Students who desire to do twinning with the PMS usually do better in their studies because you need to be good to be selected by most international medical schools. They do not want a half-baked student. Thus, PMS students are usually better.

Glycogen is a polymer of glucose, if that is what you're asking...

What qualifications do you currently have?

Is it most probably 80%, since IMU would not be able to convert 80% to TER because they do not know how well your cohort did. But, 80% is shockingly low....it may most probably mean the minimum score you need to be considered.

May I ask why you are aiming for IMU instead of unis such as Queensland, Deakin, Monash...etc? You are after all doing foundation in Australia, and if you wanted IMU, you should have just stayed back in Malaysia for SAM or something.

Don't aim for IMU....aim for Manipal

They did, so deal with it.

I base my argument on the degree of recognition of a university. The more globally recognized it is, the better it is.
Take the Malaysian Matriculation for example, will you agree with me that it is shit compared to something like STPM or A-levels?

1. You could try asking your seniors. Past exam papers are usually supplied...there will be at least a sample paper for you to do. Do note that they will generally not provide the answers (in exception of MCQs) and you would not know how they mark the paper.
2. Those who fail would have to answer to a progress committee and do a supplementary exam, if they fail that exam-they will need to redo the semester or get kicked out
3. Notes by the lecturers would enable you to pass. If you want high marks(80+), you would need to do extra reading.

I'm not from IMU, but my answers can be applied generally to most medical schools

I don't think getting into IMU automatically means getting into the PMS option.

August 08 will be the last batch being able to twin with Melbourne Uni.

Melbourne Uni is transitioning into its M.D medical course, with its first intake in 2011.

Not really. Melbourne Uni's current medical course is probably the best in Australia. Some universities have approached Melbourne to 'borrow' our PBL cases and train their tutors.

The branding probably comes with the other courses like Commerce or Engineering.

But, then again, I may be bias.

So, its up to you to decide.

CR7: If you ever come here, our semester 2 mean was about 70%.

What amuses me about IMU is how they name their exams.

1. OSPE

Conventional: OSCE (Objective Structured Clinical Examination)

2. OBA

Conventional: MCQ (Multiple choice questions)

It just makes it a bit confusing when people twin with other unis.

The thing about foundation courses is that they don't rank you, but you get a guaranteed entry into university if you make a certain grade.

For Australian Medical Schools, you'll probably not get in if you score anything below 92%.

IMU probably doesn't want to take in anything below 90%, as it is already a ridiculously easy score to achieve. Remember, there are other foundation courses in Australia and a lot of people want to do med, but can't make the score.

IMU will give preference to those with a higher average before considering the rest.

Out of curiosity, what was your average mark and what subjects did you take?

If I were the lecturer, I'll just go through the lecture quickly in 1 hour and on my final slide, I'll put up a note saying Read Rang and Dale Chapter X.

For the exam, I'll make them do a whole mechanism of something I only mentioned once in the lecture.
And for MCQs, its gonna be a whole lot of tiny tiny detailed questions.



This post has been edited by zltan: May 28 2009, 10:18 PM

That would seem logical, but you still need to confirm with IMU.

For Sem 3:

Cardio should be quite straight forward.
Resp is probably the hardest system.
Haematology is easy.
GI should be pretty straight forward too.

No, cause they totally love it when your hair drops all over when you bend to examine a patient.

This post has been edited by zltan: Jul 24 2009, 04:45 PM

I disagree. You need to be of a certain caliber to be accepted into medical schools. You need to be naturally smart.

Its the same as any other thing in real life.

You need to be a good at art to be a visual artist.
You need to be strong and agile to win the olympic gold medal.

This is the reason why Russian medical schools fail terribly.

Being hardworking is also essential, but you really do need that baseline academic mark. I've spoken to numerous Australian Medical Students (Melbourne Uni) and they are all mostly duxes of their schools.

The amazing thing is that a very large percentage of them are also very involved in community service, music and sports.

Perfection much?

Sadly, this case is not the case in Malaysian public examinations, where straight As are obtained by perfecting the exam techniques, reliance on 'leaked/spot' questions and the blur delineation between good and average students.

I think an A1 for any subject should be >90% (>95% for maths and add maths).

This post has been edited by zltan: Sep 11 2009, 02:23 PM

Its 3 1/2 + 4 for melbourne.

The Melbourne MD is actually 4 years on its own, so I don't see the point of actually going through IMU to get into Melbourne when you could just do a 3 year degree and apply for admission to Melbourne anyway.

Does the IMU stream exempt them from doing the GAMSAT or the interview? If it is, then it'll be a backdoor entry at the expense of wasting a year.


The BMedSci year *might* be useful depending on how much effort you put in + how well your research goes. Always aim for a publication.

This post has been edited by zltan: Sep 16 2009, 09:32 AM

You can best describe the emotion after a heart attack as a 'sense of impending doom'. (also used for pulsatile release of cathecholamines...but thats another story) Ie. The patient will feel very very very scared that they are about to die. This is a very important point in history taking.

I have no idea how people cope with 8 hours worth of lectures everyday. I have 6 lectures A WEEK and I'm already killing myself studying for the exam. My notes (already condensed) are as thick as a textbook. And thats for 1 subject! (We have 2)

Those are just lecture materials, not including tute and prac stuff

But of course, I have been very dedicated in re-listening to the recorded lecture and looking up textbooks/internet to compile those notes. + the colourful layout makes it interesting to read. I'm proud of my notes

CyberSetan, how many hours or lectures do you have during your pre-clinicals?

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I think its universal that neuroscience and anatomy will turn your brain inside out , especially when cranial nerves are taught in 2 lectures

I can see their reluctance to include Melbourne for final MBBS intake. (commencing 2011)

The lucky few will be spending one semester of pre-clinicals with grad students before joining the rest of the undergrads in clinicals.

There is a clear disadvantage for IMU students. Although you have probably already know the contents of semester 5 (immunology, microbiology, oncology, public health etc.), it'll still be a struggle. Most grads have a few years of hospital and work experience as well as previous knowledge from their undergrad degree.

Being new to Australia and well as the Australian health system, it will most likely be a pretty hard.