Undergrad Med Uni Requirements

[98.40_for_sure]

Lol i been looking around on the UoM page, Monash MBBS page, and Medicine section @ VN... it's just confusing me cos there's too much info

[vexx]

Lol i been looking around on the UoM page, Monash MBBS page, and Medicine section @ VN... it's just confusing me cos there's too much info

haha yeah i know there is.
pagingdr has heaps of stuff on after graduation and training colleges, and how to become a surgeon/physician, check it out~

[Hutchoo]

*blinks* isn't after graduating from MD means you can just be a GP?

Then you need to do research to be a specialist doctor? (where the money is)

Uhh..you mean further study? Then yes. It's not research... And you can't even be a GP after graduating from a MBBS/MD.
GP is a specialty in itself.

lol buddy
gp is pretty good cash in itself

Yeah man, my local GP see's at least 20 patients every day, each 15-25 minute consultation/appointment costing around $60-300 dollars (depending on what type of appointment)

Thats a shitez load.

How much do doctors get while working in a hospital? I heard the pay is pretty average.

[matt123]

*blinks* isn't after graduating from MD means you can just be a GP?

Then you need to do research to be a specialist doctor? (where the money is)

Uhh..you mean further study? Then yes. It's not research... And you can't even be a GP after graduating from a MBBS/MD.
GP is a specialty in itself.

lol buddy
gp is pretty good cash in itself

Yeah man, my local GP see's at least 20 patients every day, each 15-25 minute consultation/appointment costing around $60-300 dollars (depending on what type of appointment)

Thats a shitez load.

How much do doctors get while working in a hospital? I heard the pay is pretty average.

someone correct me if im wrong
average gp gets anywhere between 80-160 grand a year ( unles at some private gay hospital where all the gays poo out money)

and at hospital it ranges from 70-160 grand ayear

keep inmind this is simple GP .. no specialist

[98.40_for_sure]

Where would you be able to get "accurate" salaries of jobs? it seems like everywhere i look, they say different ranges... like vastly different

[Hutchoo]

Well, I can tell you that a podiatrist makes $60 dollars per check up, they're not even doctors.. but they still make a shit load.

If you ask me, a doctor does more than fix feet (usually), the lowest i've seen is around $60 they vary so much.

[vexx]

Where would you be able to get "accurate" salaries of jobs? it seems like everywhere i look, they say different ranges... like vastly different

probably most accurate as you can select for vic http://content.mycareer.com.au/salary-centre/
money really should not be the motivating factor to do medicine, it's definitely not the easiest way (or quickest) to make heaps of money....

[98.40_for_sure]

Ahh yeah mycareer has nice salaries... some other sites say like, optometrists and engineers 50k, doctors 60k... medical specialists 100k. surely it's not that low...

[happyhappyland]

I think the reason they have smaller classes etc is because no one has ~$260,000.
By the time you're a doctor, making money etc.. It will still take 10ish years to pay ~$260k off.
Its really fucking stupid, like WTFEK.

It will take longer since you would undergo internship resident then you would specialise in which that can take up to 1-5 years... Though you earn quite a bit in your internship/resident years

define 'quite a bit'

50-60k a year from what I hear...

we had an intern come to our school to talk to us, she said her hours for intern was crazy.. somtimes 14hours so she didnt even have time to spend her money.

[Mulan]

neurosurgeons make the most money in the aspect of specialists. But GPs do as well because they keep all the money to themselves!  Anesthetists are pretty rich tooo...so i heard.
at work expereince at RMH everyone there owned an iphone, no kidding...and i couldnt tell the difference between a nurse and a doctor unless i was in theatre with them...cause they all dressed the same XD
Plus isnt it 3 yrs of undergraduate course either science or biomed, then 4 yrs of MD and internship for 1 year for a 3rd year med student. Then after graduation, they become a resident at a hospital for a few years and decide which specialty they would like to follow and this leads to registrar or something? then fellowship and THEN you finally become a proper surgeon/doctor in the specialty you chose after ALL those years?
In my opinion being a doctor isnt all about making money anyways, its about helping people plus, if you want to be rich when you're young maybe doing med isnt the right thing to do...

[matt123]

agreed
being a doctor is def not about the money
there are so many jobs that make SO much more cash
and doing med isnt a work in the park

first you gotta get in . which is very difficult
second you gotta study full time constantly for 5 years
then you must deal with the most stressing people and conditions /situations ...

only do med if you full heatedly interested in the body(medical science and biology)/helping people and advancing in the societies health and safety.

[Hutchoo]

I just find it so intriguing. The money is just a bonus.

[98.40_for_sure]

In terms of money... where are the big bucks?

[vexx]

neurosurgeons make the most money in the aspect of specialists. But GPs do as well because they keep all the money to themselves!  Anesthetists are pretty rich tooo...so i heard.
at work expereince at RMH everyone there owned an iphone, no kidding...and i couldnt tell the difference between a nurse and a doctor unless i was in theatre with them...cause they all dressed the same XD
Plus isnt it 3 yrs of undergraduate course either science or biomed, then 4 yrs of MD and internship for 1 year for a 3rd year med student. Then after graduation, they become a resident at a hospital for a few years and decide which specialty they would like to follow and this leads to registrar or something? then fellowship and THEN you finally become a proper surgeon/doctor in the specialty you chose after ALL those years?
In my opinion being a doctor isnt all about making money anyways, its about helping people plus, if you want to be rich when you're young maybe doing med isnt the right thing to do...

no, there is no speciality guarantees. in your final year of med school you do clinical training in different specialities in a hospital, it is not like your internship wich you apply for in your final year, and get paid during that year.
and then you do 1-2 years of residency after internship (if you pass exams though) and depnding if accepted in a training college, you do basic training (ex. basic physician training) for a few years then apply to an advanced training program for a few years.
it's very competitive and you will most likely not get into your course of choice first time, it's also why many people settle also for GPs because it is not very competitive unlikely neurosurgery (almost impossible )

[Mulan]

OH MY. i think im going to pass out