say if you're cert only allow you to work in msia , then we can only get to specialize in msia? How does the specializing thing works? I don really understand this part. can I go overseas like US to take a course to specialise in say cardiology? sorry =/ heaps of questions.

hahaha.. yeah.. but the malaysians and singaporeans don't look up to the china chinese there. apparently they can be quite dirty...and strange. Racism among our own race.

Yeah.. no, we don't have plans to settle down in Singapore. would be to stressful for the kids. and i want a garden!

Erm...... well, obviously i chose dentistry is because of the PAY! haha, totally fell asleep when i did my attachment at SUnway Medical back in 04 when they brought me round to the pharmacy, so i scratched that out. My bf is doing pharmacy coz his dad is a pharmacist, but he has grown to love the course. I mean if you go into the corporate side of pharmacy, I'm sure the sky is the limit too.
I also chose dentistry because I didn't like the long hours put in by doctors..and i didn't want to sit behind a microscope as how I probably would if I stuck to my initial plans of a biotech/biomed double degree at Monash. Furthermore, anything non-science was not an option as I would've sucked in anything else. maths was a nononononoo.. so yeah, if you're in science, you only got biotech/engineering/doctor/dentist/pharmacist/nursing etc.. and other fancy-pants science degrees as wel.

I like talking, I like creativity, I like biology, I like meeting new people, I like money.... that's why I'm in dentistry.

Honesty. I got it.

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?

Honestly, yes.Yesterday,I went to do a medical check up.MY family doctor tell me:"You are suspected suffered from hypertension"...150/90,but doctor not yet make sure.Its because this few days,I turn in at about 1-2am and the blood pressure are not very stable.After 5 minutes he do again then the pressure go down to 140/70...! Recently, I trying quite hard to slim down and to reduce my body weight.I have make a series of plan to lose my body weight within these few years.Haiz.......hopefully,it will not affect my medical school admission.Doctor ask me to check again on monday.

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Added on February 21, 2009, 7:55 pm
thanks! of course, I will.

True. Recently, I saw some patients talking bad about a fat indian doctor in SJMC behind his back after he left. The conversation was in Hokkien and it goes something like this (direct translation):

Patient A: He know or don't know one? Ask me reduce my weight but he ownself so fat. If so serious, he early already reduce lah. What a hypocrite.
Patient's friend: Ya loh.

if you have above 3.8, and put ums or unimas as 1st choice, you stand a good chance.......this is proven in recent intake batches.......

Thanks!!!

u mean TER 99...

by the above statements, getting < TER90 is a crime, because that would mean more Dr Death in hospitals...
but then again, the government do send bumi students with poor/mediocre results into public med universities, and what difference would that make? why don't you argue about that...since bumis entering public universities should be in a larger scale, ie even more Dr Deaths from there...

so what do you get bashing some chinese or indian med students in an online forum? where your message won't really reach out anyways...

just wan to know smtg la...
IMU, AIMST, Manipal,Pmd, Monash n UCSI.
which uni is the best n rank all the uni i stated here...