Hey guys, thanks for your prompt replies, it really clears up some of my doubts.

I'm sorry that I forgot to mention that I dont plan to work in UK, as for now my ideal plan is to settle in Australia after graduation.
-My main concern now is still about choosing between these 2 schools, ideally I would like to settle in Australia, but then at this time I feel that getting the best degree and training out of these 2 is more important than PR.
-Honestly I still cant see how different they are. I asked my lecturers and apparently specialty is not affected by this also. But what if I really would like to "dream big"-John Hopkins(IMU does have an alumnus who made it there from Jefferson) are my chances different with an Edinburgh or ANU degree?
-Or Specialty differs among countries? Say, US will be dependent on USMLE scores(from what I heard) while in UK(I'm not sure myself...)
-Job prospects in Australia should be better(at least easier) if I graduate from ANU as compared to Edinburgh I suppose?

So in UK, you're allowed 4 months to find a job and to get a tier 2 visa, but then to get a PR there is really hard?

Again I sincerely thank you guys for your feedback.

Just bear in mind by the time you graduate there might be no more internship places left for you in Australia and you have to cry back to singapore.

And if you want to go to the US your best bet is Thomas Jefferson, otherwise they do not discriminate overseas degree, ie a degree from bangladesh is no different from a degree from cambridge, if their USMLE score and CV are comparable. BUT most training hospitals have SPECIFIC NUMBER OF PLACES for TJU so if you graduate from TJU you wont take the leftovers, you take the reserved places instead.

While studying in the UK guarantees you 2 years of work, and possibility of going to Australia as a 2nd year or 3rd year doctor.

And hey, really, unless your from oxbridge, all degrees are essentially the same. This is speaking from experience wise. And "getting the best degree", "graduating from Edinburgh owns those graduates from Liverpool big time" are not true, but most of us probably underwent the same phase of life, lol.

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Added on April 25, 2011, 4:50 pm

Sorry mate hospital dont headhunt you eventhough you are the creme de la creme, you have to go through a centralised process and some top students may still ended up jobless in first round if they didnt put the selection wisely

No it's not easy to settle in UK permanently.

Sadly too, examples of these cases are plenty. One of my friends just finished her MBBS in Sydney but didn't get an internship in an Australian hospital as they were all reserved for the locals. She had to apply to do her internship in America instead. Another friend of mine whose about 1 month through the Melbourne MD but he was refused to attend the any metropolitan hospital-based clinical attachments (which the locals are entitled to). But he was only given the rural attachments. International students are quite disadvantaged in Australia although these concerns have been raised by many committees but there's nothing that can be done.

Yes. Hospitals don't usually look for candidates unless if you have a very close relationship with the people in the hospital.