coolsuch
Forum Senior
Topics: 5
Posts: 104
|
Hi all,
Well,after a long pondering over I am back to writng this again and need someone to suggest me.
I am doing my Masters in public heatlh,wrking part time. my classes and work involves a lot of reading and writting work. Most of the time i am glued on to the computer. by the end of day i am so tired i cant read. I am sure there are people who have kids,jobs ,husband to take care and do not find time. I can take out time but I have so much reading to do that.......I somehow find it hard to concentrate . Also, I am not very organised .Gosh I am complainnig but I really need someone (well ,many)to read this and suggest and advice .I am sure there are many good people in this forum who really help .I will be so grateful if anyone can suggest me what to do .Plzzzzzzzzzzz I need suggestions.I know there are amny who are going through the same phase or have gone through it .So ,pls write here and in some way or other you will not help me but many others like me and we will all bless oyu.
|
| unique1
InGodITrust
Topics: 19
Posts: 1,411
|
Hi coolsuch,
I really want to help you as much as I can but I am not the best person to advise you as I have myself recently started this journey and do not know how it goes in the coming days. Secondly I only have responsibilities of home and kids and do not have studies other than mle and do not work.
I can only give my two cent that in my opinion, only you can decide it yourself if you want to do everything together or want to tackle things one by one. If you want to do MPH and mle togather, it certainly will take more hardwork . Second option is to postpone mle until you finish your MPH. My humble suggestion will be to tackle one thing at a time. While you are doing your MPH , stay in touch with your mle books and try to continue a slower but steady reading and by the time you finish MPH you will be ready to devote full time to your mle.
But as I said before, decision shold be completely yours . I am sure some one who is studying and working at the same time can give you a better opinion.
Wish you all the best with whatever you decide to do.
___________________
I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.
|
| coolsuch
Forum Senior
Topics: 5
Posts: 104
|
Thank you so much unique. I really appreciate your suggestions.
I need some more people to suggest me what to do .
Unique you are doing incredibly well with kids and home.GL.
|
| oldkidontheblock
Forum Guru
Topics: 57
Posts: 914
|
Hi coolsuch,
I would suggest the same thing. Do one thing at a time. Finish your MPH with good GPA and then hit USMLE with good scores. It will be difficult for you if you pass both with low results (God forbid). If I was you I would have done the same.
BTW how do you find MPH? From which uni are you doing it? What are the job prospects and how much one expect to earn? I am also thinking of doing it from Canada. Please do answer all these queries. Thankyou.
___________________
Malcolm Forbes: Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat
|
| coolsuch
Forum Senior
Topics: 5
Posts: 104
|
Thank you so much oldkidontheblock.
I find MPH interesting ,it is just not preventive medicine ,its whole lot of other stuff. We have lot of reading to do and writng critque etc but its fun.We have subj like biostats,epidemiology ,health promotion ,global health ,health policy,enviromental health .i am doing it from USA,Houston health sciences.As for the jobs ,well we have lot of prospects in USA but not better than a resident but not bad!!!!!!!!one can earn enough.Why dont you do it from USA?let me know.You help me with MLE and I can help you with MPH. Kidding.I dont know how much I can help anyone.I try my best but............
|
| tolito
Forum Fanatic
Topics: 119
Posts: 2,174
|
i want to ask a question like an economist. if you rank the 2 exams using job prospects, job satisfaction, visa issues, life in general, which would you rank top?
so we can decide opportunity cost
this is very important for you to do. if MPH ranks top, then put it in front burner and put USMLE in the COOLER!! If usmle ranks top then put mph in cooler. if you are undecided, then there is a problem. what to do when undecided?
next step, how many months left with mph? if less than 6months, then complete mph and put mle in cooler. ( cos you cannot match this year anyway so no hurry, you still have 6mo next year to complete mle). if more than 6mo, then there is a problem cos you will have to read them side by side. you may decide to dedicate a couple months to each while the other is in back burner ( never the cooler!!!).
did i complicate issues?
i did exactly same thing. i am here on a J1 research visa and i need to prove i am worthy in my lab so they can renew my visa. i put aside lab work for a couple months ( with permission) and did step 1. now with step 2, i cannot afford that cos i am behind in analysis of data. i need teh job for visa renewal in case i dont match so i have to prove myself. so for step 2 i have lab as back burner and mle as front burner.
___________________
It has been a looooong hard journey but I am inches away from my destination...
|
| oldkidontheblock
Forum Guru
Topics: 57
Posts: 914
|
Hi Coolsuch
Well I am ready to help you in whatever way you want me in the light of my previous experiences with this exam and with life as general.
I want to do it from Canada instead of US firstly, because I am going to be a landed immigrant and I have to spend minimum 2 years to earn citizenship so these 2 years can be spent in a positive direction. Secondly, Canadian Universities are equivalently good and renowned. Thirdly, if USMLE doesn't work for me then I can take Public Health as a career and go for a doctorate degree later on.
Are you doing MPH in one of the fields that you mentioned or do they teach you all of it? In U of Toronto I think they go for subclasses, the ones that you mentioned. I was therefore thinking that if I don't succeed in getting into residency due to number of reasons (e.g family, health, programs, visa etc ) how much can a person make out of MPH annually in USD?
Regarding USMLE, I am here, feel free to ask any question you like. I will try to answer them as honestly as possible.
Do post your final decision regarding USMLE.
Regards
___________________
Malcolm Forbes: Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat
|
| new_n_lost
Politically InCorrect
Topics: 654
Posts: 6,112
|
Hi there,
I was wondering what u have been upto??
Well i believe the Answer to ur Questions is a bit like Tolito's. I believe u have paid for MPH therefore u r doing it currently,right! So it would be a bit hard to concerntrate on Mle since u have a lot on ur plate from MPH n being the economist as Tolito suggested all the signs r saying u go ahead with MPH n put MLE on Defrost cos if u juggle both u might end up losing both GOD FORBID( by that i mean no excellent scores on either one of them).
So in my humble view it would be wise to simply conerntrate on MPH n forget abt MLE for the time being. U do find it interesting n r positive abt it so whts holding u back. u r all preped up n loaded with MPH stuff so y r u distracted by MLE. maybe the answer lies there for u. Regarding prep for Mle most of ppl have said that 4 mnths with less than 30hrs a week jobs is sufficient enuf for prep no matter how old of a Graduate u r. The only thing Which holds us Old Grads back is prior commitments i.e taking of family n jobs n other activities we gotten ourselves involved in. Its not that the Theories of Medicinal Practice have a complete turnaround makeover its just that we need to brush up our concepts n besides as P53 said it that the aim of USMLE is to filter out the 9 % of US n CANADIAN Students who failed in their respective universities Even though we r far better those AMGs as most of the ppl in america have this opinion but some how we tend to over burden overselves n think its some way devised by the AMA to keep us out while forgetting the fact their own AMGs r giving this exm to proceed up in their own medical schools. We all have seen ppl with preps of 9mnths coming out dazed n confused with their exm n 50% of them get scores of >85% n 50% fail. so nobody can predict their exm prep n corelation with scores ppl have done it n 3-4 mnths so stop worrying abt being left behind or u wont be able to prep for it in a short time, Ofcourse! u will but u have to have a solid attention span with no distractions. Right now u r feeling u gonna miss a turn for MLE but trust in God, HE has a turn leading down the road to MLE from MPH all u gotta do is go thru the exciting town of MPH first thats all.
Best of Luck in either road u choose.
___________________
FORUM RULES-- Those who believe in telekinesis, raise my hand. I get enough exercise just by pushing my luck --P4U World.." The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple."
|
| Sharon99
Forum Newbie
Topics: 2
Posts: 32
|
Coolsuch,
I have completed an MPH as well as being a full time mum with 2 kids and now I am finding it so hard to study for MLE.MPH is great as an alternate career path but it doesn't exactly have similar material and for me I just could not combine both I had some classmates that did though and they got through both successfully.
The longer you wait the more difficult MLE is.
MPH you can do at any time.(you can take a semester off to study or take less courses too that is an option)
The only thing is if you are strong enough to combine both .lGive it a good thought and as you know yourself best choose the most reasonable option.r
|
| mytime
Kick my butt!
Topics: 39
Posts: 3,173
|
Coolsuch..the moment i saw u are in houston i decide to talk with u.send me a pm with ur no. and best time to talk i'll call.
|
|
| |
| | | | | | | | | | |
