hey guys! i'm frm AIMST, Kedah.. will be enroling into 1st year this sept.. hope to join you guy soon! =D

entering my 1st yer on jan 2008, my only hope is to pass every single yer. haha.

anyway, have you guys read on the extension of the period for housemanship, from 1 to 2 years in malaysia? any opinions? heh.

we produces 1400 doctors a year now, it is believed that in another 4 to 5 more years of time, malaysia will be taking in around 4000 med graduates a yer. i guess doctors will go overflow after 6 to 7 years. lol.

Yeah, anyway our hsemanship is extended to 2 years, compulsory services stay as 3 years. however, you can start doing your specialisation after your 2nd year on the compulsory government services d. and right after 2 yer housemanship, your will be getting slightly more on the pay compared to fresh MO coming out from their one year housemanship. lol.

yup, of course you will be able to pursue your medical studies! FYI age doesn't matters, i've had a senior here who's already 37yo and just graduated from his 5 year MBBS course. He's currently waiting for government posting.

Cost for A levels, depends where you wanna take it. It can range from 10k to 28k depending on how many subjects you're taking as well.

Duration to become a specialist? You have to count it yourself, normally this is how it goes: 5 years of undergraduate studies, if you're doing your internship in Malaysia, they have increased it to 2 years. After your housemanship, you will need to serve the Malaysian government for 3 years. You can start your specialisation programme on your 2nd year of government service. For the duration of master programme, it'll take between 4 to 7 years depending on what you're taking? This i'm not really sure, sorry guys! Do clarify for me. =]

lol, we got OSPE here at AIMST. I guess diff has diff practical exam?

Objective Structure Practical Examination (O S P E). Haha. Go google around if you wanna noe. =] Man, there gonna be lots more exams and CA coming soon. Hoping to finish my pre-clinical years soon and get into hospital attachments. X]

lol. I think he means professional courses. And yeah, theres only one medical course which is Medicine, other fields related to healthcare are often regarded as Health Sciences.

Like my school we have a Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences. Its a faculty made up of the School of Medicine which offers MBBS , School of Dentistry [BDS], and School of Pharmacy [BPharm]. =]

This post has been edited by csrulez: Dec 10 2007, 05:32 PM

lol. I'm from AIMST, admission Jan 2008. The next intake after Jan 2008 will be September 2008. Anyway i think you can still apply for Manipal. The deadline for the March 2008 intake will be end of January 2008. And btw, i think your result is quite good. I'd highly recommend you to put your first choice as IMU still cause of their fame. Monash is abit tough to enter from what i've heard. AIMST comparable with IMU but not so well known to the community yet cause our 1st batch has just graduated while Manipal is not bad if you're willing to study in India for the first 2 years. And yes, they require an interview but i heard it's not tough. I've had 3 frens from AIMST foundation who's currently doing their first year in Manipal India. Besides these few school, you can opt for PMC or RMCP too. Just my humble opinions. Hope it helps abit. =]

This post has been edited by csrulez: Dec 15 2007, 09:17 PM

biochem is killing meeeeeee. ahhhhhhhhhh~

AIMST University's MBBS just got recognised by MMC officially on the 13th of Jan. =))

Coming up next shall me monash and cyberjaya med uni.

Well, i'm doing a full 5 year course here locall in Malaysia. Wonder when do i get the chance to travel out of this place, 2 yrs of hsemanship and 3 yrs of compulsory service sounds so darn long. No other alternatives?

here in malaysia we do have anatomy dissection sessions for anatomy classes too. =))

Well, you can loan up to 150K from PTPTN now. It has been increased a year ago. =))

Annnddd, i hate biochemistry! freaking lotsa stuffs to memorize. BTW any of u guys here took epidemiology and anthropology during the 1st yer of your course? I find my course curriculum to be unique cos normally other med school will only start it during the clinical years. sigh, added stress.

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

Histology for tissues only. Regional anatomy will start after out 1st Continuous Accessment. Probably dey want us to learn the microscopic structures of the tissues before proceeding to the upper limb, lower limbs, thorax etc? Systemic anatomy will come in the 2ns yer.

The thing about my curriculum is that i still dun understand why are we taking epidemiology and anthropology on the 1st yer. Does patient doctor relationship or morbidity and mortality rate matters in year one as we only have one week of orientation towards de end of year one? Am comfused here. Cos i thought both of these subj should only be tauaght during the clinical years.

Being a neuro really takes on a long path. That's part of the reason why neurosurgery is one of the least interested specialisation among doctors in malaysia. Studies are tough and work is really really hectic as neurosurgeons often involved in long surgeries.

PetroToxin >> Hey! I'm an ex-AIMST foundation student too. Personally i find not much probs in coping with my MBBS course now. And life in foundation is real fun. I'd say that taking the foundation as a pathway to enter medicine here is seriously not bad.

with 11A1s, i'd suggest u to try out JPA scholarship. Reappeal if you dun get them. All the best nad! =))

And oh yeah, to add on. Medicine is really hectic, but it's fun in the other way. It's just the matter of how you like the subjects or not. Choose medicine only because u're really really really interested in it.

This post has been edited by csrulez: Mar 20 2008, 10:50 AM

Well for books, i'd say try out Kamal at Jalan Pahang if i've not mistaken. Right opposite of KL GH. They sell really really cheap medical books dere. =)

i guess Dorland's medical dictionaries are more recommended?

Just take any pre-u programmes (i.e. A levels, SAM, STPM etc), get your minimum grades to qualify and apply directly to University Padjajaran with your pre-u results through some Indonesia med school agents in Malaysia. There's few of these agents present around if i've not mistaken, who will assist you in applying and registering without much hassles. Need some clarification from you guys though. =)