i wanna be doctor

KaspherskyWasTaken SG

i wanna be a doctor , so which diploma should i choose… and how to advance from thr…i thinking of taking biomedical sciences is it ok?

FireIce SG

doc is only thru uni.

Darkness_hacker99 SG

Dip Biomedical Science -- > Degree Biomedical Science --> Degree Medicine. [ very long, overseas route]

JC -- > Degree Medicine [ most competition]

Dip Biomedical Science --> Degree Medicine. [onces in a blue moon situation. few years ago, two NP students did well enough for this.

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*edited. students were from NP.

TTFU SG

Like the mod said. JC is the best. But be prepared to get almost all A i guess..

gunner77 SG

nyp got one new course

http://www.nyp.edu.sg/SCL/mc_main.html

i think you can look at it. although i donno if this is a doctor course?

likeyou SG

A tough course, but pays well, however, be prepare to work long long hours.

UltimaOnline SG

nyp got one new course

http://www.nyp.edu.sg/SCL/mc_main.html

i think you can look at it. although i donno if this is a doctor course?

SP, NP, NYP and TP all have similar courses, all revolving around Pharmaceutical Chemistry / Medicinal Chemistry.

While the details, focus and emphasis vary to some extent between the 4 Polytechnics, the course content for such courses is essentially H2 Biology + H2 Chemistry + H3 Pharmaceutical Chemistry.

(While there is significant overlapping content between all of these courses, Biomedical Science focuses more on Biology while Pharmaceutical / Medicinal Chemistry focuses more on Chemistry.)

The content covered in these courses are pretty good (essentially a partial coverage of 1st & 2nd year University work), but unfortunately it doesn't change the practical reality in Singapore that if you wanna study Medicine in NUS/NTU, it's still a tougher battle going through the poly route compared to the JC route.

Forbiddensinner SG

i wanna be a doctor , so which diploma should i choose… and how to advance from thr…i thinking of taking biomedical sciences is it ok?

You will likely have to go overseas to take your medicine degree. A better way than to ask here will be to ask your lecturers/tutors who have been working there for some time, as some of them will know of the alternative routes which you can take to become a doctor. I am pretty sure you will not be the first student to ask them such a question.

The amount of local poly graduates entering medicine in NUS each year can be counted with one hand. For some years, you don't even need one hand, because no one makes it into NUS medicine for that batch.

Darkness_hacker99 SG

Poly Student accepted into NUS medical School

Please refer to this thread.

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dangerboi SG

I reckon it's better for you to do well at your GCE 'A' levels.

I'm a medical doctor and I'm currently pursuing a Phd. Medicine undergraduates study longer than non-medicine undergraduates.

If you have good results for your GCE 'A' levels, you can try applying for 'Medicine' in universities situated in the United Kingdom. Money is an important factor. Otherwise, you could apply for NUS or NUS-DUKE or NTU; competitive and stringent in the selections.

Getting a M.D in the USA would require you to have a degree (preferably a science related field).

The pros of getting a recognized medical degree overseas is that you have no bonds attached.

Notable universities that provide medical degrees in the UK include

King's College London School of Medicine,

University College London Medical School,

School of Medicine, Imperial College London,

School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge,

Oxford University Medical School etc.

Notable universities that provide medical degrees in the USA include:

Duke University School of Medicine,
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School,
New York University School of Medicine etc.

dangerboi SG

Kindly ask yourself: "Why do I wanna be a doctor?"

Kaise SG

cambridge is very expensive tution fee/year 48,000 quid