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Uni Stuff => Faculties => Health sciences => Topic started by: heart on February 16, 2013, 07:14:55 pm

Title: Surgery
Post by: heart on February 16, 2013, 07:14:55 pm

Besides high grades what other qualifications would assist me to pursue this specialty? I'm planning to go in through the biomedicine then doctor of medicine pathway. Would doing honours in surgery help and what I major in as my planned major is bio-medical engineering. Thank you all in advance for any assistance :)

Title: Re: Surgery
Post by: pi on February 16, 2013, 07:21:53 pm

Not many qualifications you can do now will help much tbh (to my knowledge). Becoming a surgical registrar involves a lot of things that you do after your degree. Probably volunteering in your own time might help, that helps strengthen any application.

I'd just pull in the reins and get into the MD first :) Baby steps.

Title: Re: Surgery
Post by: heart on February 16, 2013, 07:26:57 pm

True. Already started some MCAT physics in preparation for the GAMSAT (couldn't do physics in VCE). Would joining the army reserves help an application (e.g for leadership and teamwork). Thank you for the help :) 

P.S I also have some downloaded books on surgery I'm planning to read.

Title: Re: Surgery
Post by: pi on February 16, 2013, 07:34:53 pm

Quote from: heart on February 16, 2013, 07:26:57 pm

P.S I also have some downloaded books on surgery I'm planning to read.

Ok, have you downloaded and had a read of http://www.surgeons.org/media/18807963/2012-10-12_pol_005_selection_to_surgical_education_and_training.pdf and the rest of the application info on RACS?

Title: Re: Surgery
Post by: heart on February 16, 2013, 07:38:27 pm

Thank you. Printing it now as a reference. Ben Carson most motivating surgeon. :)

Title: Re: Surgery
Post by: Russ on February 16, 2013, 08:14:25 pm

Nothing you can do before starting your medical degree will matter. Get fantastic grades whilst you can so that you can get into medicine and when you're studying medicine try and network so when you start working you know a few people and so forth

When you say doing honours in surgery, what's that?

Title: Re: Surgery
Post by: heart on February 16, 2013, 08:19:35 pm

http://sc.mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/bh-bmed   Scroll down till you see Surgery (Austin Health). :) Sorry for being vague should have said biomed honours in surgery.

Title: Re: Surgery
Post by: Tomw2 on February 19, 2013, 09:59:16 am

Quote from: heart on February 16, 2013, 08:19:35 pm

http://sc.mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/bh-bmed   Scroll down till you see Surgery (Austin Health). :) Sorry for being vague should have said biomed honours in surgery.

http://www.austinsurgery.unimelb.edu.au/degrees/undergrad/honours/

Interesting program. What sort of topics would an honours student do in that department?