Guys, may I know if IMU's curriculum follows any medical textbook? If so, which one would that be?

Also, I heard IMU is rolling out the mmi interview format? When will that happen?

Can anyone tell me about fail rate for medicine in IMU?
And what is Student Progress Comittee?

Going to choose uni soon....

Low fail rate = top pick?

on average, the cohorts used to shrink down to 70+% by sem 5....for the pms stream anyway....don't know what's the current attrition rate....

then should considered russia, everybody passes.....

Hey everyone

I contacted the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) to ask about IMU-PMS accreditation and the registration eligibility in the eyes of the SMC.

The following is their reply:

"In order for the medical qualification to be considered a registrable basic medical degree by SMC, the twinning programme’s entire duration of clinical training and final examinations must be conducted in the medical school listed in the Second Schedule and the partner university must be the conferring university as well. We would like to reiterate that graduates from the Malaysian, US and Canadian medical schools on the schedule must have undergone the entire medical training on the main campuses of the respective medical schools – i.e. both pre-clinical and clinical for eligibility for registration with SMC. As such a basic medical degree from IMU would not be considered a registrable qualification for medical registration."

I note the following observations:

1) UK and Aust PMS are excluded from the following statement: '...must have undergone the entire medical training on the main campuses of the respective medical schools – i.e. both pre-clinical and clinical for eligibility for registration with SMC'.

2) There was no clear answer on whether IMU-PMS graduates are eventually eligible for SMC-registration. The only mention was 'basic medical degree from IMU', which could refer to the IMU-MBBS programme instead of the IMU-PMS programme.


Kindly explain their reply, in case I might have interpreted the meaning wrongly. Also from previous experiences, has any IMU-PMS graduate ever been denied full registration by SMC when they return back to Singapore?

Thanks all

The clinical training and medical exams are conducted by the same university in PMS programs and thus will not have problems with registration.
On Malaysian universities, they are referring to UM and UKM where both the preclinical and clinical are done in the main campuses.
Local IMU programs are not recognize by SMC.

My understanding on the matter is :

a)Those IMU-PMS students with 2.5 years of pre-clinicals in IMU (or those spending 3.5 years in IMU completing say,

B.Medical Science as a prerequisite for graduate entry to medical schools like Uni of Queensland,Uni of Adelaide Oz),

AND subsequently completing clinical years in conferring schools in UK and Oz medical schools listed on Second

Schedule are recognised ..... eg Oz:UQ, UWA , Uni Melbourne etc, and UK like Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool UK.

Note:MBBS Monash M'sia is NOT recognised by SMC as clinical years is NOT done in Monash Original Main Campus in

Oz.

b)Only UM and UKM from Malaysia with all 5 years of preclinical and clinical in respective Original main campus in PJ

and Bangi is recognised by SMC.

All other IPTA's like USM, UPM etc and IPTS's like IMU local, UTAR med schools are NOT recognised.

c)IMU-PMS programme from Uni of Warwick, Uni of Keele, Uni of Brighton and Sussex from UK are NOT recognised

by SMC as these are not listed in Second Schedule.

Hope it helps.

This post has been edited by zeng: May 27 2014, 11:29 PM

1. the clinical component must be done at the parent campus for recognition...hence imu-pms to uk/oz/nz are recognised, and proven in the number of such doctors currently working in spore...(exceptions being new med schools not in spore's list, as mentioned above, and to include uws in oz)...

2. for some reason, they have specifically excluded canadian and us graduates, and insist the pre-clinical component be done in the parent campus...

3. the msian med school they are referring to are specifically in reference to franchise programmes, ie the former perak med school with um, after sheffield withdrew (um was forced to do so, to save the students already in the programme).....and the current aucms ukm franchise....assuming it survive the aucms financial collapse....(will not be surprise if aucms collapses, that the ukm will be forced to take in the franchise students)...

4. imu local degree is not and have never been recognised.....there is NO confusion here.....

Dear all

Thank you so much for the prompt help I understand the arrangements clearer now. I just hope that there will not be any mass and sudden withdrawals of UK pms within the next 3 years or so.

Despite several withdrawals of foreign medical schools from IMU-PMS programmes over the past few years, tribute to

IMU Management (unlike current AUCMS and Ministry of Education of Bolehland) for maintaining its professional and

business integrity for ensuring the absolute interests of its students, who are generally helpless against crony business

entities , in every process of 'smooth' transition of programmes withdrawal of foreign medical schools.

Good job IMU, for setting a high business benchmark unmatched by others in Bolehland.

I suppose you can 'trust' what they DO.!!

just need you to explain a little bit here. you mean the withdrawal of several foreign unis was due to IMU setting a higher standard ?

Definitely not. To IMU, the more partner medical schools, the better.

..... was due to IMU setting a higher standard ? .... in education ? Noooooooooo ....

Definitely NO!

Sorry, what I meant was IMU setting high business benchmark IN Bolehland .... as compared against crony

businesses taking advantage stripping naked the citizens .......... like sugar price increase after Sxxx Mxxxxxx forcibly

took over CSR from Robert Kuok , IRIS ..... touch and go .... proton .....myegg ...... submarine perixxxxx ..... and on and

on and on .....

Tribute to foreign medical schools requiring IMU performance in teaching pre-clinicals .......... making IMU medicine,

though with limited budget as being 'private' IPTS .... IS far, far superior to almost all fully funded IPTA

medicines!

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Hey everyone

Had my interview recently for imu-PMS. Interview went okay but the interviewers were rather strict. Also, they tend to cut me off as I was giving my answers to their questions. Perhaps my answers were too long? Also, I tend to give a very common answer to 'hobbies' question.

Any chance I could still get in? Are they actually strict with passing interviewees? Do alot of people get rejected for the imu PMS programme at interview stage?

And lastly, when will I receive outcome?

Nervous now. Cheers everyone.

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Thank you for your encouragement. I am sure I will be jobless and do clerical instead of clinical work after I graduate. And I'm sure this applies everywhere in the world as you seemed to have generalised.

This general statement is NOT true, for now.

Should it happens in Malaysia in the near future as predicted , IMU-PMS graduates would be among the last of those of

them who would get into this mess , as their PMS degrees are better recognised ....... in overseas.

Hi, has anyone been to the interview for the dentistry programme? I'm having the interview in July, feeling kinda nervous because i don't really know how to prepare for it. Anyone who has went for the interview mind sharing your experiences???