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Medicine FAQ / So You Want To Be A Doctor
thushan:
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--- Quote from: Jenny_2108 on July 13, 2012, 01:43:24 am ---From your post, it seems like undergrad is a better choice :D
If we take postgrad, GAMSAT is required right? Is GAMSAT very hard? Which uni offer postgrad besides UoM?
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My sister after doing GAMSAT: never again.
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Lol some people have attempted it up to 3 times. Depends on the person I guess, if it's really worth it.
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Now that's courage.
Imagine if the UMAT were 6 hours...say a 170 minute Section 1, 100 minute Section 2 and 60 minute section 3 :P
Bhootnike:
--- Quote from: thushan on July 13, 2012, 12:17:21 pm ---
--- Quote from: El2012 on July 13, 2012, 12:10:10 pm ---
--- Quote from: thushan on July 13, 2012, 11:38:08 am ---
--- Quote from: Jenny_2108 on July 13, 2012, 01:43:24 am ---From your post, it seems like undergrad is a better choice :D
If we take postgrad, GAMSAT is required right? Is GAMSAT very hard? Which uni offer postgrad besides UoM?
--- End quote ---
My sister after doing GAMSAT: never again.
--- End quote ---
Lol some people have attempted it up to 3 times. Depends on the person I guess, if it's really worth it.
--- End quote ---
Now that's courage.
Imagine if the UMAT were 6 hours...say a 170 minute Section 1, 100 minute Section 2 and 60 minute section 3 :P
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pi:
^Good luck :P
Russ:
GAMSAT isn't that bad. It was a drain but people do tend to get kinda melodramatic about it.
--- Quote from: Stick on July 12, 2012, 09:41:39 pm ---Obviously one major barrier for potential and current medicine students is being exposed to a plethora of very confronting circumstances (by this I am referring to the 'blood and guts' :P). On a more personal level, I've only started considering medicine as a viable career option as it has the academic pursuits I crave, has a lot of science and problem-solving aspects and is a job that is people-oriented and allows me to help others. But I guess I've always had uncertainty about if and how I'd deal with seeing these sorts of things throughout medical training and whether or not it is a career I should even be considering if I think I can't deal with those aspects of the job. Perhaps you could enlighten us on this side of medicine? :)
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As I mentioned last night, you'll get inured to it. I didn't like dissections much in high school, last semester I was breaking ribs and removing limbs with the best of them.
I'd be much more concerned about the emotional damage and the confronting social situations that will crop up in medicine, because they're a lot more traumatic than the 'blood and guts'. Have a think about your coping mechanisms and mental strength. They're things that will develop (I'm certainly not the person I was 5 years ago in y11) but it's always good to contemplate it beforehand.
Starlight:
--- Quote from: thushan on July 13, 2012, 11:38:08 am ---
--- Quote from: Jenny_2108 on July 13, 2012, 01:43:24 am ---From your post, it seems like undergrad is a better choice :D
If we take postgrad, GAMSAT is required right? Is GAMSAT very hard? Which uni offer postgrad besides UoM?
--- End quote ---
My sister after doing GAMSAT: never again.
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Did she end up getting into med/ dent/optom?
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