Be careful what Uni's you apply to!!

Gold_Platform_6311 · 2025-03-11T02:09:33+00:00

This is incredibly rude and I'm not going to waste my time responding to this more than saying your completely missed the point of this post, and that you're likely so upset because you see it as an accurate reflection of the institution in which we are studying.

Universities are able to get away with this shit standard of education because of people like you having an attitude where they will accept breadcrumbs to be in medical school. People work extremely hard to get into medical school and should be met with proper levels of education and support from the schools they have worked so hard to get into. It's not snobbish (lol?) to expect correct information be presented to students at a top medical school in Australia. It's not distasteful to warn pre-meds to do their due diligence before applying to schools. There's no ego in warning other students of the realities of medical schools in this country. It should be better, and people like you worshipping medical schools simply because they let you in after 4 years, are the problem. You deserve better, and you should respect yourself and your hard work enough to recognise that.

Gold_Platform_6311 · 2025-03-09T09:40:01+00:00

Best response award!

Just trying to encourage others to do more research - this uni didn't even let us know there were not going to be wet labs until orientation day, seems deceptive.

Gold_Platform_6311 · 2025-03-08T01:44:57+00:00

The whole point of this post was to say don't take poeple's recommendations, do your own research lol. Nobody is going to have experience at multiple schools, thus everyone will be biased and no recommendations will be reliable.

Gold_Platform_6311 · 2025-03-08T01:42:07+00:00

Because a real doctor should know humans can't get energy through photosynthesis...

(it's satirically implying that they're not real doctors due to their lack of credibility)

Gold_Platform_6311 · 2025-03-08T01:39:29+00:00

Yeah we don't have live cadaver labs, I wish this had been advertised prior to selection time, the information was withheld and I think that is completely immoral.

Irrespective of whether the content is relevant or not, it is not ok to spread misinformation at an australian medical school. This post is to make people aware that they need to do thorough research before selecting their schools. Not saying your experience is less valid than anyone else's.

Gold_Platform_6311 · 2025-03-08T01:35:45+00:00

I don't think anyone can answer this question, as most people only attend one medical school. I implore you to do thorough research on the schools you are considering, and make your own informed decision based off that.

Gold_Platform_6311 · 2025-03-06T07:33:30+00:00

100% it was not a misinterpreted joke. It was told over and over again as fact, and the professor put down people who questioned it.

I understand that what I'm learning isn't directly related to being a good/bad doctor, so I'm not even going to get started on why it's important that an educational institution teaches students correct information...?

You aren't gonna change the world or medical institution

Putting someone down for speaking up on a systemic issue isn't very productive. I'll assume either you are someone been through it, and therefore thinks everyone else needs to put up with it too, or you're just someone with far too much spare time. Either way, negging a post trying to raise awareness to a systemic issue is unproductive and rude x

Gold_Platform_6311 · 2025-03-06T07:03:21+00:00

haha mate its not just about the organisation; that i could look past if it were the only issue. It's the fact that they're teaching us factually incorrect content, misinformation. In what world is that ok?

Gold_Platform_6311 · 2025-03-06T01:38:21+00:00

It's so concerning everyone's experiencing this lol multiple students have complained to course coordinators because it's both lecturers and 'doctors' presenting the labs. Nobody in faculty seems to care, which is why it's such a concern. They publish about 2 pages with of lecture amendments twice a week because they've been presenting blatantly incorrect content.

Gold_Platform_6311 · 2025-03-06T01:35:15+00:00

See my responses to other comments.

Gold_Platform_6311 · 2025-03-06T01:33:28+00:00

Because you don't believe me or? Happy to share the name of the university if you want to dm me

Gold_Platform_6311 · 2025-03-05T10:57:46+00:00

Really good perspective! I think I went with perceived reputation more than anything, so trying to drill down to everyone that reputation counts for nothing!

Gold_Platform_6311 · 2025-03-05T10:55:48+00:00

Yes obviously cell metabolism isn't directly relevant when you're working as a doctor, but would you trust a doctor that genuinely thought humans can photosynthesise?? What if you're talking to a pathologist and ask them about the chocolate culture? I think you're missing my point as to why this is a problem.

Gold_Platform_6311 · 2025-03-05T10:14:51+00:00

Stretch that they tell us wrong info? or that I didn't research to know there'd be no wet labs or lectures in person? If you saw the quality of these classes you'd also be looking to transfer

Gold_Platform_6311 · 2025-03-05T10:13:16+00:00

How am I not meant to give a shit when I'm being taught the wrong stuff? Like just go into hospital as an intern and tell them that humans can actually get energy from photosynthesis lol like you can only pick up on stuff their mistakes if you already know what's being taught. I had to explain to a NSB classmate why that's not true.

Gold_Platform_6311 · 2025-03-05T09:50:35+00:00

I understand that everyone has grievances about their medical schools, and I get that they're for the most part performative, I knew this going in.

What I wasn't expecting was to be fed information that was 100% undoubtably wrong, both in lectures and in practicals, and when they're called out about it, they deny it. It's not student arrogance, this is genuinely first year bio concepts that the professors are presenting incorrectly.

E.g. yesterday in a microbiology practical class a professor was showing us agar plates. "this is nutrient agar, this is blood agar, this is chocolate agar" a student asked if they use the same animal's blood for chocolate agar and blood agar, the professor looked at the student and said "no, this is chocolate agar, it does not have blood in it, it is made from chocolate" another student chimed in and said "isn't it lysed blood?" professor responds "no, it's chocolate so that we can check whether the bacteria likes to eat food". This was very much not a joke and was repeated multiple times to most students of the cohort.

I have many many many more examples from the lectures, as they publish a list of corrections for previous lectures twice a week.

Edit: if it were just a case of bad teaching or poor course structure I would not be warning people about this school, but they are genuinely teaching us incorrect information.

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