Not sure about the course, but there's a bit demand for podiatry services from what I've seen - there are long wait times to see a Podiatrist at a public hospital, and with the rise of problems like diabetes & the aging population you'd just be coming into more and more work.
Obviously private...
CSU do a lot of their courses via distance, is this an option for you?
I wanted to do my degree at UTS but didn't have the marks, so I did my first year at Newcastle and transferred. It was a pretty easy process and had credit for nearly all my 1st year subjects.
Another option would be to...
have a look at this practice test and you might get an idea
(note: this was a free test from a coaching company - i don't endorse the company, nor am i aware how close this is to a real test, but it will give you a vague idea of the terror)
wah! the chick from UWS has my name! (first name, anyway. but that's fairly unusual!)
congrats! :)
does anything happen if you try to log into the interview booking system early? :p
you know i wish we had been made to do this at uni, one of my tutors was going to make us do it but i think the uni would've had a fit.
it's so much easier doing it on kids though!
tough shit if they're cranky - they're paid the big $$$ for a reason!
conversely, i'm getting used to being in a metropolitan area with drs everywhere! and there is someone in the hospital to see pts out of hours! amazing.
i just noticed an entry in the tv guide for a show called Interns, here's the blurb:
Follow the journey of these aspiring doctors as they grow from raw interns to confident doctors facing the hour-to-hour reality of having to perform surgery for the first time, counsel grieving relatives and...
get a pituitary tumour? that's all i can think of. just make sure you get it while your long bones are still growing!
there is a procedure to lengthen you're legs and therefore give you some extra height (they basically crack your legs then attach metal pins through the bone and into a frame...
surely people would've been invited for interviews by now, there were some pretty rocking UMAT scores on here and i assumed people would be excitedly posting.
or is everyone too busy HSCing?
oh well, good luck with interviews & HSC everyone!
i have Martini which is quite good, it came with 2 other books - one had photos and xrays/CTs of all the bits and pieces and i think the other was a sort of condensed workbook with all the essential info boiled down. lots of practice questions & pretty pictures in the main text too.
have a look...
i has actually started to thinking about doing vet science....but i realised i deal with injured people far better than injured animals. i cry whenever i watch RSPCA Animal Rescue :(