u a chinese? most chinese tend to do better in maths, so dun worry much

This post has been edited by wgy589: Apr 30 2008, 04:32 PM

wow, BBC, those r the future drs in malaysia

But wouldn't it be better if u can follow the USMLE style in KMC (as wat hyperax said) and sit for it, then can go US lor (provided u got very good score lar).

opps, sry for that, i was abt to sleep at that time, so abit blurred
hmm, can i ask right, is the 2 years HO+ 3 years MO compulsory for MMMC student? or u can get out of it anytime u got an offer elsewhere, eg US residency.

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Added on August 7, 2008, 10:20 amwat u mean? u r waiting for rejects? hmm, normally there r abt 2 or 3 rejects in year 1 tho.

btw, there r less places allocated to foreign students in both NUS and HKU, so it's quite competitive. for HKU, i heard less than 2 foreign student each cohort.

This post has been edited by wgy589: Aug 7 2008, 10:27 AM

u've been in spore hospitals b4?

i would recommend

1) Clinical Microbiology Made Ridiculously simple (it's the best book in ridiculously simple series.
CMMRS and ur skol notes are sufficient for most exams ady, eg USMLE...., it's gud if u can c the clinical relevance of microb in infectious disease management, so do consider the following 2 books

2) Problem-orientated Clinical Microbiology and Infection
H Humphreys and WL Irving

3) Cases in Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
PH Gilligan, ML Smiley and DS Shapiro

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Added on August 17, 2008, 6:56 pmdo take note that it's always best to start any subject from an easy-to-read textbook, and that's the reason y the book i mentioned abv r very user friendly.

This post has been edited by wgy589: Aug 17 2008, 06:56 PM

If Immuno included, i heard the Levinson, Baby Abbas, and CMMRS are the best combo, but personally i haven tried it yet.

and there are some useful websites out there on these 2 subjects, eg http://pathmicro.med.sc.edu/book/welcome.htm
from USC.

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Added on September 2, 2008, 11:34 pm
It's very hard to secure a surgical training post in singapore for non-PR, even if the degree is recognized.

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i'm not sure how true is this statement, but it shouldn't be a prob for someone from well recognised medskols to get an PR status.

This post has been edited by wgy589: Sep 3 2008, 09:53 AM

this is again hearsay.

No matter wat, Spore still offers better postgrad opportunities to foreigners/foreign graduates as compared to UK, US, Aus.

And they r tryin to increase postgrad posts to meet the target of GP:specialists ratio to 40:60. currently the ratio is the other way round

This post has been edited by wgy589: Sep 4 2008, 06:51 AM

i think u r too biased with ur bro's case, but rmbr, he's just an individual case onli, there r many other bright students who never got into NUS medicine, and reason being academics only accounts for 50% of total admission score, the rest depends on interviews, essays, and portfolio.

http://medicine.nus.edu.sg/corporate/app-m...missionfaq.html

It's very common for a country to lose their talents, and there's y spore are always tryin their best to retain the doctors, 1 way being to offer them wif postgrad training, get me?

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Added on September 4, 2008, 6:04 pmPR is offered to most foreigners studying in NUS, but few males took it bcos they have to serve NS, but not if they take it after Uni, And if they r doin medic/dental, they would have to serve 5/6 yrs bond, so definitely will try to understand the system lor, somemore majority of them will stay there for postgrad and practice.

This post has been edited by wgy589: Sep 4 2008, 06:04 PM

bond after undergrad studies

wat do u mean? they can apply for postgrad training after HO wat

the bond for foreign medical students in NUS is 6 years instead of 5 yrs. Honestly it doesn't really matter cos u can take up postgrad during this time.

I'm not sure abt Malaysia system, but i heard u can only take up postgrad after 5 yrs, with non malays having to wait longer. by the time u get a postgrad, u counterparts in spore r already qualified as consultants. i think this is a very impt consideration to be taken .

Yup, it's really impt to explore other alternatives, eventhough it's not an easy pathway to take.
i've heard of some International medical graduates got into neurosurgery (the most competitive residensy) in US, but do take note most of them end in family medicine and internal medicine (being on the other extreme), and those are the ones with strong USMLE scores and US clinical experience. So u can imagine the kind of competition there.

that's true, ur ability in various aspects reflected in ur pre-U results is the main thing, and it's less on the knowledge u had in scoring well ur pre-U test.

honestly, with financial constraints, u shld really stay back and try to finish the course.
it's just the beginning and u r very fresh to the environment, but things might change later on, and u might enjoy staying in russia.
futhermore, u shld have expected all these when u enrolled in the foundation course offered by the agency, and be responsible for ur own decision,

i think it's best to ask some local medskols eg. Manipal, aimst... to know whether they accept ur foundation course. go personally to the medskols, talk to the boss there, and try to persuade them that u got the money to pay them. afterall, they r profit based.

if they do accept u, then u can skip another pre U course. save time and money, futhermore, local medicine is 5 years. so save more time. so there's no reason why u shld't quit.

but if really they dun accept u, only then u can start to consider whether to quit.

har, izzit the same person here?

i'm just wondering why is 1st year so difficult for u, just pick up a gud book for each subject and u will do.

then i think u may need some counselling.