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dooyeon1998

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Useful Breadth for Biomed
« on: February 06, 2017, 09:11:25 pm »
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Hello
I was wondering if there are any useful breadth for Bio-medicine. As an example I know a lot of engineering students do commerce breadth as it helps them with their career. I am trying to do MD or DDS. If there isn't a particularly useful breadth, I am thinking of doing either Latin or Japanese

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Re: Useful Breadth for Biomed
« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2017, 09:26:22 pm »
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Picking a breadth should just follow two simple rules. DO pick any subject you're interested in. DON'T pick a subject because you want an easy bludge or because you just want to boost your marks. Nobody can really tell you what subject to pick for you because you know best what you're interested in.

Trying something that will take you out of your normal comfort zone is the best idea -- being as divorced from the science you find in biomed is better for you and might end up paying its dividends in the long run - e.g. philosophy to help with essay writing (GAMSAT) and logical reasoning/ethics (MMI tests).

some ideas
https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/view/2017/UNIB10006
https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/view/2017/PHIL10002

alternatively, doing Japanese sounds like a great idea
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