ill give u an offer for med in my private uni,
Where's your private uni?ill give u an offer for med in my private uni,
ummm okay...special place
Probably because it's closer to the city and perceived prestige factor.
I've heard UWS's program is based on the UG UniMelb program, which was really old school (focusing a lot on the medical sciences). UWS also offers 3 years of clinical and my friend told me they only get a semester-equivalent of stats. At UNSW, we get so many stats lectures (many be due to the research-focus nature of our uni) and we only get 2 years of clinical...so yeah...at least we get to do a year of research........fun......
My bad then. Majority of third year UNSW stuff is clinical anyway, so not too big a difference one way or another
My understanding was that the old University of Melbourne program was actually very research-focused. They had a compuslory Advanced Medical Science year with significant research opportunities and as mentioned, explored the sciences in relatively more depth than the more practical degrees; the feeling as far as I know is that this provided a greater depth of knowledge for both laboratory and clinical research.
I believe UWS's 3rd year (i.e. first year of clinical) students get attached to a team. Whereas we just wander around the hospital with no structure and doing whatever we please. Guess depends on the individual, but I would prefer being attached to a team.
Possibly UWS cut out the year of research so their degree was shorten to 5 years, rather than 6.
It would surprise me personally, as they both seem quite different to me. I had heard that the old UoM degree placed relatively less emphasis on clinicals than research, openly ranked its students (marks mattered), and focused more on the biomedical aspect of patient care than other degrees.