MBBS graduate entry at Monash Gippsland campus

[ZcuT]

Hey guys,

Need some opinions here. I just got an offer from the mbbs at Monash Gippsland campus, but I am not so familiar with the program. Is it good?

[pi]

Hey guys,

Need some opinions here. I just got an offer from the mbbs at Monash Gippsland campus, but I am not so familiar with the program. Is it good?

Firstly Congrats!

Well the course is almost identical to that of the undergrad course with two main changes:
1) The two pre-clin years is squished into one - not too bad if you've got an anatomy/physiology/immunology/etc background
2) Obviously it's in a regional setting for Year A - I say Year A only because for clinical years you can opt to move to the metro hospitals (Alfred, MMC, etc.)

I can go into more depth regarding the actual course if you'd like? Briefly, in Year A you'll cover the following systems (clinical skills, anatomy, physiology, pharmacology): GIT, Renal, Haem, Neuro (PNS + CNS), Resp, Cardio, Endo (incl diabetes), MSK, basic psych.

[ZcuT]

Hey guys,

Need some opinions here. I just got an offer from the mbbs at Monash Gippsland campus, but I am not so familiar with the program. Is it good?

Yes, please tell me more about this program.
So, from second year to the fourth year, we will all stay in hospitals? No need to go to uni at all? And will we be staying in the same hospital for all that three years or we are supposed to change hospitals during it? Do we get to choose which hospital we go to or we are assigned to each hospitals? Are these hospitals all Monash affiliated? When it comes to finding internships, does gippsland's mbbs have any advantage or disadvantage over clayton's mbbs?
Thank you so so much for your explanation.

[pi]

So, from second year to the fourth year, we will all stay in hospitals? No need to go to uni at all?

I'm only in second year right now, so I might be a bit off here. But essentially yep, Years B to D are clinical years where you won't have any classes in uni. There are exceptions, for example if you're in Southern Health you may have tutes at the Clayton campus.

And will we be staying in the same hospital for all that three years or we are supposed to change hospitals during it?

So for Year B you are assigned a clinical school: Central, Eastern, or Southern. You will be in a hospital within that school. Some schools may have rotations, eg. Eastern will rotate students from Box Hill and Maroondah, but mostly in one or two hospitals in that clinical school.

I'm a bit shady on Years C and D, but for Year C I believe you rotate around clinical schools, and similar for Year D. That's a better question for someone like "shinny" though (completing 5th year now).

Do we get to choose which hospital we go to or we are assigned to each hospitals?

Not anymore, it is essentially random with no swapping allowed. There is talk though that the weakest students get preference at Alfred and MMC, but I can't confirm that.

Are these hospitals all Monash affiliated? 

They are all teaching hospitals, yes. I think they're all public except for Cabrini too.

When it comes to finding internships, does gippsland's mbbs have any advantage or disadvantage over clayton's mbbs?

If anything you probably have an advantage given that you have an additional degree as well as an MBBS which will probably help in EBCVs (evidence based CVs) that are becoming increasingly popular.

[lucas.vang]

sorry for destroying the no comment streak 

I just have an inquiry for pi,
So they wont take into consideration where you live before placing you in teaching hospitals during Years B to D.
I'm very fond of this course however the thought of leaving home from the north-west to live on campus would be devastating (momma's boy).
And how did you go with your placement? Were you successful in getting Alfred  ?

[pi]

I just have an inquiry for pi,
So they wont take into consideration where you live before placing you in teaching hospitals during Years B to D.
I'm very fond of this course however the thought of leaving home from the north-west to live on campus would be devastating (momma's boy).
And how did you go with your placement? Were you successful in getting Alfred  ?

They don't take it into account at all, so much so they can even allocate you to a rural area even if you're not an ERC student (as happened to many friends for year 4C -not the end of the world though).

And no, I got Eastern Health

[excal]

Someone called?

First off - congrats!

pi is pretty much got it covered - however there are some significant changes to the teaching this year but it will still cover the same materials. My understanding is that there will be fewer lectures and a lot more self-directed learning.