5 vs 6 Year Medicine

Pugzilla

I got accepted into medicine in NUIG and today I received a letter giving me the choice to take the 5 year course. I got A1s in biology and chemistry so I'd say premed will be a doddle but then again I heard about the intensity and workload of 1st year. I would have taken premed last year but I'm a repeat so I feel it might be a (fun) waste of fun time for me in the long run.

Any advice?

e19

Can i ask did you do all 3 sciences for the leving?

Pugzilla

e19 wrote: »

Can i ask did you do all 3 sciences for the leving?

I did just biology and chemistry, is there much physics involved with first med? Would I be at much of a disadvantage?

Duffman'05

Pugzilla wrote: »

I did just biology and chemistry, is there much physics involved with first med? Would I be at much of a disadvantage?

I'm starting the 6 year programme next week

This is our curriculum (as far as I can tell) :

1st Semester - Biology, Physics, Introduction to Medicine, Engineering & Medical Chemistry. All 4 are worth 15 credits

2nd Semester - Biology (15 credits), Physics (15 credits), Engineering and Medical Chemistry (15 Credits), Contemporary Topics in Medicine (7 Credits),
Early Patient Contact (8 Credits).

So it lucks like a good 25% of the course will be physics!

QueenOfLeon

Duffman'05 wrote: »

I'm starting the 6 year programme next week

This is our curriculum (as far as I can tell) :

1st Semester - Biology, Physics, Introduction to Medicine, Engineering & Medical Chemistry. All 4 are worth 15 credits

2nd Semester - Biology (15 credits), Physics (15 credits), Engineering and Medical Chemistry (15 Credits), Contemporary Topics in Medicine (7 Credits),
Early Patient Contact (8 Credits).

So it lucks like a good 25% of the course will be physics!

Early Patient Contact is in semester 1 unless they've changed it this year for some reason. Physics is leaving cert standard and theres a seperate group for those who haven't done it before

RolandIRL

Some of the med students (don't know how many years they were doing) were in with us science students for physics. the course is basically LC and as QoL said there is a seperate group for those who haven't done it before. you won't be at much of a disadvantage cos there will be others who haven't done physics before

QueenOfLeon

whiteman19 wrote: »

Some of the med students (don't know how many years they were doing) were in with us science students for physics. the course is basically LC and as QoL said there is a seperate group for those who haven't done it before. you won't be at much of a disadvantage cos there will be others who haven't done physics before

That was the premeds, physics isn't a module on its own for the rest of the course.

greenbetty69

im in the same situation! got a letter today with a choice between 5 and 6 years even tho i did the science subjects in different sittings of the leaving cert! ughhhh i was fully thinking about doing premed but im hearing things like you have hardly anything to do and its just a doss the whole time.. dont really want that either like.. anyone here that has done 1st year of med? was it as tough as theyr saying?:(

whadabouchasir

greenbetty69 wrote: »

i ughhhh i was fully thinking about doing premed but im hearing things like you have hardly anything to do and its just a doss the whole time..

It is fairly easy,although early patient contact is really interesting.It's also mad craic and you really get to know your class as well in that year.If you didn't do all three scince subjects for the lc I'd say go for it,if you did it would be a bit easy though.

Shortsighted

Pugzilla wrote: »

I got A1s in biology and chemistry so I'd say premed will be a doddle but then again I heard about the intensity and workload of 1st year.

I got the same, no Physics, but A1s in Biology and Chemistry. I presume not everyone with that will automatically get offered 5 year? Does it go on points as well? Like I'm comfortably over the minimum points, but still nothing majorly over-average?

Ah well, suppose I'll have to suffer through the perils of pre-med for the year instead so

greenbetty69

Shortsighted wrote: »

I got the same, no Physics, but A1s in Biology and Chemistry. I presume not everyone with that will automatically get offered 5 year? Does it go on points as well? Like I'm comfortably over the minimum points, but still nothing majorly over-average?

Ah well, suppose I'll have to suffer through the perils of pre-med for the year instead so

im not sure if it goes on points.. in the letter i got it told me that since i had an adequate background in the basic sciences that i was invited into the 5 yearcourse.. i thought the science subjects had to be done in the same sitting of the lc but i did bio in 09 and physics and chemistry this year and still got invited, strange!