My medical friend failed his EOS2. I'm not in the same semester, but I'm studying for my coming EOS now. I'm not a good senior, I don't know what to advice him. I've totally forgotten everything about EOS2. & his biggest problem seemed to be SAQ =/ It seems that he knows! but he doesn't know how to apply it to the questions. does past years help? =/ where can we get the past years ah? Honestly I never really do past years ahahaha....

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....

Hi

May I know if IMU have the practice of lowering passing mark for OBAs, like SPM? Can a student who failed Sem1 OBA proceeds to Sem2?

Also, how is the timetable in Seremban clinical school? Is it very hectic like a HO in gov hospital? Do they have mid-sem breaks too?

Thanks ^^