i have always wondered why phase 1 is 2 1/2 years, and why there is a need for a whole year (2 sems) of 'foundation'.....

i realised in the early days, imc, and later imu, took in a lot of mediocre students, and they needed to 'foundation' them up to speed with the rest.....hence the heavy emphasis on 'foundation'....

they get better students now, and the need for this foundation has diminished....therefore it make sense to compress it down to 1 sem, and use the extra time for something else....i have also wondered why the clinical phase is only 2 1/2 years, less than the usual 3 years...now that sem 5 is 'clinical', the full local programme is back to the usual 2+3 format.....

they could of course compress the phase down to 2 years....but phase 1 is an important cash cow for them, they earn the most from this, than any other programme or phase 2....so that sem5 fees is important.....

in the past there was differential fees charged for phase 1 and 2, like most uk unis....but 3 years ago, they decided to stop this, with the effect that phase 1 saw an increase in fees of 5k and phase 2 a decrease of also 5k.....of course through inflation (something doctors apparently are not allowed to address with their fees), it's back to the 40k/sem....

as for postgraduate options, in view of the closing doors in the usual places msian used to go, imu sent out a survey recently to the students asking if there is interest in usmle.....i don't know the outcome, but if there is enough interest, they will probably run a usmle prep programme like some med schools do routinely.....for a fee no doubt.....

in case anyone is wondering why there is no control in the education fees, and no control in private hospital charges, do some research on who owns most of the private hospitals, and imu....

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After spending some time in IMU, I came to realize it doesnt need a genious to become a doctor, just know the basics and avoid the common errors. I personally spend my free time watching TV, chatting, or swimming. One lecturer once told us you only spend 5% of your time studying for exam, the rest you should be doing reports, summaries, and seeing patients.

2.5 years in BJ is waste of time, I think my juniors will benefit more with the pseudo-3 years clinical curriculum. BJ did not prepare us for clinical years, prepare for the cultural shock in S'ban.


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Of course. You are training to be a doctor, NOT to just pass exams. I hope....
the pre-clinical period is important, as you learn basic medical sciences, the basis for your clinical practices later. So no, it is NOT a waste of time. It is NOT meant to prepare you for the 'cultural shock' when you enter the clinical years, but to prepare you with a firm foundation in knowledge that helps you understand clinical practices. Most people who matched to clinical schools elsewhere are quite happy that Phase 1 prepared them well for the clinics....

This post has been edited by limeuu: Sep 23 2013, 11:37 AM

True for the first point, we are there to become a safe, competent doctor.

However when I was in bj, the basics we learnt are too deep and went off track. We learnt to molecular level but we're not thought about the clinical relevance of that topic. It is hard to explain, but one example will be lecturers spend long time explaining mechanism of warfarin but only one line with inr, it's significant and how to counteract its side effect.

If you think imu over-teach, wait till you see the syllabus of traditional non-intergrated medical schools....

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one thing's for sure..they overteach the dental students especially before they revamped the medscience module. like i mean why would the students need to learn about the embryology of the kidney?

is it true that keele uni and brighton-sussex uni are not recognized by Singapore Medical Council?

yes

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Hi. I am interested in the imu-pms programme but may I ask how does the matching works? Also, Im doing A levels now(I just finished my AS last friday) and my forecast is 3 A* and 1 A in taylor's college subang jaya. Do I need personal statement for the imi-pms programme? And is it easy to enter the pms that I will be selecting? I am actually ok in going to anywhere provided the particular pms that accepts me is recognised worldwide. Do you have any statistics on the number of students entering pms and usually how many will fail entering a pms each year? Will there be a decrease in the number of students accepted by the pms in years to come and does the number of students going for the pms route fluctuate every year? I know this is too many questions to answer but I'm really anxious and desperate to know. Thank you for time

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This post has been edited by WL6016: Dec 25 2013, 09:30 PM

What happens if you miss one interview?

they used to conduct interviews fortnightly...choose a convenient date....

Hello guys.

I have heard in many peoples ay that they don't get a place in some of the PMS because their "work experience" and "personal statement" weren't good.

Does this means that it's not just us ranking them and them ranking us?

Please tell me what this means

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I going for foundation in sc for the may intake.Can I apply for it in April?