The sound of somebody trying to get fired???

"Also Dawson. He is not young but he is back. Also we have Agbonlahor and Zamora. Another player I hope will be fit is Hargreaves."

Fabio Crapello, June 2010 after being advised to pick a younger team

MBBS

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, or in Latin Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae (abbreviated in various ways, viz. "BMBS", MB BChir, BM BCh, MB BCh, MB ChB, MBBS, BM, BMed, M.B.B.S. etc.), are the two first professional degrees awarded upon graduation from medical school in medicine and surgery by universities in various countries that follow the tradition of the United Kingdom. The naming suggests that they are two separate degrees; however, in practice, they are usually treated as one and awarded together. Usually, students graduated with a "Bachelor of Medicine" degree may also practice surgery, because it is equivalent to the "Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery" degree.

History and nature

The degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery are currently awarded in various forms in institutions in Australia, Bangladesh,Barbados, the Republic of China, Egypt, Fiji, Ghana, Guyana, Hong Kong, India, Iraq, the Republic of Ireland, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya,Kuwait, Libya, Malawi, Philippines, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea,Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, Zambia and Zimbabwe.^[1]

Historically, Bachelor of Medicine was also the primary medical degree conferred by institutions in the United States and Canada, such asUniversity of Pennsylvania, Harvard, University of Toronto, University of Maryland, and Columbia. Several early North American medical schools were (for the most part) founded by physicians and surgeons who had trained in England and Scotland. University medical education in England culminated with the Bachelor of Medicine qualification, and in Scotland the Doctor of Medicine, until from the mid-19th century when the public bodies that regulated medical practice at the time required practitioners in Scotland as well as England to hold the dual Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degrees. Throughout the 1800s, North American medical schools switched to the tradition of the Ancient universities of Scotland and began conferring Doctor of Medicine rather than Bachelor of Medicine, the first institution to make such a switch being King's College (now Columbia University) in New York.^[2]

In the countries that award bachelors' degrees in medicine, however, Doctor of Medicine denotes a holder of a higher doctorate and is reserved for medical practitioners who undertake research and submit a thesis in the field of medicine. Nevertheless, those holding Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery are usually referred to by the courtesy title of "Doctor" and use the prefix "Dr".

Despite their styling as two degrees, Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery are usually conferred together. At some institutions, such as Oxford and Cambridge, it was possible in the past to be awarded the two degrees in different years.

In many countries, the degrees are awarded after an undergraduate course lasting five or six years. In some cases, a graduate in another discipline may subsequently enter a special graduate-entry medical course, reduced in duration to account for relevant material covered or learning skills acquired during the first degree. In some cases the old first year courses (for six year degrees) in the basic sciences of physics, chemistry and biology have been abolished, and that standard has to be reached by means of school examinations before entry. However, in most countries a newly-graduated Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery must spend a specified period in internship before they can obtain full qualification as a medical practitioner.

People's Republic of China

In the People's Republic of China, medical graduates are traditionally awarded a Bachelor of Medicine (BMed) for a course of study lasting five or six years. However, as of 2010, 34 universities, including its frequently top-ranked medical schools, have been authorized by the government to award the MB BS degree as an equivalent to the BMed^[5]. These universities are:
Fudan University
Capital Medical University
Tianjin Medical University
Dalian Medical University
China Medical University
Jilin University
Harbin Medical University
Southeast University
Nanjing Medical University
Suzhou University
Zhejiang University
Wenzhou Medical University
Shandong University
Qingdao University
Zhengzhou University
Wuhan University
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Central South University
Southern Medical University
Guangxi Medical University
Sichuan University
Chongqing Medical University
Xian Jiaotong University
Xinjiang Medical University
Nantong University
Fujian Medical University
Anhui Medical University
Hebei Medical University
Shantou University
Guangzhou Medical College
Ningxia Medical University
Nanchang University
Beihua University
Jiamusi University

Here are the 2009 University rankings in China.

Rank 2009 University (membership of C9 League/Project 985)↓


1 Tsinghua University (C9-985) 2 Peking University (C9-985) 3 Zhejiang University (C9-985) 4 Shanghai Jiao Tong University (C9-985) 5 Nanjing University (C9-985) 6 Fudan University (C9-985) 7 University of Science and Technology of China (C9-985) 8 Sun Yat-sen University (985) 9 Huazhong University of Science and Technology (985) 10 Wuhan University (985) 11 Jilin University (985) 12 Xi'an Jiaotong University (C9-985) 13 Sichuan University (985) 14 Harbin Institute of Technology (C9-985) 15 Nankai University (985) 16 Shandong University (985) 17 Beijing Normal University (985) 18 Tianjin University (985) 19 Central South University (985) 20 Southeast University (985) 21 Renmin University of China (985) 22 Beihang University (985) 23 Xiamen University (985) 24 Dalian University of Technology (985) 25 Tongji University (985) 26 South China University of Technology (985) 27 Chongqing University (985) 28 Lanzhou University (985) 29 Northwestern Polytechnical University (985) 30 East China Normal University (985) 31 Beijing Institute of Technology (985) 32 China Agricultural University (985) 33 Hunan University (985) 34 Northeastern University (985) 35 Zhengzhou University 36 Nanjing Aeronautics and Astronautics University 37 East China University of Science and Technology 38 Suzhou University 39 Nanjing Agricultural University 40 Wuhan University of Technology 41 Shanghai University 42 University of Science and Technology Beijing 43 University of Electronic Science and Technology of China(985) 44 Southwest University 45 Northeast Normal University 46 Xidian University 47 North West Agriculture and Forestry University 48 Jinan University 49 Nanjing University of Science and Technology 50 Huazhong Normal University 51 Southwest Jiaotong University 52 China University of Mining and Technology 53 Nanjing Normal University 54 Yangzhou University 55 Huazhong Agricultural University 56 Northwest University 57 Ocean University of China (985) 58 Hunan Normal University 59 Beijing Jiaotong University 60 South China Normal University 61 Beijing University of Chemical Technology 62 Shaanxi Normal University 63 Nanchang University 64 Shanxi University 65 Hohai University 66 Beijing University of Technology 67 South China Agricultural University 68 Jiangnan University 69 Donghua University 70 Nanjing University of Technology 71 Fuzhou University 72 China University of Geosciences (Wuhan, Hubei Province) 73 Yanshan University 74 Henan University 75 Zhejiang University of Technology 76 Harbin Engineering University 77 Hebei University 78 Jiangsu University 79 Shandong Agricultural University 80 Hefei University of Technology 81 Xiangtan University 82 Capital University of Medical Sciences 83 China University of Petroleum (Qingdao, Shandong Province) 84 Yunnan University 85 Zhongnan University of Economics and Law 86 China Medical University 87 Southern Medical University 88 China University of Geosciences (Beijing) 89 North China Electric Power University 90 Shanghai University of Finance and Economics 91 Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications 92 China Pharmaceutical University 93 Shandong Normal University 94 Heilongjiang University 95 Capital Normal University 96 Shanghai Normal University 97 Anhui University 98 Fujian Normal University 99 Taiyuan University of Technology 100 Kunming University of Science and Technology

The Cambridge of the East - Zhejiang University

Reputed as "Cambridge of the East" by Joseph Needham (twice visited ZJU in 1944) in China's modern history of higher education, Zhejiang University has been consistently ranked as among top 3 in the nation.

Zhejiang University (ZJU; simplified Chinese: 浙江大学; traditional Chinese: 浙江大學; pinyin: Zhèjiāng Dàxué; Wade-Giles: Che-chiang-ta-hsüeh), sometimes referred to as Zheda, is a national university in China. Founded in 1897, Zhejiang University is one of China's oldest and most prestigious institutions of higher education.[2] The university is one of the nine members of the C9 League.

Zhejiang University is located approximately 112 miles (180 km) southwest of Shanghai in the city of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. Zhejiang University Library collection contains about 6.9 million volumes[3], making it one of the largest academic libraries in the country[4]. The university focuses on both undergraduate and graduate education.

What is a Doctor???

A physician—also known as doctor of medicine, medical doctor, or simply doctor—practices the ancient profession of medicine, which is concerned with maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease or injury. This properly requires both a detailed knowledge of the academic disciplines (such as anatomy and physiology) underlying diseases and their treatment—the science of medicine—and also a decent competence in its applied practice—the art or craft of medicine.

Both the role of the physician and the meaning of the word itself vary significantly around the world, but as generally understood, the ethics of medicine require that physicians show consideration, compassion and benevolence for their patients.

Life is short, and Art long;

the crisis fleeting; experience perilous, and decision difficult.

The physician must not only be prepared to do what is right himself,

but also to make the patient, the attendants, and externals cooperate.

—First aphorism of Hippocrates, c. 400 BCE, from the Hippocratic Corpus online (translated by Francis Adams)

and some more....

Is it a boat or a house???

Wow!!!

So Beautiful!

Ahhhhh!

Crikey!

Blimey!

Wow! What a bird!

And a singing bird!

Here are some more photos from Hangzhou

What's in the bag???

Before going to study medicine, I worked for a study overseas company in Taiwan where we made this funny video about applying to UK universities!

2 months to go

I can't believe that I will be flying to China in two months to start studying medicine. It definitely is exciting. I just found this video on you tube showing photos of Zhejiang university campus. Very nice and not bad music either!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo6of8JF1Bo