[EternalDoom]

Basically, I'm one of few students at my school who has been chosen for a medical placement during the easter holiday at Oxford university, we get to talk with a top neurosurgeon and see the work he does, get a tour of the medical facilities, do research related tasks, and some other things, i plan on doing proper hospital volunteer work too, but would the above count as something i could mention in a personal statement as work experience?

[xXxBaby-BooxXx]

If you've learnt something from it and you can apply it to medicine and you have the space in your PS, then why not?

[Limesasquatch]

Yes.
However, to stand apart from the 2000-3000 other applicants applying to each medical school, you may want to do at least 2 weeks work experience over the summer hols.
And you might want to spend some time in a caring environment, like an old age home or working with the disabled. Many universities use these, along with your spectacular grades, to choose their medical students

[EternalDoom]

(Original post by Limesasquatch)
Yes.
However, to stand apart from the 2000-3000 other applicants applying to each medical school, you may want to do at least 2 weeks work experience over the summer hols.
And you might want to spend some time in a caring environment, like an old age home or working with the disabled. Many universities use these, along with your spectacular grades, to choose their medical students

Yea i plan on doing something like that, applied for work experience at a hospital for 2 weeks, if i dont get that ill go do one at an old age home / GP or something, and i've started to read books related to medicine too in my spare time

[AnJuM218]

You should mention it as it could help give you an insight into the world of medicine, but only emntion it if you haveactualy learned from it