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Originally Posted by wicked

Hi Everyone,

I'm new to MSO, but have 'lurked' around for a while checking the status for Dentistry. I have applied for JCU Dentistry this year, but after doing some research on OP's, I am a little worried. I know you probably get asked this a lot, but I thought we could have a thread where all questions are asked, and where people can post when they get an offer.

I was wondering, what is the lowest OP people have heard of for JCU Dentistry? I've just finished

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A collection of videos that circulated around the UWS First year cohort throughout the year, most of you will have already seen these but those who haven't will really enjoy these

Study back: A Medschool Parody of Sexy Back



Anaesthetics vs Orthopaedia



Anaesthetist's Hymn



And...Created ...

Updated 12-01-12 at 08:37 PM by Havox

Tags: anaesthetics, funny, medicine, orthopaedia, video

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Comedy

Daniel Sokol, a senior lecturer in medical ethics, wrote an observation piece in the BMJ this week about interviews and examinations in medical school, making the point that each of these institutions of medical education are critical in the production of ‘good doctors’. This, to be honest, is a concept I’ve always struggled with. I remember people talking in high school about who would and wouldn’t make a good doctor, some people telling me that I would, some people subtly (and nastily) implying ...

Updated 07-12-10 at 07:18 AM by Matt

Tags: ethics, good doctor, interview, musings

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Reflective

UMAT, you probably know it as the Undergrduate Medical Admissions Test or as Lixxi so eloquently describes it as Utterly Malicious Asinine Torture. Now I'm not going to go into the nuances of UMAT, the purposes of each section and whether it actually accurately examines the correct portion of the human psyche because quite frankly, that's been done to death. What I do want to address is the constant juvenile whinging about how UMAT pointless and quote, "stupid". UMAT is an expensive test ...

Updated 12-01-12 at 08:38 PM by Havox

Tags: umat

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Opinion Pieces and Serious Stuff

Yup. I needed something to do. Already. I've decided to post a quote of the week, maybe not every week from now on but often enough that I can still call it a "Quote of the Week". I digress. This week's quote comes from a bad film - you might have read in my movie reviews post that I thought "The Other Guys" was a waste of 2 hours, well even if the following quote is quite funny. Don't watch this film. I'm serious, don't do it to yourself.

Detectives Terry Hoitz ...

Updated 12-01-12 at 08:39 PM by Havox

Tags: funny

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Comedy , Other