FlyingAce
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Firstly I’d like to congratulate you on receiving a Med offer at the prestigious Flinders Uni. Make sure that you’ve accepted your offer on SATAC before registering a Flinders account.
Enrolment & Choosing a stream:
Flinders gives you the opportunity to study either Health Science or Medical science topics in the first two years of the degree (your clinical science period). Many students from senior years have recommended studying Medical science as the content is more relevant to MD. However, there are still many students who end up doing health science as there are less exams when compared to medical science.
The following link lists the topics you must enrol in for the Health science or Medical science stream:
Bachelor of Clinical Sciences, Doctor of Medicine - Flinders University
For example, Medical science requires you study BIOL1101, BIOL1102, COMS1001, HLTH1003, MDSC1102, MMED1005, CHEM1101 & CHEM1102 or CHEM1201 & CHEM1202.
These are the only topics you will be studying throughout semester 1 and semester 2. I would recommend enrolling in both semesters at the start of the year. I’d also just like to highlight that CHEM1201 & CHEM1202 are considered the ‘easy’ chem topics and are recommended for students who did not complete Year 12 Chemistry. But, even if you’ve done Yr 12 Chem and just want to cruise through uni like me, you can still enrol in it. The content is mainly an extension of Year 12 Biology & Chemistry. COMS1001 and MDSC1102 are relatively easy as its just discussing English and medical research skills, respectively. The only slightly difficult topic is Physiology MMED1005, so it's best to keep up with the lectures.
To enrol in your topics, login to the OKTA portal and click on the ‘student system’ box. There should be a enrolment tab near the top of the page. Once you’ve enrolled, you will also have the chance to create your timetable. There are many timings available for each class, so it's very flexible. Just make sure you leave a 5-10 minute gap between classes as the Flinders campus is huge and it can take a while to walk to some rooms. Just make sure your classes don’t clash.
After enrolling, you should be able to make a Flinders ID card which will be posted to your address. Alternatively, you can go to the Flinders Plaza to create it.
What can I expect in terms of course content and workload?
Some of you might be a bit anxious about maintaining a GPA of 5 for two years. But the topics are extremely easy and no one has averaged below 5 so far. I was able to maintain a GPA of 6.12 in my first year even after missing more than half my practicals and tutorials so I could day drink in the Barossa. There is minimal workload in comparison to Year 12 and most students only go to Uni around 2-3 days per week. I was averaging around 3-5 hours of home study per week. So the number of contact + self study hours are relatively low as there are minimal compulsory classes. The compulsory classes include Bio & Chem Practicals, MDSC1102 workshops/some lectures and COMS1001 workshops. Most lectures are not compulsory and will be uploaded to FLO (Flinders Learning Online).
Most of your marks come from assignments and end of semester exams can vary from 35% to 50% of your semester mark. In first semester the major assignments are the BIOL1101 research project, all MMED1005 assignments, MDSC1005 oral presentation and grant research assignment.
Groups/websites:
Flinders Medical Students Society FMSS (Flinders Medical Students' Society) - keep up with those med events!
Flinders University Surgical Society FUSS (Flinders University Surgical Society - FUSS) - more relevant for MD but some important events throughout the year such as the Scrubcrawl!
Clinsci 1 Facebook Group - the group should be created soon. In the meantime, send me a PM on mso and I’ll add you on fb and invite you when the group has been created. If you can't PM me because you haven't qualified yet, reply to this post or write on my profile and I'll PM you!
Adelaide Medical Students Society AMSS (Adelaide Medical Students' Society - AMSS) - Adelaide uni has a ton of med events that everyone can join in on!
Download the Lost on Campus app which is basically google maps for every Uni campus in Australia. This was my saviour in the first 2 weeks!
Textbooks/other items:
DO NOT purchase any textbooks! All textbook PDFs will be provided in the Clinsci 1 Facebook group. However, you will need a lab coat and a lab notebook which can be purchased from the Flinders co-op store.
Don't be afraid to PM me if you have any questions. Keen to grab a drink with you guys at the Flinders Uni Bar.
Enrolment & Choosing a stream:
Flinders gives you the opportunity to study either Health Science or Medical science topics in the first two years of the degree (your clinical science period). Many students from senior years have recommended studying Medical science as the content is more relevant to MD. However, there are still many students who end up doing health science as there are less exams when compared to medical science.
The following link lists the topics you must enrol in for the Health science or Medical science stream:
Bachelor of Clinical Sciences, Doctor of Medicine - Flinders University
For example, Medical science requires you study BIOL1101, BIOL1102, COMS1001, HLTH1003, MDSC1102, MMED1005, CHEM1101 & CHEM1102 or CHEM1201 & CHEM1202.
These are the only topics you will be studying throughout semester 1 and semester 2. I would recommend enrolling in both semesters at the start of the year. I’d also just like to highlight that CHEM1201 & CHEM1202 are considered the ‘easy’ chem topics and are recommended for students who did not complete Year 12 Chemistry. But, even if you’ve done Yr 12 Chem and just want to cruise through uni like me, you can still enrol in it. The content is mainly an extension of Year 12 Biology & Chemistry. COMS1001 and MDSC1102 are relatively easy as its just discussing English and medical research skills, respectively. The only slightly difficult topic is Physiology MMED1005, so it's best to keep up with the lectures.
To enrol in your topics, login to the OKTA portal and click on the ‘student system’ box. There should be a enrolment tab near the top of the page. Once you’ve enrolled, you will also have the chance to create your timetable. There are many timings available for each class, so it's very flexible. Just make sure you leave a 5-10 minute gap between classes as the Flinders campus is huge and it can take a while to walk to some rooms. Just make sure your classes don’t clash.
After enrolling, you should be able to make a Flinders ID card which will be posted to your address. Alternatively, you can go to the Flinders Plaza to create it.
What can I expect in terms of course content and workload?
Some of you might be a bit anxious about maintaining a GPA of 5 for two years. But the topics are extremely easy and no one has averaged below 5 so far. I was able to maintain a GPA of 6.12 in my first year even after missing more than half my practicals and tutorials so I could day drink in the Barossa. There is minimal workload in comparison to Year 12 and most students only go to Uni around 2-3 days per week. I was averaging around 3-5 hours of home study per week. So the number of contact + self study hours are relatively low as there are minimal compulsory classes. The compulsory classes include Bio & Chem Practicals, MDSC1102 workshops/some lectures and COMS1001 workshops. Most lectures are not compulsory and will be uploaded to FLO (Flinders Learning Online).
Most of your marks come from assignments and end of semester exams can vary from 35% to 50% of your semester mark. In first semester the major assignments are the BIOL1101 research project, all MMED1005 assignments, MDSC1005 oral presentation and grant research assignment.
Groups/websites:
Flinders Medical Students Society FMSS (Flinders Medical Students' Society) - keep up with those med events!
Flinders University Surgical Society FUSS (Flinders University Surgical Society - FUSS) - more relevant for MD but some important events throughout the year such as the Scrubcrawl!
Clinsci 1 Facebook Group - the group should be created soon. In the meantime, send me a PM on mso and I’ll add you on fb and invite you when the group has been created. If you can't PM me because you haven't qualified yet, reply to this post or write on my profile and I'll PM you!
Adelaide Medical Students Society AMSS (Adelaide Medical Students' Society - AMSS) - Adelaide uni has a ton of med events that everyone can join in on!
Download the Lost on Campus app which is basically google maps for every Uni campus in Australia. This was my saviour in the first 2 weeks!
Textbooks/other items:
DO NOT purchase any textbooks! All textbook PDFs will be provided in the Clinsci 1 Facebook group. However, you will need a lab coat and a lab notebook which can be purchased from the Flinders co-op store.
Don't be afraid to PM me if you have any questions. Keen to grab a drink with you guys at the Flinders Uni Bar.
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