Does anyone know how to get or have a list of the books we need to get for the first 5 semesters for Medicine?

i guess there is  involvement of government either US or Malaysia in this matter.something like developed country help developing country

according to imu admin, there was a US citizen working in malaysia who is influential and help to tie up imu and jefferson.
it is all about business, politics networking make imu with so many prestigious partner

not sure about that.However, i do know a few jefferson graduate manage to get a job after residency.

as far as residency is concerned, u are qualified and competent to train at any states with MD

that pathway is unique for malaysian,it provide lot of oppurtunities as opposed to risk

Is taking usmle make u think that it is risky?

I've heard my grandmother's friend's son whoe graduated from Jefferson is practising in the US now!

But, dalhousie is more expensive than jefferson
there are people who do phd(3 years) during residency, or take a year off during medschool to do master

This might compensate the absence of degree

What do you mean by "cut off"?

the quoted minimum is aggregate 80% in 4 subjects, 3 of which must be sciences and/or math) and the equivalent in atar is 85....

however, the cut off currently is way above that, the atar cut off is 95.....so you can roughly calculate what the mufy aggregate cut off will be....

the actual cut off will vary depending on the overall qualify of the cohort of students applying.....as of this year's entry, they set atar95 as cutoff, and offer all who pass their interview (which is almost everybody!) places subjected to atar95 achieved.....on a first come first served basis.....

with the reality of the monash sunway programme hitting home, and the likelyhood of the same problem with the numed programme, the imu-pms programme is now extremely popular, and many excellent students who may have gone to monash or numed in the last few years, will now opt for imu-pms as 1st choice....and places are very limited, due to restrictions at the pms....

that is not true.....there are quite a few non-msian students in monash...including singaporeans....they thought they can go work in oz, and hoped that smc will eventually recognise the monash sunway mbbs.....both mistaken.....

but going forward, there will be probably less, as students realise the truth....

There is an increasing trend of sg med students in UK universities and this is affecting the number of Malaysians offered places in these universities due to the "fixed" quota for international students.

I hope the number of places offered to pms students from imu will not be reduced in the near future as this will have serious repercussions on existing students.

Sg has also decided that incentives be given to their med students in uk by sponsoring their last 2 years of the med studies in return for a 4 years bond, which I think is fair.

Do well in your actual exam and get a fairly good aggregate will be able to secure yourself a place in IMU.............. =)

If you're doing AUSMAT/SAM, make sure you do well in your actual exam. It's either you have a TER 85 (or above) or 80% aggregate for 5 subjects. Remember, some people with 73 aggregate may translate into a TER of 85 too.
You'll not know until you're ranked with other candidates.

If you're doing MUFY, 4 top subjects+ 10% of 5th subject, add it up and if it's above 80%, you might be able to stand a chance.

actually, the pms do NOT create extra places for the imu students (and brunei unversity, which has a similar arrangement with some uk uni, as well as taylors college with st georges).....

they know that there will always be a drop out rate in any cohort, from either failures, or lost of interests....so by the time the cohort reaches the clinical years, there will always be a few places empty....and they allocate them to partnerships like imu.....

If i am not mistaken, you will need to hit the cut-off score to have your application submitted, and sit for an interview. I was told that it is the "minimum requirement to apply".  All the best!!

I was told that the cut off for the mbbs local program is indeed bbc/bbb, so you can apply with bbc/bbb; while the cut off for the pms stream is aab/aaa.

Not meaning to scare you, my niece's friend (they are JPA scholars) was deemed "not qualified" for pms by IMU, based on the interview which was conducted prior to A Level exam. He went on to scored straight As in A Levels, appealed to IMU to qualify him for pms but was turned down (the boy cheekily post his A Level results and the 2nd rejection letter from IMU for the pms program on his FB for all his friends to see.  ).

Fortunately JPA allowed him to maintain his scholarship but he had to do his medical course at IMU for the full 5 years. And he excelled in the pre-clinical phase (probably to show to IMU that he's a truly doctor material  ). He will continue the clinical phase at the Seremban Hospital soon.

Well, moral of the story is, you'd better do well in the interview. Getting straight As in ALevels does not guarantee a place in pms. Good luck! 

I see, are you applying for the feb 2013 intake? All the very best irisss, hope to see you there!