Originally Posted by ChuckNinja
that was a great read, thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
It was fun to write as well, specially since I wasn't so sure of the answer at the start.
Originally Posted by William
How are you in your second year of Medicine at only 20? :O
Did you jump through highscool? Or is there something different about the Portuguese system?
Depends on which system you're comparing it to, I guess.
At 6 years old you get into 1st grade.
At 10 years old you get into the 5th grade.
At 12 you get into the 7th grade.
At 15 you get into the 10th grade, which corresponds to the start of highschool, I think, since it's the beginning of the so called secondary education.
Here you get to pick between a Science and Technology path, an Economics path, an Arts one and a Social Sciences one.
I chose the Science and Technology one, and so went through the 3 years of highschool with subjects like Maths, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, etc.
So at 18 I finished highschool like most students do, and applied for Medicine around August of that same year.
Around September I got accepted and so I started the course later that month, while still being 18.
Finished the 1st year with 19 years old, and now I finished the 2nd year with 20 years old.
Medicine is divided into pre-clinical years (the first 3) and clinal years (the last 3).
That's the standard model around here. I never skipped or fell behind a year.
What's the difference from your country, William?
We're still kids in buses longing to be free.
Originally Posted by Oblivion
Glad you enjoyed it!
It was fun to write as well, specially since I wasn't so sure of the answer at the start.
Depends on which system you're comparing it to, I guess.
At 6 years old you get into 1st grade.
At 10 years old you get into the 5th grade.
At 12 you get into the 7th grade.
At 15 you get into the 10th grade, which corresponds to the start of highschool, I think, since it's the beginning of the so called secondary education.
Here you get to pick between a Science and Technology path, an Economics path, an Arts one and a Social Sciences one.
I chose the Science and Technology one, and so went through the 3 years of highschool with subjects like Maths, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, etc.
So at 18 I finished highschool like most students do, and applied for Medicine around August of that same year.
Around September I got accepted and so I started the course later that month, while still being 18.
Finished the 1st year with 19 years old, and now I finished the 2nd year with 20 years old.
Medicine is divided into pre-clinical years (the first 3) and clinal years (the last 3).
That's the standard model around here. I never skipped or fell behind a year.
What's the difference from your country, William?
Hmm, here it's pretty much the same till the university/Medicine path. For Medicine, you go through 3 years of pre-med (usually a Biology B.S) ..then you do your MCAT. If you get accepted, then you go through 4 years of General Medicine. After that, 2 or 3 years for specialization.
Last edited by William; Jul 3, 2014 at 10:01 PM.
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Originally Posted by William
Hmm, here it's pretty much the same till the university/Medicine path. For Medicine, you go through 3 years of pre-med (usually a Biology B.S) ..then you do your MCAT. If you get accepted, then you go through 4 years of General Medicine. After that, 2 or 3 years for specialization.
That sounds closer to the American system (or was it the British?), or so I guess since I don't know exactly how it works, but it'd be cool if hanz0 mysteriously hopped in to explain it.
That also helps me make sense of this article my girlfriend sent me today (http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2011/0...pital-in-july/) where the writer talks about "four years of medical school under my belt, an M.D. after my name".
Here you get the M.D. after the 6 years that comprise the course, but you also start sooner since instead of the pre-med years you get the pre-clinical ones.
As for the specializations they range from 4(?) years if you're going for "General and Familiar Medicine" (which I believe is kind of the general practitioner if I wouldn't translate it literally), to 6-7(?) years for example Plastic Surgery.
Also, they start after you finish the 6 years of the course if that wasn't clear.
If you want my opinion on this system, I obviously prefer the fact that you don't have to risk 3 years doing a pre-med course, like the Biology B.S you mentioned, just to find yourself possibly rejected after that.
The pre-clinical years here have some subjects that should be somewhat similar to a Biology B.S, like Molecular and Cellular Biology, Biochemistry or Histology, but you also get right from the start subjects that are more "Medicine-specific" like Anatomy and Physiology.
I can actually post the subjects I took so far if you're extra curious.
Overall I can't say for sure how good this system is compared to others.
You've got indicators like link for the country's health system, and link for university rankings.
Take them for what they're worth.
We're still kids in buses longing to be free.
Wow, I heard from friends that medicine is really hard to even be accepted to. One of my very smart friend tried to apply for a degree but was rejected because of the interview. Much respect Oblivion, wish you all the best.
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