Psychiatry at Melbourne

[bomb]

So I went to the open day and the person at the Biomed stand told me to get a Master in Psychiatry...which is not on the website LOL.

Which path do I follow to get into psychiatry? Thanks xD

Also, I'm a little conflicted. I want to do psychiatry, but the subjects in Biomed look boring (all the biology stuff). I like BSc with heaps of maths and chemistry with a breadth track of IT. That would be the most interesting course for me. Should I put up with Biomed for Psychiatry or do Bsc and settle for Psychology?

Thanks.

Edit: would I even have a chance of getting into BBiomed 2nd round because I'm from an under-rep school?

[TrueLight]

um really not that sure about this but i believe to become a psychiatrist you have to do a medical degree and then specialise in psychiatry because a psychiatrist is a doctor

you could do science and do honours in psychopharmacology but that is more the research side i believe

so if you dont get into undergrad medicine you have to do graduate medicine

its up to you whether you want to do psychology (i think its better than giving patients drugs for mental conditions but its up to you)

do what your interested in you can major in pharmacology with both biomed or science if you take that route or major in psychology

yep see here its a nice diagram it would be the same elsewhere http://www.med.monash.edu.au/psych/students/psychiatry-paths.html

[TrueLight]

oh wait so your interested in chemistry and maths but want to do psychology and pharmacology (i.e. drugs)

do you really want to become a psychiatrist? you say the biology stuff is boring
what makes you really interested in psychiatry?

[Glockmeister]

Perhaps you'd confused it with the Master of Psychology?

[TrueLight]

i assume he meant this
https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/view/2011/342AA
"The course aims to develop the knowledge and skills of medical practitioners"
"offered to RANZCP trainees and other medical practitoners"
"Applicants need to have a current registration with the Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria"

so yep you need to have done medicine

[bomb]

Oh, thanks for finding that Truelight!

Thanks guys. I'm really sure I want to do either psychiatry or psychology, I'd rather psychiatry because there are a lot of job oppurtunities for that.

I'm really noobish at this uni stuff, so can I do BBiomed and then MoP or do I need to do Doctor of Medicine first?

I can put up with theh biology stuff, but I just enjoy Maths/Chem a lot.

[Russ]

Do you want to do psychology or psychiatry?
If you want to do psychology, then do a BSc, major in it and then do a Masters.
If you want to do psychiatry, do science or biomedicine, get into the MD program, do your internship and then get into the specialization program

Psychiatry is a longer and harder pathway, that's why there are more job opportunities

[bomb]

I want to do psychiatry, that's my first preference. But it's going to go for a whole lot longer, so I'll go for Clinical Psychology instead

Thanks guys!

[Russ]

You probably don't have to decide until after you finish your first degree I guess.

[Visionz]

Becoming a fully qualified psychiatrist takes over 9000 years.

[bomb]

You probably don't have to decide until after you finish your first degree I guess.

The guy told me that BBiomed won't let me do Clinical and BSc won't let me do Psychiatry :S

Becoming a fully qualified psychiatrist takes over 9000 years.

Visionz! I haven't seen you around since mid-year Psych. What did you get?

[Russ]

A BSc will let you do psychiatry (eventually, after the normal pathway) but yeah biomedicine doesn't have a psychology major

[bomb]

A BSc will let you do psychiatry (eventually, after the normal pathway) but yeah biomedicine doesn't have a psychology major

OMG, you serious? That's the best news I've heard since December 13th haha. Then how long does the MD program take? And what do I need to major in to get into that?

[Russ]

I don't know for sure, but based on what's been said in this thread about psychiatry being a medical specialty then yes, a BSc is fine for admission to the MD.

Your major doesn't matter, but you need to take certain subjects (anatomy, physiology, biochemistry) and sit an entrance exam. The MD is 4 years.

[bomb]

Hmm, assuming I don't have to do honours, thats 3+4+3 = 10 years...

Oh well, nevermind the time, it's what I want to do