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What can you do with a Bachelor of Medical Science degree at USYD in terms of job prospects? I've always been under the impression that it's pretty much a dead-man's degree if you don't use it to obtain a spot in MBBS? Am I correct?

 

[+GriM ReApeR+]

whats a MBBS....?
I want to do medical science, but I hear people say its not good cos theres no good jobs out there...

 

[hipsta_jess]

Originally posted by +GriM ReApeR+
whats a MBBS....?

dunno what exactly it stands for, but i think its something like medicine * * surgery.
presumably the B's (or *'s) are bachelor, although not sure.

 

[cheesegrater]

yeah it stands for bachelor med/bach surgery

i though the degree was for ppl that wanna do radiology or pathology or that sort of thing, ie become medical professionals' that are not doctors.
im not sure but i think usyd has a B radiology, so id say the above is just a more general version of that.

 

[babydoll_]

Originally posted by JKDDragon
What can you do with a Bachelor of Medical Science degree at USYD in terms of job prospects? I've always been under the impression that it's pretty much a dead-man's degree if you don't use it to obtain a spot in MBBS? Am I correct?

Yeah, my HSC Chem tutor used to be a Med Sci professor, and he said most people used it as a jumping off point to transfer into Med at UNSW or Newcastle. The problem is that the % of people accepted into Medicine through first year transfer is TINY, so a lot of people get 'stuck' in Medical Science, which is a little bad cos it doesn't give you a qualification for any sort of medical degree

 

[Wohzazz]

Originally posted by babydoll_
Yeah, my HSC Chem tutor used to be a Med Sci professor, and he said most people used it as a jumping off point to transfer into Med at UNSW or Newcastle. The problem is that the % of people accepted into Medicine through first year transfer is TINY, so a lot of people get 'stuck' in Medical Science, which is a little bad cos it doesn't give you a qualification for any sort of medical degree

Damn i feel sorry for those persistent people out there. If i don't make med, i'll probably do something else to do something sciency but not medical science.

 

[kimmeh]

Med sci has gone down too at USYD.. a bit of a worry... i wouldnt mind doing it and end up doing pathology or research/lab work in the end. Hmm... depends what you major in too what's the difference between the Bsc majors and the BMedSci majors?

 

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So conclusion is.. if you're not gonna continue in the medical field, or transfer into graduate medicine, it really is a dud degree. Hrm.

 

[saves.the.day]

Originally posted by kimmeh
Med sci has gone down too at USYD.. a bit of a worry... i wouldnt mind doing it and end up doing pathology or research/lab work in the end. Hmm... depends what you major in too what's the difference between the Bsc majors and the BMedSci majors?

I do Med science at UNSW (first year) and there are no majors for med science. This is a major reason why people dont get employed with this degree.. the course is so general.

As for transfers in first year, I met a person doing 3rd year med science and he told me that in his first year, all 140+ of them applied for a transfer into med and 4 of them made the transfer in year 1.

Every single person I have met in my course is doing it to try to transfer into medicine so the competition is really really tough.

 

[jase_]

lol JKDDragon, that pic in your signature is funny =P.

 

[santaslayer]

Is that nic tse?

 

[kimmeh]

Originally posted by saves.the.day
I do Med science at UNSW (first year) and there are no majors for med science. This is a major reason why people dont get employed with this degree.. the course is so general.

is this for UNSW only or for all uni's having Med. Sci? thats does sound a bit bad though not having majors...

Originally posted by saves.the.day
all 140+ of them applied for a transfer into med and 4 of them made the transfer in year 1.

ouch

 

[kimmeh]

Originally posted by santaslayer
Is that nic tse?

he wishes

 

[Collin]

Originally posted by saves.the.day
I do Med science at UNSW (first year) and there are no majors for med science. This is a major reason why people dont get employed with this degree.. the course is so general.

As for transfers in first year, I met a person doing 3rd year med science and he told me that in his first year, all 140+ of them applied for a transfer into med and 4 of them made the transfer in year 1.

Every single person I have met in my course is doing it to try to transfer into medicine so the competition is really really tough.

Hrm, crap.

Originally posted by jasee
lol JKDDragon, that pic in your signature is funny =P.

Oh definitely.

Originally posted by santaslayer
Is that nic tse?

Eh?

 

[Survivor39]

Originally posted by saves.the.day
I do Med science at UNSW (first year) and there are no majors for med science. This is a major reason why people dont get employed with this degree.. the course is so general.

Yes there are majors. you "pick your majors in the second/third year. But in your certification of graduation, they don't print what major you did, unlike the science people.

Originally posted by saves.the.day

As for transfers in first year, I met a person doing 3rd year med science and he told me that in his first year, all 140+ of them applied for a transfer into med and 4 of them made the transfer in year 1.

I don't think all of them actually apply for medicine. Some apply for Pharmacy at USdy. So...and plus you have a lot of people just want to do B Medsci, which is similar to a science degree. So the chance of you getting a job is the same as B Science people....It's just that BMedSci is a NAMED degree with 2 specialised subjects.

 

[xiao1985]

Originally posted by santaslayer
Is that nic tse?

Originally posted by kimmeh
he wishes

hahaha!!!!! reckon eh!!! nic sux *looks around for ragerunner/bubz/whoeva chasing xiao with a chain saw...

Originally posted by +GriM ReApeR+
whats a MBBS....?
I want to do medical science, but I hear people say its not good cos theres no good jobs out there...

MBBS = Medicinæ Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirugiæ
in english: Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery

thanks lexi for the translation =)

well, according to one of my med sci fwnd, you do heaps of med research as contrasting to actually become a doctor in med sci...

 

[korry]

well if you graduated with a medical science degree what sorts of jobs are available?

 

[hk31]

a friend with a medical science degree...now works..in a shoe shop...
she's still looking for a job in some lab...

 

[Collin]

Originally posted by hk31
a friend with a medical science degree...now works..in a shoe shop...

:rofl:

 

[jase_]

That doesn't mean u'll end up in the same position dragon, have some faith in yourself