Other than looking up the notice boards in the condos, you can try these:

http://www.facebook.com/vistakomanwel?v=wall
http://vk.com.my/

This post has been edited by tehtmc: Apr 1 2011, 12:15 PM

yes.

hai..

i heard that there will be new curriculum for mbbs august intake 2011?

I think so...
From what the Student Representatives Council have told us, I think the changes made are
-No more EOS3
-No more resits(means you fail, you repeat semester or leave the school...)
-Foundation 1 and 2 are combined and finished in one semester....

Woo.. 9 systems in one EOS is crazy.
CNS and MSK is no fun.
Taking into consideration that OSCE will be all-in-one as well,
you'll cry for an extra 24 hours per day. @@

wowwww! seriously? phewwwwww

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Added on April 9, 2011, 4:21 pmwowwww! seriously? phewwwwww..

y did they change it?

This post has been edited by afeeq: Apr 9 2011, 04:21 PM

make the new students' life miserable, I guess???
Haha... It sounds more like a med school this way...
Even I myself think like i'm having holidays everyday in IMU except for exam period...
Maybe it's time to end this unhealthy style of med school. =)

that is quite normal for most reputable med school.....where there is usually a final preclinical exam, before moving to the clinical years.......

such as??

oxford, cambridge etc..........

in fact, they do a 3 years preclinical, and is awarded a ba (ma) at the end........

hahaha..but are you guys(senior) affected by this new system?

every US medical schools, as USMLE step 1 covers all pre clinical subjects.

Of course no. LUCKILY.

Coz patient wont come to you in systems... They come with illness(es)... wait till your clinical years then you'll start to appreciate it...

another sad fact is, in order to help pms student get their visas, imu pushes their eos 5 earlier, and we have 3 months break for transition... All of us go to the wards with sem 3 equivalent of knowledge.

now hospitals have more houseman than medical students. ratio is 1:2...

I am curious is IMU medicine graduate pathway better then undergraduate?
and how many IMU students does university of queensland and australian national university take?

i am interested in the graduate pathway but am not sure if it would be the better choice? help

Can anyone plz tell what sort of questions they asked at the interview? and was it held in the main campus ?

It's quite sad actually. The prospect of transferring to Australian universities isn't that great because no international students is guaranteed any internship positions in Australia. Securing an internship in Australia would be even more difficult in the near future due to the shortage of Australian doctors. What this means is that even after many years of studying one may not be registered as a doctor in the country. Given that is that case, transferring to Australia is may not be a good idea. That's why many IMU students are going for universities in UK which has a fairly strong competition.

In answering your question, from my standpoint, undergraduate entry is better as it offers you more options to transfer to UK universities; given there are a few options in the graduate pathway, you would not have as many choices. However, if you have already decided to transfer to an Australian university, then your chance is about 2/3 which is probably higher than the undergraduate entry. But you still have 1/3 chance of transferring to Warwick.

In answering your second question, I believe UQ is taking a lot of students. Their quota of international students has increased to about 200 in 2011, taking about 500 students each intake. This number is unbelievable.

My friend is currently in UQ. If you need more information I can help you ask my friend.

Good luck for your career choices,

Angela

imu sucks la

Why? And what do you mean by that?

Hi Angela, about Australia not registering you as a doctor is it true? Because from what I heard is even if you cant do your housemanship there, you still graduate with an Australian degree which allows you to return there any time in the future if you can secure a job. Anyway that's just disheartening...

Oh Hi IMU seniors, I'm in quite a dilemma and I need your precious opinion. I'm already in the grad pathway, and I'm targetting ANU(well, If I'm really that capable..) and suddenly this friend of mine popped up this question:"If you're really that capable, why dont go Edinburgh?" Well that's how my dilemma started.
-I'm already in the graduate pathway, and to switch(which I'm not even sure if it's possible) will be messy.
-How do I say this U is better than that? As we all know the rankings dont necessarily count. And I've consulted my mentor on this, her answer was:"Edinburgh is prestigious, yes in the old days, now not necessarily. Unless oxbridge is in undergrad pathway, going through all the mess wouldnt be worth it."
-And I've checked with a couple of lecturers, technically, graduating from ANU or Edinburgh wouldnt even affect my Job prospects and my specialty training.
-I have plans to settle in Australia, but if Edinburgh is really so worth it, I wouldnt mind giving up that.
-Yes I have considered the difference in cost.
-Nonono I'm not being smug saying that Edinburgh or ANU wants me for sure... As in this stage I'm really just trying to find out an answer for the "Edinburgh is better than ANU" statement, comparison between Universities.

I'm composing this message in a rush, will edit soon. Thanks so much for any feedback!

This post has been edited by Medico: Apr 25 2011, 09:17 AM

Hi Medico,

Registration as a doctor?
Unfortunately, acquiring a MBBS degree is a completely different story from obtaining an internship position. It is not uncommon that MBBS international students do not get an internship position in Australia. But this is not IMU's fault but many people don't quite seem to understand that.

Many international students (including non IMU students) who received their MBBS in Australia have to return to their home country without being able to register as a doctor. They often need to find internship positions elsewhere outside Australia. This is very common. This is something you will need to prepare for early beforehand, not at the end of the MBBS. I can see that Australia is advantageous in terms of living and tuition costs but given that the currency is high currently, it makes minute difference in cutting costs.

Which university to choose?
Being in the graduate pathway is not a poor option at all. I think that you don't need to be affected when people tell you something like "If you're really that capable, why don't you go to Edinburgh". I hear this all the time and you will hear this kind of competitive voices even more later. But at the end of your medical training, your internship training is more important and what you are specialising in is much more important because these are the matters that shape your medical career. I hope you will find what you really want