Biomedicine Majors

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http://www.bbiomed.unimelb.edu.au/

Biomedicine Majors booklet
Information session slides
Selectives list

Majors currently available:
•   biochemistry and molecular biology
•   bioengineering systems
•   biotechnology
•   cell and developmental biology
•   defence and disease
•   genetics
•   human structure and function
•   microbiology, infection and immunology
•   neuroscience
•   pathology
•   pharmacology
•   physiology

They all sound fun 


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[bturville]

ah i know! i went to the information session on friday, i can't wait.

its either pathology, physiology, human structure and function or pharmacology for me. too many to pick from!

[psychlaw]

which ones would help with medicine / gamsat most?

[bucket]

theres a couple of courses there that interest me but i would never want to be a doctor or something :S

[bturville]

psychlaw, you MUST have biochem, anatomy and i think its physiology to be eligible for post grad med at melbourne

[jess3254]

All of them look so awesome...

which ones would help with medicine / gamsat most?

Med - defence and disease, pathology, physiology, human structure and function, immunology
GAMSAT - Not entirely sure, maybe biochem subjects.

[shinny]

What's actually tested on GAMSAT? o_O I thought it was just similar to UMAT, but if biochem helps with it, then is it more specific?

[psychlaw]

What's actually tested on GAMSAT? o_O I thought it was just similar to UMAT, but if biochem helps with it, then is it more specific?

It tests knowledge related to 1st year university biology, 1st year university chemistry and vce level physics

and you have to write an essay... so english/bio/chem/physics skills

no its not like umat, because to do well in GAMSAT you actually have to study/prepare (which I suppose you can do to an extent with UMAT)

[jess3254]

psychlaw, you MUST have biochem, anatomy and i think its physiology to be eligible for post grad med at melbourne

Really? Link?
Deakin and Monash postgrad you can get into medicine with any course at all, so long as you attain good marks and are able to do well on the GAMSAT.

[BA22]

Yeh, melbourne expect your undergraduate degree to cover specific aspects such as biochem, as always, this is very similar to american colleges

http://www.medicine.unimelb.edu.au/docs/OpenDayPresentation2008.pdf

slide 23

I think the GAMSAT knowledge level is more comparable to high school bio, chem and physics than 1st year university.

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psychlaw, you MUST have biochem, anatomy and i think its physiology to be eligible for post grad med at melbourne

Really? Link?
Deakin and Monash postgrad you can get into medicine with any course at all, so long as you attain good marks and are able to do well on the GAMSAT.

Selection

Selection into the Doctor of Medicine will require:

    * A completed undergraduate degree
    * At least one semester long subject (12.5 points) at second year level or above in each of Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry
    * Completion of GAMSAT for local applicants and either GAMSAT or MCAT for international applicants
    * Satisfactory performance in a multi mini interview (MMI)

What BA22 posted

What's actually tested on GAMSAT? o_O I thought it was just similar to UMAT, but if biochem helps with it, then is it more specific?

There's quite a bit of info here if you're curious (and have time)
http://gamsat.acer.edu.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6&Itemid=236

Section III is made up of questions in three discipline  areas in the following proportions:

Chemistry 40%
Biology 40%
Physics 20%

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The level of subject knowledge required for the Reasoning in Biological and Physical Sciences section of the test generally corresponds to the first year of university studies in biology and chemistry, and Year 12 in physics.

Yay more biology/chemistry than physics.

[psychlaw]

I think the GAMSAT knowledge level is more comparable to high school bio, chem and physics than 1st year university.

the website says 1st year bio and chem and year 12 physics
(see quote in above post)

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I think the GAMSAT knowledge level is more comparable to high school bio, chem and physics than 1st year university.

the website says 1st year bio and chem and year 12 physics
(see quote in above post)

1st year bio (from listening to the Monash BIO1011 podcasts) is similar to VCE biology (except they speed it up) lol. (never started on sem 2 ones though)

[psychlaw]

If you didn't do highschool physics, and did a biomed degree, how are you expected to learn the required physics for GAMSAT? you have to teach it to yourself? Or just take it as your breadth in your biomed degree

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If you didn't do highschool physics, and did a biomed degree, how are you expected to learn the required physics for GAMSAT? you have to teach it to yourself? Or just take it as your breadth in your biomed degree

Physics is a core subject in BBiomed at UMelb. (there are different streams for your level of knowledge, so don't worry If I end up at biomed I'll be in the foundation/noob/whatever physics stream haha.

structure:
http://www.bbiomed.unimelb.edu.au/bachelor_of_biomedicine/course_structure

^ Depending upon VCE subjects, students will need to take either Physics for Biomedicine or Physics 2: Life Sciences and Environments.