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1st year medicine optional?

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  • 27-06-2014 2:23am
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    the_big_shmoke
    Registered Users Posts: 51 ✭✭


    I've done 2 years of veterinary abroad but decided the lifestyle isn't for me after-all. I got a good hpat result and I'm considering returning to do medicine in UCD. I had a look at the modules and I've covered most of the topics so i'm presuming after 2 years of a medicine related degree I'd be entitled to skip first year?


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    usersame
    Registered Users Posts: 179 ✭✭usersame


    yeah you'd probably be able to skip premed, and go straight into the 5 year course, you'd have to contact them for a proper answer


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    ironclaw
    Registered Users Posts: 8,004 ✭✭✭ironclaw


    I know someone who did first year in NUIG and under no circumstances were they allowed skip the first year in UCD. I have no idea if its different if you are already in UCD but I wouldn't make any assumptions as Medicine seems overly strict on this type of thing.


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    kmul
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭kmul


    Just wondering why is the lifestyle not for you?


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    ciaraofcourse
    Registered Users Posts: 35 ✭ciaraofcourse


    Yea you should be able to skip pre-med. Pre-med isn't really any medicine just chemistry & biology stuff. I know people who skipped pre-med based on having done one year of Science so I'm sure 2 years of vet would be adequate.


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    ironclaw
    Registered Users Posts: 8,004 ✭✭✭ironclaw


    ciaraofcourse wrote: »
    Yea you should be able to skip pre-med. Pre-med isn't really any medicine just chemistry & biology stuff. I know people who skipped pre-med based on having done one year of Science so I'm sure 2 years of vet would be adequate.

    I know someone who did a year of Science in Trinity and a year of Medicine in another college, and still had to start at year one. I believe its because no two colleges are standardised in terms of what you learn and when. So you might do a whole loads of anatomy in year one somewhere and none in another college until year two. So its impossible to be on the same page.


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    ciaraofcourse
    Registered Users Posts: 35 ✭ciaraofcourse


    Well perhaps they take other things into account, perhaps results also have a bearing but I definitely know multiple people who've taken this route, even between different colleges(including Trinity). Just to stress I'm talking about skipping pre-med, so you would still have a 5 year course ahead of you. Pre-med doesn't even cover anatomy or anything medical as such, it's more the grounding in science you need before going into real medicine. So it's no big deal to skip it. Sure in NUIG (not in UCD though) you can apply to skip pre-med if you've done 3 science subjects for the Leaving Cert!!


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