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3rd level course most relevant to medicine?

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  • 27-06-2007 1:49pm
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    thedan
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    which 3rd level course is most relevant to medicine (e.g general practioner)?


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    Skyhawk
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    Biology Id imagine


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    Alanthroneus
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    thedan wrote:
    which 3rd level course is most relevant to medicine (e.g general practioner)?


    em.... medicine?


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    ApeXaviour
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    Biochemistry afaik. You can specialise in this through as a science entrant in university. I knew a 5th year med student who took an extra year from her course to sit with the final year biochemists. Now she's BSc in Biochem and an MD. This would say to me that they're quite similar.
    Medicinal Chemistry (trinity degree) isn't, it's mostly chemistry. Pharmacy isn't either afaik.

    General Practitioner, psychiatrist or obstetrician all have to have a base medicine degree MD. Why? Are you looking to get graduate entry into medicine? That's pretty hard, as difficult as getting 590 in the leaving I believe. Maybe more since you have to do a whole degree AND get a good mark, campared to just repeating the LC. Also it costs a lot more.


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