Clinical years for health sciences

[kenhung123]

OK for those in their clinical years for physio, med, pharm, optom, dent..etc

Is it hard? Some say its just hanging around working like a full time professional with only like a few assignments. Others say it is very hard because you gotta study+work.

Coz I heard from a lot that 2nd year med is a bitch, but never 3rd, 4th, 5th etc..so I'm not sure who is right

[shinny]

OK for those doing internship for physio, med, pharm, optom, dent..etc

Is it hard? Some say its just hanging around working like a full time professional with only like a few assignments. Others say it is very hard because you gotta study+work.

Coz I heard from a lot that 2nd year med is a bitch, but never 3rd, 4th, 5th etc..so I'm not sure who is right

Wait, just to clarify, the internship is different from 3rd-5th year. Those are clinical years, so yes, it's a mix of working and doing assignments and tutes I guess. The actual internship is purely work however. So is your question still regarding internships or did you mean clinical years?

[ed_saifa]

Optom doesn't do internship, just clinic. And yes, you will have to do other work as well.

[kenhung123]

Yes clinical years I meant sorry. Edited.

So yea, does it mean the work load is low or still at the same level and plus additional work experience?
Does this vary with universities e.g. Monash Vs. Melbourne? O

[Glockmeister]

From the meddies (or meddie) that I know who are in their clinical years, they seem to be rather busy.

[shinny]

OK for those in their clinical years for physio, med, pharm, optom, dent..etc

Is it hard? Some say its just hanging around working like a full time professional with only like a few assignments. Others say it is very hard because you gotta study+work.

Coz I heard from a lot that 2nd year med is a bitch, but never 3rd, 4th, 5th etc..so I'm not sure who is right

Well now that that's clarified, you've never heard 4th as being hard? My experience is that most say 4th is the hardest, with 3rd being a little bit easier than 2nd and 5th resembling an actual internship. Basically, 4<2<3<1<5 or so.

[Toothpaste]

OK for those in their clinical years for physio, med, pharm, optom, dent..etc

Is it hard? Some say its just hanging around working like a full time professional with only like a few assignments. Others say it is very hard because you gotta study+work.

Coz I heard from a lot that 2nd year med is a bitch, but never 3rd, 4th, 5th etc..so I'm not sure who is right

Pharmacy preregistration/internship/traineeship is the year after you graduate (so, "5th", but you already have your degree). You'd be under provisional registration on the Pharmacy Board of Victoria since you have to complete it before getting the full general rego. At the end of 3rd and most of 4th you'd also have placements scattered through the year: http://www.pharm.monash.edu.au/students/placements/index.html. Internship is paid full time work, placements are not. During internship you'd have to study for exams to get registration, I know that the pharmacy law exam for this year was a few weeks back (it's not the one most people seem to be worried about; I think the oral examination is where the difficulty's at?). Most places would hold study sessions or whatever to help you pass them - it's surprisingly pretty structured. http://www.pharmacybd.vic.gov.au/pharmacists_prereg_prereq.php. So difficulty? I guess it depends. Some people can manage their prereg spot with an additional part time job on the weekends, while some people find the full time hours really draining.

More stuff about the exams: http://www.pharmacybd.vic.gov.au/cmsdocs/exam_intro.pdf