mods closed it for 2 days, but i think it should remain closed, as discussion was going off topic......

if you and i are not 'posting ur opinions around', then what are we doing in this forum???

nah... IMU takes in approximately 220+ students per intake..( many dare-to-fail people really fail )
now MMMC only takes in around 120 students now.. so there's a healthy students to lecturers ratio
the maximum allowed years to complete the MBBS program is 8 years and a student cannot retake a subject more than 3 times

AIMST is going to be a new medical university to receive JPA scholars too. We currently have a few in the latest foundation batch already.

Besides that, i heard that AIMST is going to be one of the choices of uni for medicine in the upcoming IPTA application form for stpm and matriks leaver. Due to the lack of seats for med in IPTA. It seems that the PM is going to announce it soon on the upcoming official opening on this Sunday. Lol. We'll see.

Anyhow, i was trying to say that 3rd world med schools aren't that bad at all. We still produce good doctors. But probably might lack in the consistency like what limeuu has said i guess. O.o

Hey munsheng and hypermax.

Seriously you guys have seen my seniors? We only had a chance to catch a glimpse of them graduating when we first entered, sadly. Haha. I was wondering how are AIMST housemens doing there at MGH? I was told that our students kind of lacked in clinical exposure such as clinical procedures. Is it true so?

They are our pioneer batch who works really really hard to help us obtain the 3 years recognition by MMC. Thanks to them really.

hello. Anyone has any idea which microbiology book is good for a medical student?tq

Hi guys! Just wanted to pop in and say hi!

I'm going to be a medical student soon, on the 1st of October to be exact. I'll be heading to Bristol Medical School in England. Nice to meet you all!

Hypermax: Melbourne University emphasises more on academic achievements while NUS takes interviews very seriously.(there are 2 or 3 interviews if i'm not mistaken). In fact, Melbourne University doesn't even interview its applicants for Medicine. I believe NUS is prone to take in whoever that are smart(not just academically)and citizenship shouldn't really play an important role.(but i could well be wrong)

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

we are talking about postgraduate training here.......

as for undergraduate intake into med school, of course, like all civilised countries, they take in and train citizens to provide health care for their own citizens......(unlike some other places).......but allocate a few places for full fees international students, which msias are.......

remember, spore owes you nothing.......you are NOT a citizen ..........

eh.........don't you know they are always looking out for human talents?.......once you start work, you are quickly offered pr........then they will also offer you citizenship........if you want.........

in case people don't know, 1/2 the doctors in mt eliz hosp are msians or ex-msians......

cos it's cheaper to get somebody after he has trained himself........they know lots of msians chinese and indians pay a lot of money to study medicine at world class unis, and  they just poach them when they graduate.......instant workforce without having to pay a cent, your parents pay, they reap the harvest......

it is costly to train a doctor, but at post graduate level, it's cheap, as the doctor undergoing postgraduate training is also working and providing service.....

why am I explaining spore's strategy to you all?........