QUESTIONS YOU NEED TO ASK BEFORE STARTING AT NUMED
This is often the time of year when prospective students are exploring their options when it comes to applying to go to medical school. In fact some may already have read marketing material from Newcastle University Medicine Malaysia (NUMed) online, or may have even attended a virtual open day. It is crucial to interrogate the information one is presented with, as otherwise there could be long term, expensive consequences. 1. What is the fail rate for the MBBS programme at NUMed? Universities rarely publicise details of how many students fail to qualify after the five year programme. The fail rate in final exams at NUMed has been in the 8%-16% range in the last few years. The fail rate in most UK, and in other Malaysian medical schools, public and private, is of the order of 3%-5% . There are likely to be a number of explanations for this, such as entry criteria, but the more fundamental issue relates to whether it is ever possible (or even necessary) to deliv