shit sux

i might try a bit harder to do my internship away from msia cos of this. if i do my internship elsewhere i wont be considered "fresh grad" and can go to MO when go back if i'm not mistaken. some of my batchmates also feel that way. not only extending our hman time but also lenght of time to get specialisation.

forgot to introduce myself:
IMU to Melb Uni 5th yr out of 6
gl to all of u starting out and to whoever asking about what IMU is like i have to say its great and i enjoyed myself in IMU much more than in Melb Uni ... cos melb so expensive cannot do anything if u want to stay above poverty line

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Added on November 24, 2007, 3:10 pmis there any1 here that has done some clinicals in UH? i'll be doing my elective there so just curious what its like.

y come back. stay in Aus la
o if it's abt the same, wif 2 years housemanship, den apply S'pore la.
I'm sure S'pore will take u.  Melbourne is just 1 of the best medskools

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Added on November 24, 2007, 6:48 pmlet say u go S'pore, n get specialist training after 1 year houseman, 1year MO (of course not guaranteed), den ur career progression is much more faster den ur Malaysian counterparts, who haf 2 spend 2 years houseman, 3 years compulsory service, den wait a few years (it's the same thing laa, quota system)

Haha, u r 4/5 years faster den them.

Agree wif me?

Hey guys.  Im a newbie here.

About me : A rare mental disorder sufferer spared to hav wasted 8 years.  Luckily by the utmost God's blessings,
                successfully subdued the hardest times & found the right doctor that treats me.  Im  on the recovery to
                go on a normal life.

Hope u guys can help me out : Im 25 years old by now.  Do u guys think its too late to pursue in Med field?  Bcoz of
                                            the mental disorder, I left only wif SPM qualification.  Btw, watz the approximate cost
                                            for A-Lvl?  The last question is, watz the duration to become a medical specialist?
                                            (in Malaysia, Singapore, or Oz perhaps?)

Im truly grateful of the presence of this forum. It really offers great information.  Frankly, I've done plenty of
psychology tests & I am meant to be a Physician in Medical field.  I totally agree wif the fact that a great doctor is a
doctor wif a great heart.  I really appreciate ur help TQ.

you still in IMU? what question did you get for your osce?

wat's dat? OSCE, OCPE? Sounds very pro

hehe.. osce/ospe's are one of the most fun exams around!
can't remember any exam when everyone will be grinning at each other like idiots at the end..

my favourite is still long case... you really need to talk yourself out of hell to save yourself..

can anyone here help me???!!! pls i need all the experienced medic students to guide me! i planned to go to IMU, cos it's damn good n damn near to my place, BUT i know it's difficult cos it requires a very high entry requirements + interview...

my question is, which type of pre-u is good for medic? i'd love to take A-levels but it's a farking 1 1/2 years.. so damn long time! so i'm confused between ausmat or A-levels or even canadian pre-u!

okay, so about the pre-u thingy, i know i need to take the sciences subjects... as usual they'll offer chem + bio + phy in the subjects for pre-u, my question is, can i take only chem + bio? and replace phy with some other subjects like psychology? will it affect my entry to IMU? i'm okay with physics except the farking dull n boring electronics!!! those signs and functions will make me puke..

hi guys...second sem from imu...
life is tough....a lot to remember..

O..the old cucrriculum recommends talley, the new curriculum recommends epstein..i went to kamal..talley is out of stock..the guy recommmended me epstein..but since talley is out of stock, it should be a better book right..

really tht bad in clinicals..?? i just went to tuanku jaafar for nursing week... super a lot of ppl wei..and the nurses were complaining that we all wanna go to the mortuary..

I'm in metabolism alreadyyyyy, helllpppp meeeeee! T.T Anywayz for anatomy, we've got histology 1st, den only goes into regional anatomy. hmmm.

http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/03/23/pli...lars/#more-1107

This is for those insterested in medic.

The authorities in JPA, however, should understand that to attract talent in the public service, the more effective methods would be by improving pay, ensuring fairness by meritocracy and adequate training opportunities,

basically, i have 12 hours of lectures; 4 hours of supervisions (i.e. tutorials); 5-8 hours of practicals (depending on the week..).. so some days i have a solid 9-5 (with an hour break for lunch).. (not to mention the fact that everyone does extra stuff e.g. sports and drama.. so u'll be pressured to join in..  hehe..)e.g., on wednesdays i have 9-2; 3-4; 6-7 and 8-10..

Yea... my contact hours are even less than the first year science students.    We change lecturers every week though, each one specializing in their own field and the annoying thing is that ALL of the lecturers expect you to know everything about their certain area of specialty and ALL of them have their favourite book. We went from physiology to biochem to histology to anatomy....   We just had an exam last week and it was full of all this small tiny details which are only mentioned by the lecturer once throughout the whole lecture and isn't even in the lecture notes. >.<

i do study physic and chem.

just that i don't take bio. instead i take engineering technology and engineering drawing.

hoho.

It is about COMMITMENT n RESPONSIBILITY. Not only there is abundaca fact u need to grab. Even if u are the best medical student in ur university, that does not guarantee ur are good doctor, as good doctor need to have good morality n also establish good relationship (good social skill n teamwork) as doctor require cooperation from many hospital staff n most n foremost imprt is to put our carreer at upmost priority more than  what u like. Thus, it is time to say good bye to ur ps3, friends (who often have easy life, when they got holiday, we still study) to ur boyfriend, etc. Being a doctor is life long study, even u finish ur universities, u need to further improve n keep update ur knowledge, as the knowledge that u gain in medical school is only THE BEGINNING. So, dont get an idea once u finish medical student, ur hardship life end there, indeed it is only the beginning of hardship life!!!! N once u begin as doctor, ur mind, almost everyday will keep thinking of ur patient, dream of ur patient, because of the burden of responsibilty to keep patient stable at the best condition. Ur mind will keep thinking patient, patient, patient, patient.......The only thing that can made u survice it is ur interest. U dont have interest, than forget about it. Even if u loss interest in medical school in which many my friend has, still u need to pretend to be a hypocirte to be interest in medicine.

As for a female, warning, ur saham will go down.

Hahahaha.....i wish my statement does scare u. Please, think twice or u all regret like us now 

just that medic easier to get scholar compare to engineering.

i always want to go engineering. just afraid mybe financial problem will hold my interest to continue study.

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Added on April 29, 2008, 2:49 pmedited. engineering or architecture.

The most hypocrite thing is that some doctor has 2 personality. When approaching patient, so polite but when comes to home, everything become havoc

Hey to you all
From PMC here
At least now I know I am not the only one surfing here instead of studying
Is everybody here from IMU or had been to IMU only?

for first year medical students in imu, what books are important or will the lecturer ask to buy? I'm curious

and in the end everyone will have the same points in pbl debriefing coz everyone also got their info from wiki

god!!! please .. wikis are for n00bs.. get ur info from medical sites.. theres plenty of them..

wiki is a shortcut for a quick summary...other medical websites are emedicine and american physicians...  recommanded textbooks like MRCOG is a wise option.... it's even better to use journals as references.... eg: the british journals, american journals, BJOG, etc... be selective in choosing journals... look at the population sample, methology and how the study was done,... make sure it is valid.... 

everything that i'd told before about wiki were all based on my own experienced.. watching my colleagues just copy and paste from wiki and bring that piece of paper to pbl to "discuss" during my early days here..
according to my friends, the same thing happened in few other local uni here,.. this thing happened too at one of the uni in india (jpa friend told me)
but sorry to say, i dont know how it is in aussie, since there they have among the best uni in the world for biomedical field.. 

Yes it is. But honestly I thought of it as more of a discouraging session. Only and handful of doctors at the hospitals encouraged you on, but the rest are just telling you.... 'ai  kenapa nak buat medik..'

i think, if one specializes in certain areas of medicine, particularly that have good demand (eg; surgery - neuro, cardio, etc) = Big $$$ maker (especially in private sector)

..and certain areas of medicine doesn't seem to make the big $$$ (but still can consider big $$$) - eg; psychiatry? or pathology? correct me if i'm wrong but i dont seem to recall much of these in demand in the local newspapers.

if you cannot understand everything in sec school, you have NO business being in med school....there is a selection failure somewhere......in fact you should EXCEL at school level before being considered for med school......

yea..my foundations were conducted by agencies...that's why i'm finding it difficult...if i were to do a pre-u programme..say SAM..would it be better? but i would have wasted a yr..is it worthy??of course i dun really care about getting laughed by ppl for giving up here..but i juz want to know is it suitable for me to start all over again??