GAMSAT March 2015 cut off scores

Marium786

Hi all 😊 Need some info; does anyone know what the GAMSAT cut off scores for RCSI, UCD, UCC and UL were this year in Ireland? TIA! 😊

Abby19

Marium786 wrote: »

Hi all 😊 Need some info; does anyone know what the GAMSAT cut off scores for RCSI, UCD, UCC and UL were this year in Ireland? TIA! 😊

The CAO website has them here http://www2.cao.ie/points/Graduate%20Medicine%202015%20Round%200.pdf

Qualifax has them per institution here
http://www.qualifax.ie/index.php?option=com_googlesearch_cse&n=30&Itemid=&cx=000879325975867386823%3Aocucshaoulm&cof=FORID%3A11&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=medicine&sa=Search+this+site&hl=en&siteurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qualifax.ie%2Findex.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26view%3Darticle%26id%3D211%26Itemid%3D14

Banaba

Anyone know why Limerick is the lowest? Like how are the points decided?

Abby19

Banaba wrote: »

Anyone know why Limerick is the lowest? Like how are the points decided?

Simple supply and demand. The cut off points are those of the person with the lowest points to be offered entry.
Why is Limerick lower? People with higher scores are ranking the other colleges higher. There are many threads on the differences between the different GEM courses.
One big one would be location. A lot of people (Dublin or Cork based naturally) want Dublin or Cork courses as they can live at home and save on rent.
The other courses are linked in with the undergraduate courses in later years in colleges which have long established faculties of medicine.
Limerick has a lot of PBL, some people don't seem to be as fond of this type of learning as more didactic teaching methods.
Limerick has a longer GP placement than other courses, which may not be preferred by all.
Limerick also has a scholarship.
Rcsi has highest fees.

I've worked with a few Limerick graduates and they were lovely and very competent. You wouldn't be able to tell any difference. Limerick grads certainly don't have horns or anything

Lastly - what do you call the person who graduated last in his class from Med School?
... Doctor

Your rank in your graduating class regardless of college decides your intern position but then it's up to you from references, research, applications etc.

Banaba

Thank you, you have been very informative. I am aware you need to get high grades for the internship but I would like to know what happens once you complete your internship? Your then a qualified doctor right so do you need to do a masters or further education or can you begin employment as a doctor?

Abby19

Tbh there is an intern place for all EU graduates so far (that is EU graduates of Irish colleges plus EU graduates from overseas). There are not enough places for non EU graduates of Irish colleges. There has been some publicity about this and it can be argued that given the investment these people have put into their education over 4/5/6 years they should be entitled to complete intern year here to enable them to apply for full registration.
So if you are an away graduate you would still get an internship if you scraped a pass, it just might not be in a location or speciality of your choosing.
Completing your intern year allows you to apply for full registration to the Medical
Council. Mostt people then decide to specialise, medicine, surgery, general practice, psychiatry, obstetrics and gynaecology, pardiatrics, emergency medicine, etc.
In November/December of your intern year you tend to apply to trainee schemes to specialise, after intern year most schemes have 2/3 years as SHO and then 4/5 as Specialist Registrar (2 and 2 if you become a GP), complete the various exams of the college you are specialising in and if you complete all that then you are eligible to apply for a consultant post, though many do research/masters/PhD or travel and do a fellowship.
There is a lot of information in various threads on Boards from previous years or Google the various colleges for more info on training schemes.
You could always just become a career SHO or locum, but you'd generally only get jobs after scheme applicants. .

Banaba

Thanks Abby you have been a great help