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Bear in mind that if you wanted to practise as a clinical psychologist, it does require some post-graduate training that ends up being similar or longer to the length of an undergraduate medical degree. For an entirely different experience where you can still splinter off into medicine, you can...

As an aside, if you want to develop other skills apart from medicine, this can also be done concurrently or after medical school, if you are still appropriately motivated. If you have plans to return to Australia from an overseas medical school, you should consider the steps you would need to...

If you don’t care which university you study medicine this year, particularly which state, you could take a punt at all the programs that do not require UCAT. If you foresee yourself as willing to continue try at medicine admission beyond two years, then consider the postgraduate pathways...

Hard to say unless there are any aspiring or actual oral maxillofacial surgeons around here. Suffice to say, I would guess that a medical degree is broader, but there is an absence of teaching on teeth. Medical contact hours are long, but this may be the case in dentistry. Dentistry has a...

You would usually need something like an additional year each for specialties such as anaesthesia or obstetrics. A FACRRM should cover the ED side of things? Haven't heard of a dual FRACP and FRACGP, and I'm not sure how easy it would be juggle (might vastly extend your training).

You would usually need something like an additional year each for specialties such as anaesthesia or obstetrics. A FACRRM should cover the ED side of things? Haven't heard of a dual FRACP and FRACGP, and I'm not sure how easy it would be juggle (might vastly extend your training).

Some clarfications to the above: It is reportable if the condition (whether mental or otherwise) is believed to impair said doctor's practice - this qualification is also made in the article. Therefore, a diagnosis of depression doesn't lend itself automatically to restrictions.

If in doubt, worry less about pay, do your research, and do something that you both like and are good at.

See here for what you need - as you can see, they are postgraduate courses. I'm not sure if they have any pre-requisites (eg a Bachelor of Medical Imaging) - someone else would need to tell you, or you could do better and shoot the universities an email as I have just Googled everything...

I obtained this list from a quick search. In general, it's worth it if you enjoy the work, which is difficult to know until you are there. It is not enough to enjoy the subject matter. I would suggest a placement if you haven't already done so. Before you sub-specialise, you will be expected to...

The RCPA (Pathology) and RACP (Physician) websites should give you information on this. The equivalent medical specialisation is haematology, which has multiple pathways to get there. If lifelong study is not something you can tolerate, then you will find this pathway rather difficult.

What you do after the degree matters more than the degree itself. Ultimately, the prestige of a medical school counts for very little in the grand scheme of things. Other things such as finances, convenience and to an extent, specific career plans (which are usually not well visualised at your...

Re: work experience Usually best to ask the hospital directly. Some will have a work experience program where you will get allocated to various parts of the hospital during the week. The earlier and the greater the number of hospitals you ask, the better it will be for planning as they seem...

Broadly speaking, relevant subjects for studying the science in medicine are biology, then chemistry. Physics and calculus-level maths are nice to know, but not essential.

Medicine is challenging and rewarding, but as others have said, it's pretty easy to give up if the three points OP raised are sole motivators. Money - there are plenty of regular fees doctors need to pay and even if you earn enough, you'll have precious time to actually use it Prestige/fame...