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« Reply #1 on Feb 25, 2007, 6:51pm »
Many thanks Kimmy - now I just have to wait till the other guys find this place again!
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« Reply #2 on Feb 25, 2007, 7:08pm »
Hey johanath, do you have or know where i can get a booklist for griffifth mbbs?
I wanna see if any of my undergrad texts are used in the mbbs too (apparently some do).
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« Reply #3 on Feb 27, 2007, 5:57pm »
Great to see you back on board, Max. :D We have prettied up your profile with a custom title and embedded a link to your school in your signature.
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« Reply #4 on Feb 27, 2007, 6:29pm »
Haha! Welcome Maxine - thank you for joining us again! Your advice is always most helpful!

Shizlanki, there is a long list to select from. Although the Griffith SOM offers text recommendations, some of your old textbooks should do fine! Indeed, on our book list, we are told that old books should suffice. I have a few friends who finished their degrees quite some time ago, with text books around 9 years old - they are still coping ok! Here is a list of some texts you might want to keep an eye out for:

For the Medical Law, Ethics and Professional Practice component:
Kerridge, I et al, (eds) (2005) Ethics and Law for the Health Professionals, 2nd Edition

For the Dr and Patient component:
Clinical Examination, Talley and O’Connor, 5th Ed, Churchill Livingstone, 2006 OR
Hutchison’s Clinical Methods, Swash, 21st ed, Saunders, 2002

For the Dr and knowledge of health and illness component there are SEVERAL named texts, most are acceptable. I stress that even if your books are not listed, as long as you feel comfortable with them - they should serve you well! I haven't been able to find the most recent list, but do have a look at the list given for 1st years in 2006:

http://www.griffith.edu.au/courseoutlines/OLD/med/2006/s1/1001MED_Y1_3061_CO.pdf

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« Reply #5 on Feb 27, 2007, 6:44pm »
johanath, the first link is a nicer-looking document than the one in the second link, which is a cached view from Google. Do you really want to leave it there? Thanks.
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« Reply #6 on Feb 27, 2007, 9:49pm »

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johanath, the first link is a nicer-looking document than the one in the second link, which is a cached view from Google. Do you really want to leave it there? Thanks.


Removed the cached Google link - I do realise that it looked ugly :), I provided it as I had experienced some difficulties opening the PDF file earlier today. Hopefully nobody else will have the same problem!

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« Reply #7 on Mar 4, 2007, 6:21pm »
Rumour has it that the calculation for Griffith entry is:

GAMSAT + Interview Mark (/100) = Overall position

A friend of mine that scored a 70 and got an average interview mark was offered a BMP. When he/she enquired they were told that GAMSAT scores were not statistically weighted. Is this true? It seems somewhat dodgy to me.
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« Reply #8 on Mar 4, 2007, 11:07pm »
Hello Kranky, from what I know - Gamsat scores were not weighted. I've been puzzling over something.. as the maximum mark you can get in the Gamsat is basically in the 80's and the maximum score in the interview 100, this does seem to suggest that the interview plays a greater weight in the overall score as opposed to the 50% that is published... However, all candidates are in the same boat, so I can't really complain :)
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« Reply #9 on Mar 13, 2007, 11:50am »
Hi All :)
We do not weight GAMSAT Scores at all - Your GPA and GAMSAT gets you an invite to Interview .... THEN your GAMSAT Overall Score + Interview Score /2 = Your selection Rank (ie: 50% each GAMSAT and Interview)

Soo GPA +5, GAMSAT - Usually around the 56 overall NO section score under 50! AND Interview score
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« Reply #10 on Mar 13, 2007, 12:08pm »
Hey max3, are the Beattie Government funded places prioritised to Queensland residents? Or is Griffith treating them like all other bonded places that they have on offer?

Also, how does this influence the allocation of offers from Griffith to Queensland residents and non-residents?
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« Reply #11 on Mar 13, 2007, 12:14pm »
One more question, for the interviews processes that Griffith have completed (?2 or 3) would you interview around (roughly) 4 candidates for every place?
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« Reply #12 on Mar 13, 2007, 12:29pm »
Hi MowerMan

The QLD Health Bonded Places are offered like all other bonded places.
While we did make a few offers of QH Bonded places to non-QLD residents this year, it does seem that the majority of applicants are QLD Residents.

When I am doing an allocation - I put all info into a deidentified format so I am allocating places on score not on name, D.O.B, Gender, Address or any of the squillion other feilds that could in any way be seen as potentially influencing my choices!!

Hope this helps - :D

OOPS nearly forgot: :-/ We usually try to use a ratio of 1.5 interviews for each offer we intend to make - in reality tho, it usually changes, Eg: for entry 2007 we interviewed about 1.75 for each place.
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« Reply #13 on Mar 13, 2007, 12:33pm »
Thanks Max3 Greatly appreciated!!!

It is really great to hear comments and views from an alternate side of the fence.
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« Reply #14 on Mar 14, 2007, 8:06pm »
[Grin] Maxine, were you the reason why some 1st years got to be paid in a 'practice PBL' session?
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« Reply #15 on Apr 8, 2007, 12:01pm »
Hi

I was wondering how many students over the age of 30 have been accepted into Griffith, and what proportion of over 30s make up the applications, and the cohorts.

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« Reply #16 on Apr 9, 2007, 9:43pm »
There's quite a few around the 28-32 age group in first year, and I know of 2 40+ year olds. Maxine might have more of an idea of demographics maybe? I know she has access to birthdates :P
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« Reply #17 on Apr 11, 2007, 4:37pm »
Oh god, now I feel old!!
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« Reply #18 on Apr 11, 2007, 5:12pm »
there are people turning 21 in our year - it's CRAZY
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Nothing wrong with turning 21 Morgan! ;)
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« Reply #20 on Apr 11, 2007, 6:26pm »
oh yup i know - i got a new car!!!!! ...

just scary to be in 2nd year of med in a grad entry course where people are young enough to be turning 21.
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« Reply #21 on Apr 11, 2007, 9:23pm »
*clunk*

That's the sound of me falling off my chair. Cripes, how the hell can 20 year olds commit to something like that? I can barely commit to breakfast.
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« Reply #22 on Apr 11, 2007, 9:39pm »
At least we have a degree and have had time to ponder over it. (well, I have..not all my classmates have...) More than you can say for undergrad entry. But let's not have that discussion again! ;)
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« Reply #23 on Apr 11, 2007, 9:46pm »
Aww you're no fun Kimmy :P

You think thats young? My PBL Tutor said that she had an 18yo in one of her tute groups for first year. Now THATS bloody young.

I'm loving all the 21sts though. They are a lot of fun, and I had thought that I was past them already. So its nice ;D
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« Reply #24 on Apr 12, 2007, 5:43am »
^ that is a nice positive way of looking at it... unfortunately i am only just 'out of the woods' with my own friends and their 21sts.... and now it appears to be starting again....

there are just only so many places you can buy presents from!! although i could do what one of my friends did and buy a box of perfume at a warehouse clearance sale and give it to everyone.
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« Reply #25 on Apr 13, 2007, 9:03pm »
Reposting a Question from MedOrBust:

Hi Max,

Thanks enormously for your contributions! I have been lurking for a long time and feel it is time to question the all knowing!

Max, being an older potential entrant to Medical school, can you tell me if there is any policies on age at GU? You see my GPA is around 6.6 and my passion is there. So much so, that because my initial degree and post grad quals were over 10 years old, I went back to External Uni, working full time plus doing the equivalent full time study plus managing a family.

Hence my interest in the age question. I am in my mid 40's and will feel destroyed if the dream dies due to age. In addition, can you give a rough age demographic of first year in GU, as it is my preferred choice of Med School.
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« Reply #26 on Apr 15, 2007, 11:24am »
hey everyone,

i was just wondering if there are any med students currently studying at Griffith that could give their overall impressions of the course ie: contact hours, course materials and lectures, practical sessions and library resources, as I'm keen to find out a bit more about the school as I am thinking of applying there as one of my top preferences, but would like to find out a little bit more about the place before i do.

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« Reply #27 on Apr 28, 2007, 10:44am »
Hey physioguy,
I started at Griffith this year and I am loving it. Contact hours are only about 20 per week and then your expected to spend a further 20-30 yourself doing self directed learning (although a lot of people I am sure do less than this........ but you didn't here that from me!). The course in terms of material is mainly delivered online. All your lecture notes etc come from the medschool website. All your learning issues are posted there and all your PBL scenarios are done from the computer. Each case has a lot of reference material also put online for you covering what you need to know, although some of the time you will need textbooks to back this info up, mostly the online references are adequet to cover what you need to know. In terms of practical sessions, the anatomy labs are brand new state of the art and awesome, as yet I have not done any other pracs such as path or histo but I am sure they will be on the agenda soon. The library onsite is quite small comparitively but getting bigger (in terms of books etc). However the main campus is not to far away ( 10 min drive) and the libraries there are bigger and better. You can get books sent over from there or any of the other griffith campus libraries should you need them. So all in all I am very happy with the place. If you have any further queries PM me. May take a while to get back to you as I only manage to drop in here once a week or so at the moment but I will get there eventually. ;)
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« Reply #28 on Apr 28, 2007, 1:02pm »
I was wondering whether it was feasible to be a med student at
Griffith and live in Brisbane?
It looks like the timetable isn't too bad, especially in first year,
and it should be possible to drive to the Coast and back every day.
I imagine a lot of students would be from Brisbane?
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« Reply #29 on Apr 28, 2007, 1:47pm »
TrannieLe planned to commute from Brisbane to Griffith every day. I am not sure show she is going. Her lack of posting in the forum might be an indication of how much spare time she has these days. :o Are you prepared to travel two hours (each way) by public transport? Do you have a car which would shorten the travel time?
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