finally m207's matching result out today
i got otago
don't really like it, but well, it's life, just have to accept it loh

yeah repro seems to come out FOR EVERY SEMESTER!

hmm TNM will also def come out right!

i honestly think, minus all the "where to find accommodation, FAQ's on courses" this is way better than that junk they call the imu forum. that is horrible.

thanks for your input monkey girl. yeah sem 5's said it came out for theirs. gonna have to go to MMS in the coming weeks to drill on the models!

quite lazy to continue on now. just feel like relaxing and going to sleep. maybe hemopoiesis 1 and 2  first!!

oh we have top jpa scholars getting their 14th or 15th choices? how bout that?
but this batch we have someone getting his 22nd choice out of 25 PMS
generally this time many didn't get their more ideal PMS, mainly due to the facts that there are too many jpa scholars (jpa set rules on how we going to rank our PMS) and also too many PMS students in total as well
there's NO remaining place left from 25 PMS after the matching, just enough seats for everyone, so basically they have to slot more people into the less popular uni

You'll get in IMU for sure if you meet the minimum requirement and answer the questions wisely asked during your interview with common sense. If they accept you but there's no more space for let's say the August intake, they'll slot you into the following year's February intake, only if you make it through the interview. In the most unlikely event that you are rejected, apply again until you get it...

By the way, wanna ask IMU seniors here, if I wanna do the Bmed Sci then go through graduate pathway to PMS, what cgpa do I need to get a second upper class degree? How do I calculate it ar??? Does it include for I have gotten in my eos2 3 5?

Since you have a bachelor by that time, why dont you try apply direct into Aus uni??? Its more economical that way, and you may get a place in top uni.

Using IMU-PMS, lets say if you apply for Melb/ANU, you need to go through Med Sc then procede to the 4 year program at Aus. If he gets a direct entry, then can save the $$ spend in M'sia.

Yeah, it's actually cheaper to just go thru the undergrad route in Malaysia and then go abroad halfway. Didn't apply for the graduate route...
is the interview a formal or an slightly more laidback kind?

which means lesser chance to get it? ok..thx for clearing this up

I read Australia is very short of doctors and just a couple of years ago, newly graduated international student were being offered job which wasn't the case before. And Australia been going round the world asking past Australian qualified doctors now working overseas to go back to Australia. So how come not enough HO post?

Hi all, wanna ask IMU ppl here something.

I was at a education fair just now(I kepo nth to do) and I noticed that AIMST, PIDC, Manipal and those Russian/Indonesian school which are offering Medicine needs something called the NO OBJECTION CERTIFICATE(NOC) given out by the MOHE. And to get this thing, one of the requirements is that one must get 5 B4's or better in the SPM science subjects. What is this?

I'm asking cause I really screwed up my SPM but I made it through my pre-u... Does IMU seniors be it local or PMS ambil barang ni? I would want to jump off the building if I had to retake my SPM.

there was a station on PAD, have to check radial pulse, radial femoral delay (it comes as question on how to check if the pt has coarctation of aorta, one more question)

it was a tricky station for me

the killer was the auroscope. you have to assemble the auroscope and know how to hold it properly and what to check for. many predicted this but it was a shock for most of us still. no BP station.
yes to your second question. eg: lung consolidation, you must perform lets say palpate for chest movement. obviously pt will be normal so state chest expansion is present normal and equal on both sides, but in this case chest expansion will be diminished on affected side!

hope that helps, sounds like you're in m109. sem 3 is way harder than 2. so be careful! but its the sem where you feel you can apply into pbl. when you watch medical dramas you actually understand whats going on way better cause of patho knowledge. =)

all the best. sem 4 awaits me, any recommended text? I heard RENAL is a killer.

thats true but i always thought the drop out rate there is arnd 10-20 (10% only) not 20%!

For my batch (M208), the no. of students still maintains high after eos2... So in eos 3, 10%(22 student) have t resit for osce, there are a few resit the theory papers as well... So, if the students still survive, I think they'll fail some more in eos5.

My batch has more Seremban than any other batch, more than 60 as far as i know. Excluding out JPA, I think its 50/50 for privately funded students

Wow tough life but at least monkeygirl word are encouraging. But to be the average...could you describe it more? How hard you study?

btw, I planning on next year intake. What is the lowest cut-off point? I got ABB so kinda feel nervous/embarrass to apply.

kidneys is included in the CSU video, but during practice we never bothered. but the enlargement question did come out for my batch. like where would the spleen enlarge towards.
@gorilla. yeah our batch is freaking competitive. i'm a big time slacker and like monkeygirl before exams is really important.

i highly doubt they'll be kicking more students out. we're currently at 218 i think. but thats before factoring in any more students that dropped out.  most other batches in sem 4 are roughly 19X students. we're 20+ than most batches and thats why i think we have more and more universities opening up. and i honestly think that due to the performance of our batch, the deans of imu would beg for the pms's to have more seats during twinning.

i honestly think the elearning system would be a good thing especially for lectures. but one thing i feel is that we actually should do more work on the air topics. would help alot of if more marks were given as well. like imu isnt based on units per semester. we just follow the curriculum!

does anyone feel imu is squeezing the living daylights out of everyone? when i first entered imu it was wayyy to empty. now it feels like everywhere i turn theres a bunch of people eating, studying, playing games or sleeping the photocopy shop as well, i used to be able to go in get lecture notes and rush up, but now theres ALWAYS A LINE. the auntie at the shop should really get things organized there.

He speaks proper english, just with added slangs and monotonous. But his lecture is well structured and up to date. If you're able to survive the 1 hour without sleeping, its very good. He writes better then say.

hey! any seniors know what's the difference between tortora and marieb?? i find marieb quite long winded lar... and am intending to buy tortora but then the bookstore in imu has no more stock... anyone knows where can i get it?? biggrin.gif

hmm its like a whole lot of work for neuroanatomy but very little comes out    just browsing through the books , neuroanatomy looks more complex than a circuit board.

no im not in sem 5 yet. just finished sem 4. so my matching will be conducted towards the end of this year.

well  m208 people all in library camping out. i think im one of the rare few still slacking damn sad being in a highly competitive batch.