Cold hard cash vs doubtful govt funding is a no brainer.

i’m from imu, have u heard of tat uni in malaysia? coz they hv 2 programs, partner medical sch program (which im in now) and a local program.

if u ask me, i feel my frenz who are doing the local program are learning far more than me, coz they are forced too, in a way. while here, in aus, u are supposed to be really motivated to learn on ur own.

which is quite difficult sometimes. btw its not easy to get to present to consultants coz they are quite busy (or maybe lazy) and since its not scripted into the timetable, its not a must for them.

but thank you for ur tips! i will try my best to study hard to be a good doctor

Those who are in educational research and those close to the system (academics, who do research or teach more than see patients) are the ones who strongly support PBL.

The good thing about traditional system is even with a lazy unmotivated student, you can’t graduate without a reasonably sound foundation in medicine; this however is not necessarily true in PBL. As a final year student examiner I can tell, cause I see what OSCEs and MCQs med students get nowadays.

If you are already studying in the PBL system, you need extreme dedication you can become an excellent doctor. You need to read a lot outside of the prescribed syllabus. Most importantly you need to see loads more patients on your own initiative, and practice regularly presenting the cases to critical consultants or junior doctors for feedback. That will help you along the way…

but i guess it just depends how ur medical school handles it. i did my pre-clinicals in a msian university so it was more like a combo of pbls and lectures (independent studying plus some spoon feeding haha!)

so i think that my msian uni did cover alot of ground in 2.5 years.. hmm not sure abt foreign universities though~