When you think of it, why do we have crappy facilities? Why are there places with no electricity / water? why, are our roads 10x more bumpier than those in w.msia? funding issue? fund distribution? I'm not here to brag about some inequalities that we face, but yes. there are some remote places with poor lighting and water supply.

well, seriously, what's so bad to be sent to rural areas of sabah/swak? I mean, initially you bragged about your passion on saving lives. and now they become so stereotypical about where they are working. Do you get paid less? heck no, you'll get paid more in those places. Do you get lesser training? I doubt so. In rural aus, where one is in charge of the whole hospital, you'll be doing almost everything, by yourself. But correct me if I'm wrong. I'm just tying in the rural practice here and back in Malaysia. But similar situation in OZ like limeuu said. Everyone's reluctant to go to rural areas.

can I know where do you live? as in which area/city

the resources are harvested. and the money is there, held by government. We have the resources. We harvest the resources. we don't HOLD the money that we got from the resources. In the end, what can we do?


btw, has segi started their MBBS course yet?

When #1-6 is happening, and it is, it's proving your point of how screwed up the system is. That's why #7 is in progress. =)

*I like your forum ID =D brachial plexus =P med,lat,post cord lalalala~*

yeah heard my lecturer saying that they're aiming to make everyone specialize in a particular area. So in future, GP's might be broken down again into sub areas like family practitioners. Still, I reckon it'll be good if primary care ie gps are around. somehow, making everyone specialize makes it sound like it's fully secondary health care. ><

then again qualifying for reputable foreign unis might be a prob for some, so they settle for local. my course costs about rm585k in total, so it's not far fro the 500k that was mentioned. I think most of the new ipts med course only cost about 300k-ish?

I reckon TER92 is a bit too low. Reminds me, I saw once, somewhere, saying:" min requirement- TER: as high as possible."

well at least this is our first graduate entry med =) we should be um, proud of it? in a way? =/

it's good that they require AAA, but TER of 85 is way off. =/ they should jack it up to like at least 93-95ish? normally they won't state the minimum marks for ISAT, unless leaked, like in UWA they require a minimum of 80 for you to be even considered eligible of entering med. Otherwise, they'll just say: do your best =). Surprisingly I found the interview in Monash msia rather enjoyable =/ Structured but not that stressful =) as said in the last post, commendations and references are really useless. I think it's true, it tells who you were, doesnt necessarily tells who you are now. IELTS 7.0 is standard =)

I know that some unis don't allow students from their own foundation course to go into medicine after they've finished it, eg: UTAS and UCSI. any insights of the 'foundations' offered by russia? like how are the units like and stuff =P

Nah, I reckon they've shortage of lecturers too, and will try to import lecturers from other countries. Ppl tend to think that UCSI has a long establishment compared to the new IPTS, and they'll go 'this uni should be better', and there we have it. Still, RM600 for application fee is just way too much, just my opinion.

Well, I reckon the quality of the students depend partially on the uni, but also on the students themselves. So if they were to work hard, then surely they'll get much more out of it.

just wondering for those seniors, clinical outweighs preclinical? or are they equally important in terms of being a doctor in the future.

I'm sorry to hear that. Well, it's a private uni, they play god. One day saying hey it's a fine population, and the next day did a massacre. which year (sorry just realized a typo) are you currently in btw?

This post has been edited by onelove89: Jan 2 2011, 07:56 PM

Overestimated their own stomach, and now they're puking. >_< I'm really sorry to hear about your situation mr dunkin, pls do update us on the situation. and yes, they should de-register cucms cos this is just unethical.

It's all about the dough babeh =P I reckon the lecturer:student ratio must be way off cos the students are now 2x the limit. There's a limit for a reason, and that is there's a shortage of lecturers. hmm, come to think of it, I knew a lot of lecturers transferring to cucms due to the cookie dough as well. Then again, my class has 120 students or less now (after sem 1 and sem 2 cut offs), and we have like HEAPS of lecturers/tutors/lab assistants. And that's a good thing IMHO.

In bolehland, so long you have the cookie dough, they can turn it into a cupcake even. =) what to do? the quality is definitely degrading, compared to a few decades ago when UM was well known throughout the world.

frustrating indeed hey =( Msia should make a promo video on their medical education, with a slogan 'everyone can be a doctor'. but seriously, this is worrying.

very very interesting..... wonder who are willing to churn out that amount of money just to do med =/ I mean, they mind as well do the 5 year course, which is like 3x cheaper.

With those results, try applying straight? If not, I do second the idea to take IMU PMS program. Taylors medicine program just got up and running recently, so we know nothing much about it atm.

hi there, except for Perdana, yes, you have to go through the 5 years because it is an undergraduate program. You can opt for postgrad med (the only postgrad med in msia is in Perdana, which costs RM1M) in other countries like UK, US and AUS. They require you to take an exam called GAMSAT. Also, grades aren't just the only thing you look at to judge whether one is going to be a good doctor or not. If you're bored, and a lil loaded, go take ISAT =) It's an entry exam to undergrad med in aus.

wow, tawau is really a small place >< no info on their fees yet? They only require ATAR of 80 and BBB to enter.

I'm sure they will make it a bit more lax even though it's stated BBB. =) what happened to CUCMS btw? is it still alive? (sorry if that sounded a bit harsh) I'm pretty sure the issue has been resolved with um, connections and greens, but any updates on that matter?

This post has been edited by onelove89: Jan 1 2012, 11:16 PM

sorry, I meant CUCMS. =) amended my previous post.