few questions on med (2 Viewers)

[mr EaZy]

1) wats pathology- just the study of pathogens right??

2) in med sci, all u do is stick to a medical lab right? no frsh air ?

3) wat about Mac Farlane Burnett, does anyone know wat he did? med sci or med? which field (was it only immunology?)

Tank! i mean thnx in adv

 

[Lexicographer]

Firstly, I think you're asking more about Medical Science than Medicine.

Secondly, Pathology is the study of Disease.

Medical Science is the study of the sciences and technologies used in the medical field to help physicians and allied practicioners to diagnose and treat afflicted people. You learn the fundamentals of anatomy and physiology, physics, biochemistry and pharmacology, as well as other fields related to diagnosis and treatment (depending on which uni you're doing MedSci at).

I don't know who that guy is.

 

[inasero]

1) wats pathology- just the study of pathogens right??

no...its a specialisation which you do after graduating form med school. you can do any number of things...including looking at cell cultures to determine the strain of a pathogen. thats why when you get a nasopharyngeal swap at the GP they say they'll "send it off to pathology"

2) in med sci, all u do is stick to a medical lab right? no frsh air ?

er.....no

3) wat about Mac Farlane Burnett, does anyone know wat he did? med sci or med? which field (was it only immunology?)

he did medicine...he discovered specific immunity (stuff like antibodies reacting to antigen) and won the Nobel Prize of 1957?? for it....

 

[inasero]

crap sorry, he was awarded the prize in 1960

 

[mr EaZy]

i thought the clonal selection theory was developed in med sci, ok then, well then, i really want to get into med now... what did he specialise in? immunology and infectious disease my first guess!

 

[mr EaZy]

Firstly, I think you're asking more about Medical Science than Medicine.

I don't know who that guy is.

1) tru that, i AM in the faculty of medicine and science - hence medical science it is.

2) yeah, he developed clonal selection theory on b/t cells (lymphocytes)

theres a docummentary on Sir Burnett's work, i saw the prev on ABC but dont know when its on. about him and germ warfare with the soviets/communists

(in defense of Aussie land

 

[mr EaZy]

i was switching channels during the time rush hour was on, and i saw the doc by chance. it was called REWIND on ABC showing burnetts work

 

[+Po1ntDeXt3r+]

from MBBS u can do medsci too.. im doing that.. u can do it at melb too but it aint optional.. in melb..

 

[mr EaZy]

u mean after an MBBS u specialise in Medical science? yeah i think i kinda knew that before.

Is this tru? : in medical science u have compulsory subjects that must be done, and because its a 3 year course at UNSW, u dont really get a chance to specialise all that much unless u do an honours. This is what i overheard a professor talkin to someone. He recommended science over medical science. I also think the guy he was talking to wanted to transfer from a science or medsci to medicine.

 

[mr EaZy]

crap sorry, he was awarded the prize in 1960

6 nobels have been awarded to aussies For SCIENCE:
Florey
the Braggs team
Burnett

and i forgot the rest.

 

[+Po1ntDeXt3r+]

florey was an adel grad .. but worked in melb
no after MBBS i do a medsci(hons) to further research in medicine...

id do watever interests u and gives u a chance at doing well at GAMSAT..

 

[mr EaZy]

yeah, now im facing a big dilemma:
assuming i dont get into med (99% chance i dont) i was thinking of med sci,
but im having second thoughts as im interested in it only because i like the subject and coming up with ways to sove problems in biology and medical science. I first experienced this when i did the bio course last year.

Anywaz, What if i prove myself to be a failure as a researcher, what else is there? medical journalist? ill probably be stuck in a lab doing the kind of research society is no longer interested in. I mean look at it this way: Why is Ricky Ponting a representative of cancer treatment? because society couldnt care less otherwise!

So, i looked elsewhere and with help from the lecturers at UNSW on open day, i landed on Law/ arts in international studies @ UTS. I know i cant go wrong there! its a ~97 course. For the moment, im keeping my options open still. LAter!

 

[mr EaZy]

no after MBBS i do a medsci(hons) to further research in medicine...
QUOTE]

in an ideal world i'd like to do that too!

 

[inasero]

hehe u can take an extra year off to do law OR medical science at monash uni...im still contemplating which one i should go for

 

[mr EaZy]

OMG! i may have come to the realisation that i dont wanna do med at all!

i always wanted to help people and all that stuff through research and practicing med. but i think im more leaning to do liberal studies at sydney UNI.

its a cross between international studies and scicence and math and arts. I wanna end up in a government job and change the world that way

having said that, u may not hear from me again in this thread. BYE

 

[inasero]

well...if you do a medical degree you can still become involved in politics (e.g. joining the WHO) or epidemiology and change the lives of others in a macrological scale...but yeah, whatever floats your boat, I wish u all the best matey

 

[mr EaZy]

hang on, i found out lib studies is not that good after all, im stuck on not knowing my destiny again!

 

[mr EaZy]

well...if you do a medical degree you can still become involved in politics (e.g. joining the WHO) or epidemiology and change the lives of others in a macrological scale...but yeah, whatever floats your boat, I wish u all the best matey

Yeah, i bet u've got Brenden Nelson on your Mind!

that was my original plan anyway, well, i had lots of plans......

 

[+Po1ntDeXt3r+]

figure wat u want to do.. then ill tell u if its med.. or something else
med is lik a TAFE course.. hands on

 

[mr EaZy]

Thanx guys, i reckon if u can be soo helpful to your patients as you have been in these threads....u'll make great doctors!!

Hey DeXtr+ , u say that your lecturers are post grad med sci students right?

well, do me a favour and ask them how much they get paid

i really wouldnt mind lecturing and doing research at the same time.
Thnx again!