another biomedic student here, proceeding to my 4th year(final year) soon. i'm now having my internship at general hospital,moving from lab to lab, observing different work station,how r the staffs there handling specimens,how to do quality control. frankly, i'm enjoying the course,happy to see everything r related to human being, especially 'guessing' the pathology of disease,i nt really fancy animal nor plant.lucky to get the course.haha.

wow.. where are you taking Biomed degree???

yea where u studied biomedical science jayne???

it's really enjoyable reading ur latest post and it really motivates me!! thank you!

Monash student? with twin degree?biotech+biomed?=)just a guess.
ya, it is really motivate us

helo~i'm taking A-level now...included bio, chemis and math....
after tat i wish to take a science-related course for my degree...
can someone tell me wat is de different between pharmacy and biomed?
thanks 1st~

Dr pallavi is it? i just love her.
i was kicked out from her class about 4-5 times and she even threated me to fail my microbiology. when the results were out, i got B+ compared to most of my friends who got themselves B and B- (of course u need to go extra mile for A).
she's not fierce, she's just got a lot more sense of discipline during teaching in her class. i've met her few times in Giant Shah Alam and Brunsfield. She's unexpectedly nice and warmer person.
honestly speaking, without her icy looks and 'back stabs' threats during the class, i found new, fundamental subjects like next generation gene-sequencing (i presented this at UITM medical molecular technology institute journal club meetings during my internship) were next to nothing.
so, juniors, heed my advice. try to make a good rapport with her despite having her badmouthing you. she's just testing u.

cheers,

This post has been edited by touix: May 9 2009, 07:41 PM

Well pharmacy studies fields and topics related to drugs which include the absorption of drugs, effect of drugs, side effect of drugs and also the production of drugs (to ensure which way it is most suitably consumed)... Biology is also applied in order to know the effects of drugs towards the body...In order to study pharmacy, one must be good in maths, biology and also most importantly, chemistry (advanced chemistry applied in the course).

For biomedical science, basic knowledge of different aspects of sciences related to human body and it's functions are important because the job of biomedical scientists involves diagnostic applications and also investigations. The study of cells, body fluids, bacteria and also the body metabolism is important to ensure full understanding of the diagnostic tests conducted.... Students must have a strong master of biology (very important) and also chemistry and maths (maths and chemistry is not often applied but basic knowledge of the respective subjects must be mastered...

Hope these answer your doubts....

It was indeed Dr Pallavi Jayavanth ~ Guess what? There are a LOT of her type in MSU-IMS. zzzz

Hey fen88 when ur reading this, I wanna ask....have u found a place to stay for the coming july???

hu~not yet.=)
difficult to find an air-conditioned small room.
still trying .last time when u get it?early July or June?

big difference

pharmacy
- study 4-5 yrs to earn a lot
biomed
- study 4 yrs to earn very little, 10 yrs to earn more

This post has been edited by jonwei: May 11 2009, 12:34 AM

I dunno whether this helps u but this is what i can get for u coincidentally....

my housemate is going to move out of my place and he got a unit at vista B2, opposite IMU only cross the road to reach IMu .

Located on 5th floor the 4th unit, It's a master bedroom and mostly it is air conditioned, rent is rm500 per month (before that he wanna put rm 550 but he got scared after someone turned down his offer...LOL~~~), which is considered as standard price....(some can shoot to rm 600). Can move in on July, beginning of July. Internet connection will be provided , and also washing machine when u decided to move in....Do remind u that the masterbedroom is EMPTY...

If ur interested and for further enquiries, contact this guy at

017-5277021 ( Khor). Bpharm student from BP1/08, can converse in chinese (cantonese and mandarin), Malay and English....LOL~~~

GOod luck for u girl! try find as soon as possible ...

One more thing....keep this in low profile...I am stealing their internet connection as I am typing (I don't want them to know...pls keep this as secret....)

Juz say u got from someone...

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Added on May 11, 2009, 12:42 amOh ya! I forgot...do u mind sharing the unit with guys?? because instead of Khor sharing, there will be another MEdicine student (M1/08) student staying with Khor, which is Khor's friend.....

Both of them will take the middle room and small room respectively.



Well....good luck

This post has been edited by Kurogane88: May 11 2009, 12:43 AM

oh,ok thanks =)
.gud luck for exam.jia you

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Added on May 11, 2009, 12:48 amguys?!! then cannot liao.ha
my parent wan me to find a small single room ,full furnish with air- con.wif female imu student....
haha

This post has been edited by fen88: May 11 2009, 12:48 AM

Hmm.....tricky....but i believe u can find 1....therefore need to find soon as possible....

jia you!...remember...DO NOT, DO NOT rent vista A...it's toooooooooooo far......... takes 10 minutes to reach IMU....

find vista B or C, waaaaaay nearer...really have to find quick before time's running out....i believe a big number of juniors might be coming.......

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Added on May 11, 2009, 12:53 am1 more thing, spread this news to everyone u know....

the rent, must be IMU student , chinese (male or female)....

This post has been edited by Kurogane88: May 11 2009, 12:53 AM

ok, whenever noe anyone need the room i'll let them noe.
thanks.

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Added on May 11, 2009, 1:25 amhelo, u mention that u actually taken biomed in local u ,am i right?

then finally u decided shift to accounting...do u graduate from biomed?or halt halfway?

is it better now? juz asking ur opinion ,nothing else juz curious why u do such a big decision.

why u prefer ACCA ,not the other course like,law,bussiness etc?

beside that ,u emphasis yhat u wan to make BIG money,if u really wan to become rich ,start a small bussiness is a better choice,
tat's true,accounting won make big money,juz help ppl to calculate big money.i'm juz giv man opinion,not to offend u.excuse me if i said anything wrong

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Added on May 11, 2009, 1:28 amjuz giv my own opinion,why not start a small bussiness?=)

This post has been edited by fen88: May 11 2009, 01:28 AM

is that by walking or with transport? if by walking, then get a motorcycle/scooter~

well....juz walking but it would not be convenient...

cos acca can self-study ma....no need attend any class
if u noe the employability of this course, u will noe y i make such a decision ( i mean in malaysian market)
i noe many says that u r very interested in this course n u would like to pursue ur interest, but frankly, i used to think that way.
interest cant b converted into a bowl of rice
oh ya...if u noe wat v did during training, u'll beg to go back to the day u make decision to study this course
anyway, u all like lo....i'm just giving my opinion only

This post has been edited by jonwei: May 11 2009, 07:25 AM

oh, can u tell us about what u did during trainig?

is it testing on faeces ,urine?

do u mind to tell us that, u are undergraduate or graduated?

hmm... juz wan to hear more.

my cousin also pure bio student(cgpa 4) but take accounting. What can i do , i don like calculation at all.

another relative of mine,she juz finish SPM oni. few year ago(i'm still in primary school),she went to singapore ,work as a waitress,her salary is 1800sing dollar(RM 4000+)

now she own a few restaurant .=)

study is juz a path to become more mature ur decision may be right.it depend. hope u can share more experience here.

i still studying biomed n acca at the same time.
for training,
just OBSERVE wat the mlt there do lo.....wont hav the chance to do the wateva test.....just OBSERVE
normally nobody will even bother about ur existence, hav to personally go n observe
just chit-chatting with other trainee in the lab whole day...wasting my time
just met a few ukm biomed trainee in the same hospital....ask them how do they enjoy the course........they just quiet n say "just dunno wat to do after graduate"
making such a big decision to change stream is not easy...many factors to consider....but i'm glad i did, otherwise it will b too late alr by now n will regret it forever
for me.....i always love biology....i even tot i love doing lab research work.....but sem by sem.....it seems the job is boring n dissatisfying.....study so hard to earn that much only....not so motivating
inevitably...sum might hav a gud heart saying they wanna become researcher to find a cure for disease or sumting.....but my heart is not so big lo
i'm selfish 1 lo.....i'm someone who can study....y not i study something that could improve my wealthiness in a shorter time n less torturing process
if u r someone who love money n feel that only with money u could be happy, can buy this n that, gucci, LV , iphone, honda civic.......biomed is not a gud choice
unless u really hav strong interest (which i use to hav) n just wanna make this world a better world, perhaps u find biomed a gud course...but only if u further up to phd, then u could buy this n that also, only if further up to phd
but if u just plan to work after grad biomed......the job opportunity is low to be frank
job: product specialist for pharmaceutical company( in other words SALES), underwriter for insurance company, science officer in gov hospital, mlt in private pathology lab, mayb research assistant in bio-research field, n i cant think of more

dont get offended if i say sumting wrong, biomed just not as gud as u think it is....even worst for biochem, microbiology, biotech

This post has been edited by jonwei: May 11 2009, 06:46 PM