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Which degree is best for postgrad medicine?
A1P:
--- Quote from: bigbrownsurfer on July 09, 2017, 06:08:53 pm ---I'm seriously trying to get into a degree that helps later in postgrad medicine.
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Doing one of the Monash degrees gives you the advantage of being eligible for Monash as well as other grad schools. But you also need to consider what if you don't get into Monash, will its GPA make you competitive outside (i.e. versus doing a degree that's more suited to you getting a high GPA). Another important factor is what if you can't get into Med anywhere at all, what can you do with that degree career-wise.
vox nihili:
--- Quote from: Anonymous_ on July 11, 2017, 08:42:45 pm ---What's the difference between Bachelor of Medical Science and Bachelor of Biomedical Science? Also, does Monash ONLY accept students from Monash for it's postgrad Med-entry course or can someone from UNSW or Usyd Medical Science course get in (if they've got a good transcript)? And what's WAM?
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1. Probably not a lot of difference. Depends on the university, but largely the same stuff I think?
2. Can't really say what their reasoning was behind barring other people from getting in to Monash postgrad med, but it likely has to do with the fact that in doing so they encourage people to choose Monash for their undergrad. Since enforcing this policy—which I'll admit I personally think is unfair and makes Monash med sadly homogenous—their clearly in for Biomed has absolutely skyrocketed, so I guess it's worked. And no, no one from UNSW can get into Monash postgrad med
3. Weighted average mean. It's the mean score for your degree, weighted according to year. So each third year score is worth triple a first year score and a second worth double.
Alter:
The nomenclature can get pretty confusing. Typically speaking though, a Bachelor of Medical Science is a degree completed by those who already have a medical degree, while Biomedical Science is an undergraduate degree that is essentially a glorified/specific science degree that focuses on biology, chemistry, etc. BMedSci is typically one year long (I believe) and revolves around research/a research project.
For all intents and purposes, if you're a high-school leaver, you should only be concerned with degrees to do with Biomedical Science/Biomedicine. However, universities can arguably call the degree whatever they want, so it's best to check on a case-by-case basis. For example, I think there are universities in QLD which have BMedSci degrees which are equivalent to our 3 year Biomedical Science degrees, albeit with a different name. I understand this can be pretty confusing, which is why it's safest to go with the university's description of the course, because names of degrees can change between institutions while the core premise stays the same.
Have a nice day.
@vox: "Weighted" in WAM is simply to do with credit points, I think, not the actual year of completing the units. wGPA (used for med entry) takes into account the year.
VanillaRice:
--- Quote from: Alter on July 11, 2017, 09:01:30 pm ---@vox: "Weighted" in WAM is simply to do with credit points, I think, not the actual year of completing the units. wGPA (used for med entry) takes into account the year.
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To also add to this, I believe first year units are only weighted as 0.5 (half) compared to other units.
vox nihili:
--- Quote from: Alter on July 11, 2017, 09:01:30 pm ---@vox: "Weighted" in WAM is simply to do with credit points, I think, not the actual year of completing the units. wGPA (used for med entry) takes into account the year.
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My apologies, this is absolutely correct.
--- Quote from: VanillaRice on July 11, 2017, 09:33:29 pm ---To also add to this, I believe first year units are only weighted as 0.5 (half) compared to other units.
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This isn't typically the case, and certainly isn't at UniMelb: http://ask.unimelb.edu.au/app/answers/detail/a_id/6018/~/weighted-average-mark-%28wam%29
--- Quote from: Anonymous_ on July 11, 2017, 09:43:33 pm ---Thanks a lot for your responses. I heard that University of Melbourne requires the GAMSAT test for entrance to their Graduate Medicine program (MD).
What's the GAMSAT test out of and what's the minimum required for entrance to their MD course? Is the test hard (same difficulty as UMAT perhaps)?
They also look at your grades (GPA) or something of that sorts for your Bachelor degree. What's the highest GPA possible and what's the entry GPA requirement for their MD course?
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Some of these questions you could have answered with a really quick google.
There is no minimum GAMSAT for most courses, though suffice to say it's competitive. Hard to say what you need. Also impossible to say that it's easier or harder than UMAT. Personally, I found GAMSAT easier. I know plenty of others had the opposite experience.
The highest GPA is typically 7, though some universities mark it out of 4. There is no entry requirement for most MD courses, but once again, it's competitive, just like GAMSAT.
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