Sorry for the late reply, but you can drop from a double degree to a single Biomedical sciences degree. Depending on how far you are into the programme, you may have to sacrifice some AUs though, and may end up taking another year to complete your single Biomedical Science degree (4, rather than 3 years). If you are not absolutely certain that you wish to be a physician, perhaps reconsider taking this course, as over the years, this course has become increasingly specialised to focus on training TCM physicians.
As a graduate of this programme who was always intending to go into research, I feel that perhaps I should have gone for a single degree in Bioscience and straight to PhD instead. As others have said before, strong ability in Chinese is essential to do well in this course, no dictionaries are allowed in exams. I aced my Chinese A levels, but still struggled with the ancient chinese literature that is a fundamental part of this course.
If you are interested in doing research on TCM, just take a BS degree instead, maybe take the TCM elective module, and work in Prof Tam's lab for Eureka or FYP. Sure, this course allows you to go into other paths than as a TCM physician but does it prepare you especially well for them? No. If you want to do research, choose a course that gives you research experience, rather than clinical experience.
Last edited by Yume92; 01-08-2018 at 05:37 PM.
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