UoM General Chat

[Redoxify]

Anyone who loves martial arts,
wether it be wrestling, jiu jitsu, taekwondo, boxing
inbox me so we can start our own club where we bring forward techniques we have learnt and watch ufc ppv events together

[Rod]

Prepared my timetable early for Monday and it's absolutely shocking. Massive breaks, 8am classes, empty days etc. And there is no real way to improve it.

And what's worse is that I am overseas at the moment and will have to wake up at 3:50am, to do my timetable at 4:00am (we are 6 hours behind).

The timetabling has done my head in

[vox nihili]

It begins.

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23 contact hours, this reminds me of undergrad first year.

Happy tears when I saw this today :')

[Stick]

Happy tears when I saw this today :')

I thought 40 contact hours seemed a bit excessive, but then again it is medicine we're talking about here. Hope you're more relaxed about it and can enjoy the experience more.

[heart]

24 contact hours here with recommend minimum 24 hours additional study. Still grateful it isn't as hectic the USA where they have to study for the USMLEs in addition to med school. They also average 80 hours a week for internship in the states whereas it is like 50ish here.

[Stick]

24 contact hours here with recommend minimum 24 hours additional study. Still grateful it isn't as hectic the USA where they have to study for the USMLEs in addition to med school. They also average 80 hours a week for internship in the states whereas it is like 50ish here.

One hour study per contact hour seems rather conservative to me. I mean, I'm pretty sure in Biomedicine I've heard the course co-ordinator suggest two hours of private study per contact hour, and I'm probably doing three hours study per contact hour. I'm not sure if the figure you've provided reflects less onus on you in medicine to learn in your own time, or assumes people can get their study done more quickly. Additionally, your internship estimates seem a lot more reasonable than the stuff I've found floating around on the Internet. Nonetheless, let me know how you find it!

[ChickenCh0wM1en]

I thought 40 contact hours seemed a bit excessive, but then again it is medicine we're talking about here. Hope you're more relaxed about it and can enjoy the experience more.

40 hrs sounds more like the amount you'll be doing during your clinical years. Although, I've heard some pretty big hours for clinical years per week for some rotations

[Stick]

40 hrs sounds more like the amount you'll be doing during your clinical years. Although, I've heard some pretty big hours for clinical years per week for some rotations

40 hours a week during clinical years makes absolute sense, because it reflects that you're essentially attending a full time job. Also, I think you're right - some rotations will probably require more hours, especially when the durations of certain processes vary and there's no chance to leave through them (surgery comes to mind). Hope you enjoy your first year!

[Starlight]

It begins.

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23 contact hours, this reminds me of undergrad first year.

God bless your soul m8.

Prepared my timetable early for Monday and it's absolutely shocking. Massive breaks, 8am classes, empty days etc. And there is no real way to improve it.

And what's worse is that I am overseas at the moment and will have to wake up at 3:50am, to do my timetable at 4:00am (we are 6 hours behind).

The timetabling has done my head in

We all know there is one solution.. lecture recordings.

24 contact hours here with recommend minimum 24 hours additional study.

Ah wouldn't uni would be cruisy if the number of contact hours we had were a direct correlation with the hours of additional study we put in. Maybe earlier on in the semester, but definitely not past week 6 IMO.

[sjayne]

It's better to do physiology sem1 , then anat sem 2 yeah? (Was going to do just anat and then pharmacology alongside my psych major but now I'm not sure)

[vox nihili]

40 hrs sounds more like the amount you'll be doing during your clinical years. Although, I've heard some pretty big hours for clinical years per week for some rotations

40 hours a week during clinical years makes absolute sense, because it reflects that you're essentially attending a full time job. Also, I think you're right - some rotations will probably require more hours, especially when the durations of certain processes vary and there's no chance to leave through them (surgery comes to mind). Hope you enjoy your first year!

They've given us about 40 in the induction week, but that's all pretty light-on stuff. Apparently the normal timetable picks up beyond the 24 we've got, but nonetheless, it does seem reasonably manageable. Perhaps the biggest worry of it is that most of the contact hours are devoted to new content, which means a lot to learn.

Thanks for being so supportive of us, Stick. Really appreciate it!

[Injustice]

Hey guys this is a serious question and I am genuinely worried about it.

I am doing Bachelor of Biomedicine at UoM this year (first year) and am really nervous about making new friends. From my school, I am the only one attending UoM, so I will not have any friends there, not that I had any at school. My question is, is it hard to make genuine friends at university? Ill be honest with you all, I am not the best looking guy, and I believe this stops me from getting friends

[ChickenCh0wM1en]

Hey guys this is a serious question and I am genuinely worried about it.

I am doing Bachelor of Biomedicine at UoM this year (first year) and am really nervous about making new friends. From my school, I am the only one attending UoM, so I will not have any friends there, not that I had any at school. My question is, is it hard to make genuine friends at university? Ill be honest with you all, I am not the best looking guy, and I believe this stops me from getting friends

As long as you take initiative, attend some classes (lectures/tutes + practicals), friends should come really naturally

EDIT: with regards to your "looks" aspect, I honestly don't think it matters - those people who look at appearance and judge and close people off shouldn't be worth your time anyway.

[vox nihili]

Hey guys this is a serious question and I am genuinely worried about it.

I am doing Bachelor of Biomedicine at UoM this year (first year) and am really nervous about making new friends. From my school, I am the only one attending UoM, so I will not have any friends there, not that I had any at school. My question is, is it hard to make genuine friends at university? Ill be honest with you all, I am not the best looking guy, and I believe this stops me from getting friends

From my experience, Biomed is a degree that attracts lots of lovely people who are more than willing to make friends with anybody who will try. The nerdiest and most socially-awkward Biomed I can think of from my years is really close with one of the most gorgeous (inside and out) and well-loved Biomeds in our cohort. It's just the way things are at Uni. People tend to be more open, more friendly and leave a lot of the highschool rules of popularity behind.

It can be quite confronting being the only one from you school there; but take it from someone who was in the same position—after a little bit of awkwardness at the start, it turns out wonderfully  

[spectroscopy]

Hey guys this is a serious question and I am genuinely worried about it.

I am doing Bachelor of Biomedicine at UoM this year (first year) and am really nervous about making new friends. From my school, I am the only one attending UoM, so I will not have any friends there, not that I had any at school. My question is, is it hard to make genuine friends at university? Ill be honest with you all, I am not the best looking guy, and I believe this stops me from getting friends

super unlikely youll have no kids from your high school going to melbourne as heaps and heaps of scotch kids go every year. but yeah biomed is a really close knit cohort, just go on all the camps and do lots of activities and be friendly and shit and youll be all g