CURRENT YEAR 13s-Hopeful Medics (Mk. II)!

Why must everything be difficult

ah well, better start preparing nice and early then

'Sup guys

I sleep with the UKCAT book next to my head at night, hoping that the knowledge diffuses through the air into my brain

Cunning I here you say...

Wow this thread is moving along quickly!

Imagine a circumstance in which you couldn't do medicine. Not as an undergraduate, not as a graduate, you just couldn't be a doctor. (And don't ask me why, because this is entirely hypothetical and for the purpose of the question only). What would you do as a career/job?

Probably study Natural Sciences/Biomed and see where it takes me

Imagine a circumstance in which you couldn't do medicine. Not as an undergraduate, not as a graduate, you just couldn't be a doctor. (And don't ask me why, because this is entirely hypothetical and for the purpose of the question only). What would you do as a career/job?

I'm just worried that if I start too early I'll have no questions left to do nearer the time!

Really, as long as you have some, universities value the UKCAT exponentially more than work exp., Newcastle base their whole system around it, so yeah it's good to concentrate more on that.

yeah, i just hope i odnt mess up the ukcat , its so hard to get work exp! im finding it impossible to get any at a GP's and ive got very little at a hospital

how much hospital work experience do you plan to have by the time you apply?

I was thinking about this the other day actually.

Maybe a nurse. I think the main part of medicine i'd like is working with people, helping them, healthcare team etc. so, especially these days there's a bit of crossover there.

Or maybe an open ended biomed course (most are simply training for hospital lab work) and then some kinda research.

I have a month volunteering/work exp. in a Cambodian health clinic and a very valuable week in a GP surgery. Also i volunteer in a hospital which isn't really work exp. but i talk to patients and doctors and is pretty valuable.

I have a week of private hospital w/e organised in june, and am trying to get another on the NHS, but like you say very difficult to get.

But i don't think admissions boards expect that much in terms of quantity, they mainly want reflection and linking it to qualities like communication or teamwork.

(So to answer the Q like two weeks hospital w/e)

Imagine a circumstance in which you couldn't do medicine. Not as an undergraduate, not as a graduate, you just couldn't be a doctor. (And don't ask me why, because this is entirely hypothetical and for the purpose of the question only). What would you do as a career/job?

I think I would be a biomedical scientist, or possibly a nurse or midwife, or maybe something to do with genetics, or maybe a physiologist of some type.

some of my friends have like 4 weeks already and are going to end up with like 6 weeks by the time they apply , i wont have nearly as much. I need to stop being so competitive/comparing myself to other people! Its a bad habit

How was your work exp in a cambodian health clinic? it sounds awesome!

Yeah but you have to remember w/e isn't the same as grades or UKCAT, where more is infinitely better, although obviously you need some.

My work exp. was very very good, hugely enjoyable and very valuable for learning about medical practice.

I have a month volunteering/work exp. in a Cambodian health clinic and a very valuable week in a GP surgery. Also i volunteer in a hospital which isn't really work exp. but i talk to patients and doctors and is pretty valuable.

I have a week of private hospital w/e organised in june, and am trying to get another on the NHS, but like you say very difficult to get.

But i don't think admissions boards expect that much in terms of quantity, they mainly want reflection and linking it to qualities like communication or teamwork.

(So to answer the Q like two weeks hospital w/e)

During volunteering, are you allowed to watch some of the obs or blood tests or any actual procedures?

Imagine a circumstance in which you couldn't do medicine. Not as an undergraduate, not as a graduate, you just couldn't be a doctor. (And don't ask me why, because this is entirely hypothetical and for the purpose of the question only). What would you do as a career/job?

Erm no, i'm not strictly there in a learning capacity so i don't usually observe anyone working, i'm kinda meant to do my own work. I help give out meals, make tea/coffee, talk to patients (hospitals are obscenely lonely places), and do washing up.

What i referred to was just talking to doctors when they have a minute about university or practice or whatever.

some of my friends have like 4 weeks already and are going to end up with like 6 weeks by the time they apply , i wont have nearly as much. I need to stop being so competitive/comparing myself to other people! Its a bad habit

How was your work exp in a cambodian health clinic? it sounds awesome!