Top 5 Uni Medic Graduate salary?

I think she meant when she opened the thread, not started it. So if you know med isnt really right for you, why are you even pondering about it. Medicine requires commitment and passion, not a salarydrive.

I still disagree with the notion that where you studied medicine would come into question with private practice. At the end of the day if you have been able to make so far in your career that you are highly qualified and experienced enough to carry out private practice and pass the relevant gollege examinations, then where you studied becomes absolutely irrelevant. I know plenty of plastic surgeons working in the private sector who have trained abroad at medical schools in Pakistan and India and I know two from Africa and they earn loads (I assume). The public has never really perceived Medicine at Oxbridge as being superiour. I think when going to a Doctor for treatment the last thing on a patient's mind is where the doctor studied.

And also I think it would reassuring for patient to know they are receiving treatment from an individual who has had years of experience in their field and has carried out many successful operations in the past whether on the NHS and/or on the private sector. This to me as patient would be far more important information than where the doctor obtained his/her medical degree.

I think the people who are saying that it does matter really need to scratch beneath the surface of this topic. You cannot deny the fact that there are non-Oxbridge private doctors and those from medical schools you wouldn't consider as traditional. But where does the comparison end? What are we considering as traditional? London and Oxbridge? If so does that mean we don't regard medical schools such as Belfast and Edinburgh as "well-respected" (remember those two are extremely hard to get into)?

I think in being employed for private practice your track record and personal qualities are far more important. You could be an Oxford graduate but have failed examinations after university and may not have had the same level of experience as say the BSMS graduate. I think the employer (assuming he/she is a medic) has more sense than to simply discriminate on the basis of university.

If it was a case of going to a particular university made all the world of difference every medical applicant would apply to Oxbridge and London. That just isn't the case.

I agree, but only because 'good long experience in medicine > uni credentials'

But i am pretty sure it is harder to get into the private sector with little experience coming from a non - Top 5 university.

The public has never really perceived Medicine at Oxbridge as being superiour. I think when going to a Doctor for treatment the last thing on a patient's mind is where the doctor studied.

Obviously I don't think Oxbridge are superior per se for Medicine - that should be clear from many posts i've made on the "best medical school" topic.

But - I'm not sure that there is absolutely no difference in public perception. Obviously I only have my experience as a student but replying you study medicine at oxford often does get quite a response. As a student being introduced (outside of the city obviously!) it also does if the the supervising clinican mentions in the introduction or when asking whether the patient would mind.
It's interesting to see which patients they mention the "Oxford" rather than just "medical student" too & with some of them (rightly or wrongly) I suspect it may have positively influenced their decision. But possibly they just want to see if I'm a science-super-genius-destined-for-research-with-no-people-skills!

Like it or not, in most professions...probably all (medicine the least though, due to NHS)... you get hired according to where you get your degree from (assuming of course 2.1's and 1st's etc).

For Med the top 5 is:

1) Cambridge
2) Oxford
3) Imperial College
4) Edinburgh
5) Manchester

So most probably a graduate from cambridge would be chosen over a graduate from Manchester for the same spot.

Thats how the world is now... it's all about the institue you obtained your degree from.

Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/displayPopup/0,,13431,00.html

TGF

Like it or not, in most professions...probably all (medicine the least though, due to NHS)... you get hired according to where you get your degree from (assuming of course 2.1's and 1st's etc).

For Med the top 5 is:

1) Cambridge
2) Oxford
3) Imperial College
4) Edinburgh
5) Manchester

So most probably a graduate from cambridge would be chosen over a graduate from Manchester for the same spot.

Thats how the world is now... it's all about the institue you obtained your degree from.

Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/displayPopup/0,,13431,00.html

TGF

i'd be working.

Like it or not, in most professions...probably all (medicine the least though, due to NHS)... you get hired according to where you get your degree from (assuming of course 2.1's and 1st's etc).

For Med the top 5 is:

1) Cambridge
2) Oxford
3) Imperial College
4) Edinburgh
5) Manchester

So most probably a graduate from cambridge would be chosen over a graduate from Manchester for the same spot.

Thats how the world is now... it's all about the institue you obtained your degree from.

Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/displayPopup/0,,13431,00.html

TGF

eh, why are we 19th - this list has obviously been tampered with....no joke

Well seeing as both me and you don't attend top 5 unis we may aswell resign oruselve to the fact that we'll be living on council estates in Liverpool for the rest of our lives.

are you a ******** or something? Med degree form anywhere will more thang et you a job...might just be tough getting into private stragiht after graduating.