Comments:
Beautiful B&W shot! Never been there (like to most other UK schools, for that matter), but a truly iconic place.
Here's for you a shot from the other side of the pond, a corner of the MIT campus taken from my office window on a sunny afternoon last Fall:
You visited your son yesterday?
I have three daughters studying in three different counties in universities. My daughter #2 got her BM in the end of last semester and her graduation party will be on 2nd March. I'll take some pictures from her smaller but old university.
Best, Kari
Yep
My son is in year 5 out of a 6 year medicine degree. Medicine degrees are long haul
That I know.
My daughter #2 is in her 3rd year and #3, who is just 19, just started last September. Both have a long way ahead.
Best, Kari
Just for my knowledge. 6 years is the full cursus to be a doctor in England? [nt]
No message body
it varies from university to university
At Oxford, it is a 6yr course and then you qualify as a doctor. In most UK universities it is 5yrs. Oxford and Cambridge are 6yrs
You then spend two years foundation working in a hospital. You then make a choice about what specialisation to take......that specialisation training then takes another 8-12 years.
The medial education is harmonised in EU
and UK is still a part of EU. How long, nobody knows; not even the Prime Minister of UK.
Best, Kari
Pretty much same in Finland and Baltic's.
After 6 years in the university, there is a mandatory one year period in a health centre. Then comes specialisation and at some stage PhD studies. My daughter #2 decided to start her research project this spring and it should lead to PhD about one year after she gets her MD. It's easier to get a good place for specialisation holding also the PhD.
Best, Kari
PhD can help, but it really does depend on the specialisation...neuro and cardio definitely benefit from PhD. Emergency specialisation would not. [nt]
No message body
The issue here is that it's difficult to get a good place to get the place for specialisation.
In Helsinki university, as an example, PhD gives a lot of points needed for entry. And my daughter would like to specialise in Helsinki. Her bf is also writing his thesis and he's probably getting his PhD before his MD. One of my former gf did the same.
My daughter is now during the winter brake as an assistant to doctors in a mental hospital in Lapland. A young BM would not get such a place from Helsinki.
Best, Kari
b&w does the trick...
and the "recent" rain is visual icing on the cake. Very nice... Casey
I have mixed emotions about my time in Oxford and the UK, but I was always happy to be in the Bodleian library. [nt]
No message body