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Medicine FAQ / So You Want To Be A Doctor
pi:
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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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Did she end up getting into med/ dent/optom?
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Yeah, she got into med afaik.
WhoTookMyUsername:
--- Quote from: VegemitePi on July 13, 2012, 04:26:53 pm ---
--- Quote from: El2012 on July 13, 2012, 04:22:32 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?
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My sister after doing GAMSAT: never again.
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Did she end up getting into med/ dent/optom?
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Yeah, she got into med afaik.
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She's related to thushan ::) :P
thushan:
Haha yeah she's 3rd year @ ANU now.
charmanderp:
--- Quote from: VegemitePi on July 12, 2012, 11:37:01 pm ---
--- Quote from: Jenny_2108 on July 12, 2012, 11:26:36 pm ---Btw, I have another question: Undergraduate and post-grad medicine, which one is better?
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Overall, I'd say neither is better than the other. It depends on what you're after (I'll make a list of each later on in this post), but personally, I was lucky to get any offers for med, so I took the first one that came my way. It happened to be undergrad :)
Undergrad
- Shorter, usually 5-6 years of total uni (5 at Monash, 6 at other places like JCU)
- The course is less "crammed"
- More contact hours at uni
- Good for those who know exactly what they want to do right after high school
- No full fee places in Vic
- Good holidays
Postgrad
- Longer, usually 7 years of total uni
- Course is a little more "crammed" as typically years 1 and 2 of an undergrad degree become year 1 of a post grad degree
- Less uni contact hours
- Good for those who are unsure coming out of high school or for those wanting a second shot at getting into medicine
- Full fee places available in Vic
- Crappier holidays
In terms of research opportunities, I'd argue they're also about equal. Although, some unis do have better research reps than others.
As far as I know, there is no difference in the doctors they produce (in terms of "quality"), and essentially the UoM MD = Monash MBBS (ie. it is not a "Masters"). Usually though, if someone gets into undergrad, they go to undergrad, the only exceptions I've heard to that are scholarship recipients who choose UoM for a variety of reasons (many don't make that choice too) :)
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And I guess if you do an undergrad degree before postgrad Med it gives you another option in case you ever want to try something else.
paulsterio:
pi, are you sure that undergrad is less crammed, I thought that postgrad would be better because once you've reached the first year of your MD, you would have done quite a fair bit of anatomy, physiology and other human sciences already - rather than us, I find it overwhelming to learn both the science and clinical applications at once :(
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