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VCE Stuff => Victorian Education Discussion => Topic started by: zibb3r on February 10, 2011, 10:53:46 pm
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Can anyone help??? My career's advisor has no idea and i'm stuck trying to figure it out. So basically, what courses do i do and which unis????
Thankyou All :) :smitten: :angel: ;D
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Get any medical degree (Monash undergrad/grad, UoM grad and Deakin grad are your Victorian options), and then move on to specialising. I think neurosurgery involves going through a general surgery post-graduate course first (through something like RACS), and then specialising further into Neurosurgery. Basically, be prepared to be studying for a VERY long time. Many end up travelling to specialise anyway so don't fret about which college you go to at a post-graduate level. That'll sort itself out later. First step is getting your first medical degree.
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Get any medical degree (Monash undergrad/grad, UoM grad and Deakin grad are your Victorian options), and then move on to specialising. I think neurosurgery involves going through a general surgery post-graduate course first (through something like RACS), and then specialising further into Neurosurgery. Basically, be prepared to be studying for a VERY long time. Many end up travelling to specialise anyway so don't fret about which college you go to at a post-graduate level. That'll sort itself out later. First step is getting your first medical degree.
Define 'very long time' please and when do you start earning? (after/during intern...and thereafter at ~60 000 approx?...)
I like brains :)
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You start earning a full time salary in the first year of your internship, which in Victoria is 56k I think.
Very long time...assuming you do a 5 year undergrad medical degree then a minimum of 12 years. That assumes you get into the specialty immediately after finishing your internship, which you almost certainly won't do so add a couple to that.
Neuro is one of the longest training specialties at 6 years.
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I was actually wrong earlier, you can't get apply until the end of your second PGY so it's 13 years minimum ;)
If it makes you feel better, OMFS requires a medical AND a dental degree so it's much longer.
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Here is some information about neurosurgery if you are interested http://www.mymedicalcareer.com.au/specialties/surgery/neurosurgery/neurosurgery.php it has some information on the workplace & training program too.
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Get any medical degree (Monash undergrad/grad, UoM grad and Deakin grad are your Victorian options), and then move on to specialising. I think neurosurgery involves going through a general surgery post-graduate course first (through something like RACS), and then specialising further into Neurosurgery. Basically, be prepared to be studying for a VERY long time. Many end up travelling to specialise anyway so don't fret about which college you go to at a post-graduate level. That'll sort itself out later. First step is getting your first medical degree.
Define 'very long time' please and when do you start earning? (after/during intern...and thereafter at ~60 000 approx?...)
I like brains :)
As soon as you graduate medical school. So, first year out of university.
Also keep in mind Surgery is tough to get into - and neurosurgery even tougher. Out of 100 graduates, supposedly only 8 become surgeons and out of 100 surgical residents, 2 of those become neurosurgeons.
That could be heresay, but it wouldn't surprise me.
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Define 'very long time' please and when do you start earning? (after/during intern...and thereafter at ~60 000 approx?...)
I like brains :)
If your worried about money, don't go for med... Commerce or engineering are the ways to go if you want money right out of uni.
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Don't do Med for the money, either, because you won't get any for a long time.
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Don't do Med for the money, either, because you won't get any for a long time.
+1
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I was actually wrong earlier, you can't get apply until the end of your second PGY so it's 13 years minimum ;)
If it makes you feel better, OMFS requires a medical AND a dental degree so it's much longer.
OMFS is where the $$$$$$ are at
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So true, but I'm not doing a DDS and an MD and a 6 year specialty :(