keith Moore & spend time in museum and dissection hall when you are free to identify the structures.. would be boring if you keep on memorising without seeing the actual thing..

Histology/Atlas- Just refer books in library... not worth buying

Physiology- Guyton & Hall / Ganong

Biochem/nutrition- Harper's/ Lippincot's

Genetics- read biochem books or refer books in library

Pathhology- Robbins/ Underwood

Microbiology/ Immunology- can't remember author but the book published by Lange

Pharmacology- Katzung (personally I hated Tripati although its preferred by most of my classmates)

Epidemiology- ?? read class notes.. ha ha.. but the book which is highly recommended would be Beaglehole (WHO)

Biostatistics- can't really remember... think it was written by someone named Daly.... book is availab le in the library

Ethics- A book titled Sociology in Medicine.. need not buy.. just refer..
Clinical years..

Medicine- Davidson's  (main text) / Harrison's (reference)/ Oxford hand book (only after you have read the main textbooks).. also read malaysian Clinical practice guidelines especially on Diabetes and Hypertension (long cases discussion are based on these in 5th year... expected to know the details of management..) Also learn how to read ECG- ECG made easy.. read this book.. there is another book with similar title by an Indian author... choose the one written by the Mat Salleh...

Surgery- Bailey & love / Manipal Manual of Surgery (personally did not use this much.. but there are topics here which are not available in Bailey)

Paediatrics- Nelson's/ Sunflower to understand the subject.. Malaysian Paeds protocol to learn the management especially in 5th year (clinical questions based on protocol)

Obstetrics & Gynaecology- Personally used the book authored by Sivanerastnam??? Could be found in the library.. It's authored by clinicians from Malaysia and India.. think it was called Essentials of Obs and Gynae.. Another good book would be by Impey...

Also illustrated Obs & Gynae (personally did not use this)..

Ten teachers (not much information).. To learn how to interprate CTG.. there is a book called CTG made easy.. available in Alor Star Hospital's library... Just photostate on the spot as you are not allowed to borrow..

Also read protocols which are written by clinicians in Kedah.. available from seniors or from the hospital but remember to return them after use... There is a book by a clinician from USM.. cannot remember title... It's more on management of cases.. good if you are in 5th year..

Orthopaedics- Appley's (text) Macrae/ UM book (clinical)... UM book has some errors in it.. namely the Mac Murray's test... do discuss with your teachers..

ENT- dingra (good book.. easy to read and understand)

Ophthalmo- could not remember the author.. but published by Lange.. available in the library..

Psychiatry- the Oxford notes on Psychiatry..

Accident & Emergency- read the flow charts in oxford handbook.. The most important thing is to be able to perform the basic life support and advanced life support..

Radiology- can't remember title.. but authored by arnold... available in library..

Dermatology- Davidson's/ Harrison's/ Nelson's... they have chapters on dermatology but not much pictures.. so refer books on OSCE for the pictures..

Clinical skills/Physical examination- I personally prefer Macleod's (other than sections on medicine & surgery.. also available are sections on Obs/Gynae, orthopaedics, paeds, opthalmo, ENT... etc)

other books recommended to help brush up clinical skills are Browse (for surgery) and Talley/ O' Connor (for medicine)..

  I HOPE I HAVE NOT MISSED OUT ANYTHING..... REMEMBER TO USE THE TEXTBOOKS AS YOUR MAIN REFERENCE... NOT POWER POINT LECTURE NOTES...

BEFORE PURCHASING BOOKS GO THROUGH THEM FIRST AND SEE IF THEY SUIT YOU... A BOOK WHICH IS GOOD FOR SOMEONE MIGHT NOT BE SUITABLE FOR YOU... DO NOT INVEST IN TOO MANY BOOKS.... PICK OUT THE BEST AND BE LOYAL TO THEM...

Good luck...

P/S- If I am not mistaken.. The text books recommended for AIMST students by the university are listed in the YEAR BOOKs... do go through the list.... Another thing... tips would be 'flying around' as exams approach.. DO NOT RELY ON THEM... MOST OF THE TIME THEY ARE INACCURATE..... IF YOU HAVE BEEN READING... THERE WOULD BE NO PROBLEM IN PASSING THE EXAM..

you may need the books... particularly anatomy, physiology and biochem almost immediately once the classes starts... you could get pathology, microbiology, pharmacology, etc later on... during your second semester...

each book costs around RM 100... even the smaller ones... so it is a bit expensive... but its good investment...

In Kamal Bookstore... you could get books RM 10-RM 30 less than in the university bookstore/ Top rank Bookstore... SO IF YOU ARE GETTING 3 BOOKS FROM KAMAL.... YOU SAVE around RM 100 (free promotion for the bookstore).... with the extra RM 100 you may get something else.. go for holidays... go for a movie... go makan-makan... go to CS for pizza... go to Alor Star to see the 'great' MUZIUM PADI... etc

Personally... I think the 1st year was the thoughest.... You may be overwhelmed by the amount of information which you may need to read and understand... A one hour class may not be sufficient to 'cover' the entire topic... So lots of time is needed for self study in order to catch-up..... ( failure rate during the 1st year is always the highest)

The first 2 years is important as a solid foundation... so do well here and with hardwork... the next 3 clinical years would be fun and interesting..

P/S- do invest in a medical dictionary.. costs around RM 100 for a pocket version.... you need to know and get used to the medical terms.. its your transition from a layman to a doctor..

Sorry for the long replies... I have so much free time now... There is simply nothing to do.. 

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