*Closed* - Work Experience and Voluntary Work [Part 1 of 2]

Im interested in a future career in medicine, and im finding it really hard to get a placement shadowing a doctor, preferably a paediatric.
Which hospitals did people manage to get placements in London?
And any names of doctors that took you on?

Thankss

Again - another thread that belongs in the UCAS 2010 Chat thread. Why do the L6th keep on clogging the already clogged Med forum?

Wrong. If you are going to insist on threads being merged, at least pick the right threads

OP, I really don't think you can be choosy over what specialities you shadow, take what you can get

I think the title 'chat' was a little too simplistic. By it, I meant all questions, queries, worries, etc by the next cohort of medics .....

And I meant that it belongs in the WE Thread

sorry, new around here!
and yea ive tried browsing, i havent found a thread naming hospitals/docs that people shadowed, which is what im after because its much easier having the name of a doctor to ask?

sorry, new around here!
and yea ive tried browsing, i havent found a thread naming hospitals/docs that people shadowed, which is what im after because its much easier having the name of a doctor to ask?

Tbh, you'll probably just get told to fire off as many letters as possible, and see what comes of it

I didn't shadow any doctors when I was applying

I have managed to get a weeks worth of work experience at my local hospital for next week. My letter says that the ward I'll be on is "medicine for the elderly".
Just wondering if anyone could give me an idea on what sort of things I'll be doing Thanks

I'm going to be shadowing the doctors at the GP surgery next Monday. Could someone possibly suggest some questions I could ask the doctors in between patients? I had 'what are the rewards and challenges' and 'how does the surgery operate?' in mind.. =S