How do medical schools in other countries enroll?

The US requires university graduates to register for the medical profession, while Singapore sets the strictest medical entry conditions in the industry.

Australia, the US, the UK or Singapore are among the countries with many universities in the list of the best medical training in the world. These countries also have the most rigorous medical admissions processes.

According to Nguyen Van Tuan, a professor at the University of New South Wales and the University of Notre Dame Australia, medical schools in Australia have two systems for training doctors : undergraduate and post-graduate levels. .

At the university level, medical school students are recruited from high school graduates (grade 12). The graduate level is recruited from those who have graduated with a bachelor's degree. They may have a bachelor's degree in science, literature, or engineering, but most are a Bachelor of Medical Sciences.

Both groups must pass the UMAT (for undergraduate level) or GAMSAT (for graduate level). UMAT (Undergraduate Medicine and health sciences Admission Test) consists of three parts. Part one is logical reasoning and problem solving; part two is understanding of people and third part is abstract reasoning. This is an important knowledge and skill for future medical research and practice.

Meanwhile, GAMSAT (Graduate Medical School Admissions Test) has some questions about physics, biology and math but are simple questions. After the exam, candidates have to go through an interview round.

Each year, Australia has about 10,000 candidates but only 3,000 candidates are admitted. Candidates who do not pass can take a detour, by studying subjects close to medicine such as nursing, pharmacy, biochemistry, physical therapy, and then retake the exam.

The undergraduate degree program is typically six years, divided into three phases, and students graduate with a Bachelor of Medicine and a Bachelor of Surgery (MB -BS) degree. A four-year graduate-level training program that grants a Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree.

Many medical schools in Australia, such as the University of New South Wales, follow the trend of continuing education from bachelor's to doctorate, and graduates will earn a Bachelor of Medical Studies and a Doctor of Medicine. Doctor of Medicine. Some other institutions, such as the University of Notre Dame Australia, offer postgraduate training (ie MDs) only to those who have graduated with a bachelor's degree.

Faced with the recent controversy that some medical schools in Vietnam did not have a Biology subject for medical admissions , Professor Tuan compared, in both training programs in Australia, Biology is not so important.

US medical training from graduate school . According to Dr. Christina Nguyen (Nguyen Ngoc Trang), candidates need a bachelor's degree before they want to enroll in Medicine.

Christina is currently a family physician for CommonSpirit, one of the leading non-profit medical organizations in the US, in the state of Nebraska. The Hue-born female doctor graduated with honors from Creighton University, then continued her medical studies and residency training at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Before becoming a family doctor, she spent more than ten years studying.

Christina Nguyen said that, in addition to a bachelor's degree, a candidate's academic record needs to have all the pre-requisites (required classes), including: a behavioral science class (psychology, sociology...); two biology classes; four chemistry/biochemistry classes; two physical layers; two math classes and two writing classes.

In addition, candidates must take the MCAT (a standardized test of thinking and problem-solving abilities), have a track record of research, community work, leadership, personal essay, and Letter of recommendation to complete your application.

The way to study medicine in the US is somewhat different than in Vietnam because it belongs to the doctoral program after graduate school. Medical school in the US is only encapsulated in four years, but these four years require students to learn a huge amount of knowledge. Therefore, students need a basic understanding of chemistry, biochemistry, biochemistry, physics, math, and social studies, and the ability to communicate - from the university level - in order to keep up with the curriculum and apply their knowledge. awareness of medical treatment.

Dr. Chritina believes that in the medical profession, biological knowledge is necessary to understand deeply the physiology of the human body. "If medical schools do not require biology to enroll , then in my opinion, there should be a plan to ensure the quality of training in this subject in medical schools," Christina said.

In Singapore, the medical profession in public schools has the strictest entry conditions in the industry. Private schools do not train medicine, only a few institutions teach science, biomedicine, and pharmaceutical administration. Medicine here is 5-6 years of study.

Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS) and Lee Kong Chian Medical School of Nanyang Technological University (NTU) are two famous public bachelor's institutions in Singapore. The mandatory entry requirements of both schools require one of the following certificates: A level, IB, NUS high school diploma, associate degree (equivalent to pre-university). In which, chemistry, biology and physics subjects must score from good to excellent. Outside of these two schools, Duke-Nus Y is the only graduate school.

Every year, 2,000 applicants apply to Yong Loo Lin College. According to the NUS website, about 1,200 of these candidates entered the shortlist for interviews and selected 280 places. Meanwhile, a similar number of applications apply to Lee Kong Chian but only recruit about 160 students per year. Besides excellent academic results, most applicants need to have an impressive extracurricular record and pass interviews.

Yong Loo Lin School has two tests of Focused Skills Assessment (FSA) and Situational Handling (SJT). While Lee Kong Chian School requires the BMAT (BioMedical Admissions Test), which consists of three parts: Aptitude and Skills; scientific and applied knowledge; Write.

In the UK, nearly all medical degree programs have entrance exams including UCAT (University Clinical Aptitude Test), BMAT and GAMSAT. According to The Medical Schools Council , the body representing medical schools in the UK, scores in chemistry, biology or physics, math in IB certificates, A level must be the highest if you want to enter medical school. Those are also the requirements. required by many medical schools in Europe.