Bachelor of Med at Monash Malaysia campus

[samiira]

but then this is monash campus at sunway..??.. and if this doesnt work out their is also an international uni at malaysia which iam willing to apply for but i am sure if u do graduate med there and u cum bak here dont u tkae a test?

[samiira]

omg i sent them an email for Monash at sunway campus and they say

"Because you are a domestic student you cannot study at Monash University Malaysia. You will have to apply for an Australian campus."

I though we could apply for any monash campus - even South africa.. :S

[happyhappyland]

Dont do that course. THe lecturers and teachers there are really shit even though they are Monash, they are a completely lower ranked program. You'd rather go fro graduate med then go there or even go interstate

[MBBS]

I've spoken to my doctor who studied overseas. You will have a series of tests to complete to show you adhere to Australian medical standards.

What do people think of admission to the University of Adelaide? Is it harder or easier in comparison to admission to Monash?

[shinny]

I've spoken to my doctor who studied overseas. You will have a series of tests to complete to show you adhere to Australian medical standards.

What do people think of admission to the University of Adelaide? Is it harder or easier in comparison to admission to Monash?

Much easier.

[MBBS]

How much easier, what kind of ATAR rank do you know successful applicants have achieved?

Also, would I be able to do my internship in Victoria if I studied there?

[shinny]

How much easier, what kind of ATAR rank do you know successful applicants have achieved?

Also, would I be able to do my internship in Victoria if I studied there?

Many I know that didn't get into Monash got into Adelaide - myself included initially. The ATAR is a bit irrelevant in Med from what I've seen and usually isn't the deciding factor, but it just happens that the people I know would've got 95+ or so. Checking the medstudentsonline forum is probably a better place to ask about the thresholds for the ATAR. And yeh, you should be able to do your internship in Victoria so long as you get in. I'm not sure if there's any preference that goes on in regards to states choosing students from their own universities though.

[Russ]

I'm not sure if there's any preference that goes on in regards to states choosing students from their own universities though.

Yeah there is, you go behind the students who graduated from universities in the state you're applying for (but ahead of full fee students if you're CSP). The AMSA was up in arms about it, I read an article in my uni student newspaper today discussing the internship situation

[MBBS]

Sorry Russ, I don't quite get what you said? A bit too much technical jargon.

What do you mean competition for internship, surely everybody gets an internship?

 

[Russ]

What do you mean competition for internship, surely everybody gets an internship?

Used to be the case.

Haven't checked recently, but the Victorian government guaranteed internship positions for all medicine graduates until the end of 2012. Obviously, if you start a degree now that won't include you and given that the amount of medicine graduates is increasing faster than the amount of intern positions is...

[MBBS]

JESUS CHRIST,

If I study Medicine for 5 years and am not offered an internship...

Shit will explode.

[Russ]

On the upside, there's a lot of pressure on the government to guarantee further into the future, since it's obviously a lose-lose situation for everyone.

edit: I just dug out the article (farrago page 8 if anyone has it) and it focuses mainly on international students applying for interstate positions. I assume it's the same for domestic students but the article doesn't explicitly mention it

[MBBS]

Honestly think everyone will get internships etc for a very long time...

[Russ]

CSP students at least. International is another story.

Regardless, this is a problem that really needs to be addressed, the public health system is in a bad enough state as it is.

edit: Found what I was looking for: http://www.amsa.org.au/sites/default/files/20100923%20Internship%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf

[shinny]

Yeh it's not going to affect us anytime soon, but the internationals are starting to lose out. Interstaters are the next to go apparently, but that should be a while, and hopefully the government intervenes before then.