Application for NUS/NTU Medicine 2024/2025

[TurtleSoup]

I think parents have not heard of interdisciplinary courses that LKCMedicine students need to take. They WILL mix with students from other schools.

[lucid]

0548ling\" post_id=\"2133401\" time=\"1714962720\" user_id=\"15306:

Thanks for your info.
As a parent's point of view and will discuss with our kid is our concern of ranking of university and long story of university. What do you think?

Yes. If we come to that , then for prestige and heritage, he should take the Oxbridge offer with secured scholarship!
At their age, I see our roles as facilitators to help them make their own decisions. We can give input but the decision will have to be theirs as it will be the lives they lead.

[lucid]

TurtleSoup\" post_id=\"2133402\" time=\"1714963802\" user_id=\"185378:

I think parents have not heard of interdisciplinary courses that LKCMedicine students need to take. They WILL mix with students from other schools.

I think it starts too now with YLL as I was told they hv a team across nursing, med, bioscience. It’s pretty new though so not sure if they just started this year.
Is there a problem “mixing” with students from other schools ? How else are they going to learn to interact with patients and peers from all backgrounds to succeed in med ?

[0548ling]

lucid\" post_id=\"2133403\" time=\"1714964236\" user_id=\"14312:

Yes. If we come to that , then for prestige and heritage, he should take the Oxbridge offer with secured scholarship!
At their age, I see our roles as facilitators to help them make their own decisions. We can give input but the decision will have to be theirs as it will be the lives they lead.

If able to get in Oxbridge with secured scholarship then why not? :lol:

[lucid]

0548ling\" post_id=\"2133409\" time=\"1714975617\" user_id=\"15306:

If able to get in Oxbridge with secured scholarship then why not? :lol:

It’s non-med though, will be entirely different vocation. So they have to decide for themselves what will get them out of bed every morning. Parents will be retiring and walking up and down park connectors for morning exercise.

[00skyblue00]

mother777\" post_id=\"2133389\" time=\"1714945900\" user_id=\"34719:

Thank you leongyicheng75.

I see, both you and your DD are worried that NTU medicine study campus is segregated from rest of NTU colleges.
Fair enough concern from your end.

I believe the reason for this is to keep the Med college near the TTS hospital where the NTU med students will go for placement and other attachments.

As per my research, the accommodation hostel / hall for med students (Pioneer and Crescent) is located in the main NTU campus. So, fret not, the Med students will have ample time and multiple opportunities to mingle with other course students on campus on their off days and days they come back early from classes.

On the Novena campus, i recall it was mentioned at our campus tour, year 3 students will go for training etc. So do check on this but it could be year 1 and 2 will mainly be at jurong campus. Anyone can clarify here?

May not be most recent but interesting read:
https://thelowkeymedic.com/nus-or-ntu-medicine-how-to-choose-the-best-medical-school/?v=0f177369a3b7

[mother777]

00skyblue00\" post_id=\"2133416\" time=\"1714981095\" user_id=\"143605:

On the Novena campus, i recall it was mentioned at our campus tour, year 3 students will go for training etc. So do check on this but it could be year 1 and 2 will mainly be at jurong campus. Anyone can clarify here?

May not be most recent but interesting read:
https://thelowkeymedic.com/nus-or-ntu-medicine-how-to-choose-the-best-medical-school/?v=0f177369a3b7

Hello 00skyblue00

You are right. As per reading on the LKCMed Course Curriculum, Year 3 includes practice of core clinical medicine by working with clinical teams in healthcare institutions.

I have copied the actual statement from LKC website below.
I did read in blogs that bus/transport is arrange by Med School to bring students to and back from placement institutes.

I hope any parent with students in LKCMed or actual LKC students may have more inside info on this. Hope they share further to clear your concerns.

\"Core clinical medicine in practice: Immerse with clinical teams in healthcare institutions across Singapore to develop your core clinical skills in Medicine, Surgery, as well as in Short Postings undertaken in a number of specialities. You learn through supervised interactions with patients, teaching ward rounds, tutorials, and receive mentoring from Core Tutors.\"

https://www.ntu.edu.sg/medicine/education/bachelor-of-medicine-and-bachelor-of-surgery-%28mbbs%29/curriculum#Content_C009_Col00

[00skyblue00]

mother777\" post_id=\"2133437\" time=\"1715032734\" user_id=\"34719:

Hello 00skyblue00

You are right. As per reading on the LKCMed Course Curriculum, Year 3 includes practice of core clinical medicine by working with clinical teams in healthcare institutions.

I have copied the actual statement from LKC website below.
I did read in blogs that bus/transport is arrange by Med School to bring students to and back from placement institutes.

I hope any parent with students in LKCMed or actual LKC students may have more inside info on this. Hope they share further to clear your concerns.

\"Core clinical medicine in practice: Immerse with clinical teams in healthcare institutions across Singapore to develop your core clinical skills in Medicine, Surgery, as well as in Short Postings undertaken in a number of specialities. You learn through supervised interactions with patients, teaching ward rounds, tutorials, and receive mentoring from Core Tutors.\"

https://www.ntu.edu.sg/medicine/education/bachelor-of-medicine-and-bachelor-of-surgery-%28mbbs%29/curriculum#Content_C009_Col00

Not concerns, just a note. There is a hostel for senior students.... Right at the novena campus... Nice.

\"...At the heart of the Novena Campus is our headquarters (HQ), a three-storey heritage building built in 1924 as a hostel for senior medical students. \"

[tolearntoshare]

lucid\" post_id=\"2133410\" time=\"1714976215\" user_id=\"14312:

It’s non-med though, will be entirely different vocation. So they have to decide for themselves what will get them out of bed every morning. Parents will be retiring and walking up and down park connectors for morning exercise.

Has your DS decided if he will go to ntu or nus? My dd is going to ntu.
Indeed my elder child has a friend who chose to go to Oxbridge on a non-med scholarship over sg med school.

[ryka]

00skyblue00\" post_id=\"2133416\" time=\"1714981095\" user_id=\"143605:

On the Novena campus, i recall it was mentioned at our campus tour, year 3 students will go for training etc. So do check on this but it could be year 1 and 2 will mainly be at jurong campus. Anyone can clarify here?

May not be most recent but interesting read:
https://thelowkeymedic.com/nus-or-ntu-medicine-how-to-choose-the-best-medical-school/?v=0f177369a3b7

In year 1, Jurong vs Novena campus around 50:50
They have ICC (interdisciplinary course with other faculty students) once a week. The contact time in Jurong will be decreasing in year 2 (no more ICC) and year 3-5 mainly clinical in Novena / TTSH.
They have science lab in Jurong and anatomy in Novena. TBL can be in either campus.
Lecture is pre-recorded so it’s OTOT for students to learn as long as it’s before TBL.
Understand from my child in LKC and bestie in YLL that YLL is currently gravitating towards LKC curriculum and YLL adapting house system following LKC. Anyway, both are good schools, your child should be at the age that he/she can choose the best fit for them.