Medicine - UMAT and interview

**mike12345678** · 23 Jan 2012, 5:53 PM

lmao im the same

ive always loved medicine

but then again i also want to be able to have a family and suppport them

so after finishing uni its a $55,000 salary. how bout the 4 years or specialisation do youy get paid for that or is it more study?

**Carrotsticks** · 23 Jan 2012, 6:40 PM

Originally Posted by mike12345678

lmao im the same

ive always loved medicine

but then again i also want to be able to have a family and suppport them

so after finishing uni its a $55,000 salary. how bout the 4 years or specialisation do youy get paid for that or is it more study?

Study.

**Alkanes** · 23 Jan 2012, 7:06 PM

Originally Posted by mike12345678

lmao im the same

ive always loved medicine

but then again i also want to be able to have a family and suppport them

so after finishing uni its a $55,000 salary. how bout the 4 years or specialisation do youy get paid for that or is it more study?

You seem to be loving it because of the money it offers.

**mike12345678** · 23 Jan 2012, 9:44 PM

nah nah im very passionate about medicine. ive wanted to do it ever since i was a little kid. i will do anything that i have to do to get in to medicine and also to gratuadate and become a doctor but obviously i should be aware of what im getting into before i do it. because we all have to live and be able to support ourselves and families some how

**Sainteced** · 23 Jan 2012, 10:06 PM

Originally Posted by mike12345678

hey can some one please tell me the steps and how long it takes to become a fully qualified doctor and be able to practise as a GP?

ive been looking on a few sites and they all say different things. again i want to become a GP.

http://issuu.com/racgp/docs/general_...ine&mode=embed

This should be the most accurate depiction of how to become a GP. You are looking at 5-6 years after you graduate according to that.

**mike12345678** · 23 Jan 2012, 11:32 PM

thankyou so much sainteced

that really cleared up the GP pathway. REPED :P

**Wentworth** · 24 Jan 2012, 9:38 PM

Originally Posted by mike12345678

thankyou so much sainteced

that really cleared up the GP pathway. REPED :P

WHERE'S MINE HUH?!! lol i'm kidding, but @ carrotsticks - i always thought you earned money while doing the speciality too :/ This changes things a bit for me....

Oh and don't say 'I've wanted to do med since I was little', because your ideas of being a doctor at 5 tend to be romanticised.