TSR Graduate entry medics and applicants society!

Hmm.. Okay. You must have a clone wandering around then. Saw someone who looked identical to you.

I didn't see anybody who looked like her

Got my three day placement in A&E, theatre and orthopaedics soon. Then literally straight after I have a week long placement elsewhere doing god-knows what. Should be interesting.

I hate the fact we have to apply through UCAS again!

Everything again!

Is anyone else completely at their wit's end about the looming GAMSAT exam? I didn't know where to start revising and I'm still a bit stuck on just about.... everything!

me and ive got a year left to revise - whens yours

Lucky! I didn't realise the GAMSAT was so hard. I only knew about it before the deadline (that's when I realised I wanted to study medicine too)....

Mine's this Friday hahaha, I think it's going to go quite bad... especially as I'm so bad at english and didn't do Chemistry or Physics at A Level

Ouch - i hate the english section. Id like to know what it has to do with medicine aswell.

Its good news for me though, I rock at writing essays and love English
But good luck to you guys, I hope you pass it

You should get a really good score then with your degree and actually liking it. I dont mind the essay part it analysing the poem that I hate!

Anyway, back on topic

I spent 12 hrs in A&E yesterday and all day today in Endoscopy. My feet ache like hell.

On the plus side, scrubs are comfy as anything.

That IS keen .

Yes, they are perfect PJs!

Anyway, back on topic

I spent 12 hrs in A&E yesterday and all day today in Endoscopy. My feet ache like hell.

On the plus side, scrubs are comfy as anything.

How did you go about organising that? Did you phone/email the receptionist or did you have contacts? I've heard of operating theaters where you can watch operations I'd love to spend a few days just doing that, would be great to write about in PS.

Frankly, it is not the best work experience. It is for I feel like a doctor! feel good factor, but not real medicine work experience.

If I could tailor my dream pre-applicant work experience, it would be:

1.) Big teaching hospital-spend like 4 days following the F1 on an acute medicine/surgical firm. You won't be cutting for a gooooooood few years after your qualify, so you might as well get an idea of how the ward/firm works and all the "scut" work (to steal an American phrase) that the juniors have to do.

2.) Try and do an on-call, to see how the SHOs/reg's handle sick patients in the middle of the night, with a lot less support than the day!

3.) Spend some time in A&E, busy A&E shows you a lot of the interaction between the medical/nursing/support staff as well as a constant flow of interesting patients.

4.) Spend some time as a HCA/CSW doing nursing work.

5.) First aid work-St. John, private contractors-get some "independent practice"

A&E work experiance just doesnt happen round here - wish it did