i am unsure what you are trying to ask....you will have to be more specific if you want actual answers....

what im trying to ask is, it doesnt matter where i graduate. As long as i pass the qualifying exam of said country, i will be equally qualified with 'recognised' graduates?

that is technically true....that is why many indian graduates sit for usmle and plab.....

however, these exams are often deemed difficult by graduates from other countries, partly because because of difference in system of healthcare, and partly because many of these graduates are mediocre students...

and it is very expensive.....and most candidates have to sit multiple times....

and passing it does NOT mean getting a job....employers will prefer their own graduates.....

and passing it does not mean having right to go live in that country, as immigration laws may restrict....

thanks for the reply. This applies to dentists too?

yeah im aware of the immigration laws.

Thank you for the replies

Concerning the personal statement in order to enter into one of the PMS, I found this passage from the Aberdeen site: (http://www.abdn.ac.uk/smd/medicine/imu-students.php)

"Briefly, we take particular account of the students' academic record and progress at the IMU, but also the comments that the students themselves make in their personal statements and the comments we receive in a proforma letter from the IMU Dean."

I heard we don't need a personal statement to get into the PMS. Please explain what Aberdeen means.

Thank You!!

You don't need Personal Statement (PS) in order to get into IMU , whether PMS programme or local programme.

However for a typical English medical school or Scottish med school such as Aberdeen in this case , one of its entry

requirements includes PS from applicant ....... whether by direct entry through say, A-level route or (IMU) PMS

stream.

Here we are talking about 2 different entry requirements by 2 individual medical schools ...... from 2

different countries ...... under 2 different sets of rules .......

This post has been edited by zeng: Jan 10 2014, 09:41 PM

Wow. So getting from IMU to one of the PMS does not only require grades but Personal Statement as well?

Do all unis in the UK that are partnered with IMU require this?

THANK YOU!

This post has been edited by Yaoni: Jan 11 2014, 12:35 AM

Also, I would like to ask about graduating from a UK university with a UK degree after 2.5 years in IMU.

Are we seen as an International Medical Graduate? Or does the govt. consider us as an international doctor?

When finding work placements in the UK, are there discriminations between "international" med students that graduated from the UK(eg.singaporian that graduated from Leeds) and us who have only partially studied medicine in the UK?

Thanks!

You will be seen as a UK graduates as you will be holding the degree from UK university, not IMU's. Work placements, I believe there's no discrimination as you will already be seen as a 3rd/4th/Final year students there.

when you graduate from a uk med school, you will be eligible for fy....and the selection is based on your academic centile and the sjt test results....

all uk graduates, whether british, eu or internationals, all eu graduates, and all eligible img who have passed the plab, will be equally considered, without discriminations....

Thank you for your reply

I'd also like to ask: is working in Australia or New Zealand or in the UK better in terms of financial gains?

What about in terms of quality of life?

Thanks!

A junior doctor gets about GPB23k a year in the UK, while in Australia they get about AUD60k a year. You can factor in cost of living etc yourself to see whether this constitutes "financial gains".

This post has been edited by podrunner: Jan 13 2014, 08:00 PM

Hey guys, I've made up my mind to study in IMU for medicine, all five years done locally since parents could not afford to send me for twinning (a cousin of mine spent 1.5mil to twin in AUS).

However, as I just got my Cambridge AS results today, and was hugely disappointed with 1a,2b,1c, and all which are borderline:

Bio, b, 77
Chemi, b, 78
Physics, a, 86
Math, c, 68

which I may whine all day saying I was having dengue fever during bio and chemi P2 , and missed a huge mark question on math P1. Yet I understand most of it was my fault and so I won't whine so much of it here. (ITS MY OWN FAULT)
So I'm going to push for all A for A2.

But what are my chances of getting into local medicine/dentistry if I get either:
A*AAA
AAAB
ABBB
ABBC
?

And how competitive is it to get into local medicine, since I heard that the twinning program is more competitive.

they want aaa for pms stream now....but the local programme is less stringent and popular....so it will depend on how many apply and their results....the minimum is bbb.....but i doubt if bbb will get in now.....

Hi IMU-ians.. just wondering.. anyone knows what's the CGPA for first class honours?

in imu history, honours in mbbs can counted with 1 hand. and medicine dont have first class honours so all will have to pay back ptptn.

in imu history, honours in mbbs can counted with 1 hand. and medicine dont have first class honours so all will have to pay back ptptn.

It'll have to depend on what you're gonna study.
If it's any other courses apart from medicine and dentistry,
You'll need 3.7 out of 4 to qualify for a 1st class.

I have heard that IMU will no longer be offering pms route soon. is it true?

An interesting and maybe slightly worrying situation, if true.