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[+Po1ntDeXt3r+]

I still want anaesthesia after MBBS its my highest choice for a spec... ..

ok.. u should do HSC sciences.. for MBBS/BMed if u get in.. not the specialty..

anaesthesia deals with pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics.. not chem the syllabus outline can be found at the webpage to the 'Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists'.

http://www.anzca.edu.au
http://www.anzca.edu.au/about/careerbook/careerbook.pdf
http://bhhdoa.org.au/aip/terms.html

enjoy.. its lik the 3rd largest specialty

 

[inasero]

please prescribe me some pethidine when u become an anaesthetist alvin...lots and lots of them!

 

[+Po1ntDeXt3r+]

tat depends.. wat am i gettin out of u?

 

[Lexicographer]

That's the other thing that's turned me of anæsthesia - pharmacodynamics and pharmacokynetics. It's all MATHS ARGH.

I couldn't even handle normal kinetics in Chem 2 last year.

 

[inasero]

some man lovin'!

 

[Meads]

oh well its too late...i did not do any HSC sciences...lol...did more humanities :S i originally wanted to do law...but geez ive got plenty out of this thread...cheering!

 

[+Po1ntDeXt3r+]

doesnt realli matter jsut makes med easier
but sif u cant catch up..
i did phys and chem and im able to catch up the bio needed..

Pharmacology is lik the sweetest subject in my opinion.. its interesting.. but then soo is physiology

 

[Lexicographer]

I like pharmacology bit more for the principles and the actual chemical interactions involved, not the maths (kinetics).

 

[+Po1ntDeXt3r+]

errrr..
Pharmacokinetics.. is good tat way.. but lik even with physiology there is maths.. it shouldnt be lik a massive chore..
Pharmacodynamics also has maths..

the D in dynamics is wat the drug does
and Kinetics=how the drug moves

btw maths is the basis of all good sciences... and maths in med is soo EASY!!
so take no notice of lexi.. he's still in yr 1 ..
but ull change ure pref for spec 6-10 times b4 the end of med school..

 

[inasero]

lol you're right...
pharmacodynamics- what the drug does to the body
phamracokinetics- what the body does to the drug

not much maths involved in first year pharm...

 

[Lexicographer]

Alvin, stop rubbing in that you're ahead of me a year. It's old.

And just because you find the maths easy, Mr 4 Unit, doesn't mean that everyone will. I for one have struggled with maths for seven years. It might be simple calculus to you, but that doesn't make it universally easy.

 

[+Po1ntDeXt3r+]

rofl.. what calculus are u doing in UWA?

the most i get is.. Density=mass/volume.. lolz
and milli= 1/1000
2u Math is enough.. im just saying.. u havent been there a semester yet!? how would u kno how much math in med.. cos it aint much

 

[Lexicographer]

Pharmacokinetics is basically application of chemical kinetics to pharmacy (I've seen a third year's notes). I did chemical kinetics last year and though many around me found it simple, I had trouble with it. Kinetics lost me a distinction.

 

[kimmeh]

Do you guys have to do maths? the closest thing i do to maths is like 1 week of statistics in my entire coure

 

[mervvyn]

Do you guys have to do maths? the closest thing i do to maths is like 1 week of statistics in my entire coure

i don't think we ever do maths by itself - it just sort of pops up when you talk about areas like pharmacokinetics

 

[Lexicographer]

Our med chem course has so far been nothing but memorising equations. Sucks.