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

I'm 15 years old, I'm aware that it's still very early but I really hope to study Medicine in the future. I'm also aware that my career choices may change in the future, but this is something that I've been set on for a while now. I know it's very competitive, so I'm willing to start doing anything as early as now to help my *hopeful* future medicine application.

I'm already a volunteer at a Saturday club for disabled children, and I am a young leader volunteer for brownies/guides and I am also in the process of setting up volunteering at a care home. I've also got a bit of work experience under my belt in a pharmacy (just simple stuff like stocking shelves) and in a chiropractic clinic (don't know how much this would help)

Is there anything else that would be beneficial for me to do that may help me in the future? All advice would be appreciated.


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I'm 15 years old, I'm aware that it's still very early but I really hope to study Medicine in the future. I'm also aware that my career choices may change in the future, but this is something that I've been set on for a while now. I know it's very competitive, so I'm willing to start doing anything as early as now to help my *hopeful* future medicine application.

I'm already a volunteer at a Saturday club for disabled children, and I am a young leader volunteer for brownies/guides and I am also in the process of setting up volunteering at a care home. I've also got a bit of work experience under my belt in a pharmacy (just simple stuff like stocking shelves) and in a chiropractic clinic (don't know how much this would help)

Is there anything else that would be beneficial for me to do that may help me in the future? All advice would be appreciated.


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I'm 15 years old, I'm aware that it's still very early but I really hope to study Medicine in the future. I'm also aware that my career choices may change in the future, but this is something that I've been set on for a while now. I know it's very competitive, so I'm willing to start doing anything as early as now to help my *hopeful* future medicine application.

I'm already a volunteer at a Saturday club for disabled children, and I am a young leader volunteer for brownies/guides and I am also in the process of setting up volunteering at a care home. I've also got a bit of work experience under my belt in a pharmacy (just simple stuff like stocking shelves) and in a chiropractic clinic (don't know how much this would help)

Is there anything else that would be beneficial for me to do that may help me in the future? All advice would be appreciated.


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I'm 15 years old, I'm aware that it's still very early but I really hope to study Medicine in the future. I'm also aware that my career choices may change in the future, but this is something that I've been set on for a while now. I know it's very competitive, so I'm willing to start doing anything as early as now to help my *hopeful* future medicine application.

I'm already a volunteer at a Saturday club for disabled children, and I am a young leader volunteer for brownies/guides and I am also in the process of setting up volunteering at a care home. I've also got a bit of work experience under my belt in a pharmacy (just simple stuff like stocking shelves) and in a chiropractic clinic (don't know how much this would help)

Is there anything else that would be beneficial for me to do that may help me in the future? Any advice would be appreciated. 🙂


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Hi, well after reading your post I think you've done quite a bit so far to help yourself with your application which is really good. Why don't you try and get work experience in a doctor's surgery where you can carry out some doctor shadowing or in a hospital when you can do some other shadowing, because that will look good on your personal statement as well. Remember to choose the right a-levels for this course as well, the main a-levels to take are Biology Chemistry, and either maths or physics.

Good Luck x

Hi, well after reading your post I think you've done quite a bit so far to help yourself with your application which is really good. Why don't you try and get work experience in a doctor's surgery where you can carry out some doctor shadowing or in a hospital when you can do some other shadowing, because that will look good on your personal statement as well. Remember to choose the right a-levels for this course as well, the main a-levels to take are Biology Chemistry, and either maths or physics.

Good Luck x

I'm 15 years old, I'm aware that it's still very early but I really hope to study Medicine in the future. I'm also aware that my career choices may change in the future, but this is something that I've been set on for a while now. I know it's very competitive, so I'm willing to start doing anything as early as now to help my *hopeful* future medicine application.

I'm already a volunteer at a Saturday club for disabled children, and I am a young leader volunteer for brownies/guides and I am also in the process of setting up volunteering at a care home. I've also got a bit of work experience under my belt in a pharmacy (just simple stuff like stocking shelves) and in a chiropractic clinic (don't know how much this would help)

Is there anything else that would be beneficial for me to do that may help me in the future? Any advice would be appreciated. 🙂


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Thank you for the advice - I'm not sure when to look into work experience in a hospital/GP setting. Should I start looking into this now or should I wait a little longer (till I'm 16)? Thanks x


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Thank you for the advice - I'm not sure when to look into work experience in a hospital/GP setting. Should I start looking into this now or should I wait a little longer (till I'm 16)? Thanks x


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Although I no longer want to do medicine, I got work exp at a GPs back when I was 15( in October) and all I did was shadowing, you could try that!

Yeh that sounds great - how did you go about arranging this? 🙂

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The chiropractic clinic would be a waste of time imho, especially since you've already got so much decent experience.

For now I'd carry on with what you're doing, and in a few years time try and get some clinical work experience in a hospital.

To be honest, I think that Work Experience is better.
Especially if you shadow a consultant...
I also want to do medicine and have found a number of different placements for work experience...

Ahhh okay thank you

If you don't mind me asking, where have you applied and how did you do so?

Well that's the thing...
I live in London, so I have orthopaedics in a local hospital
Gynecology in University College London
Plastic Surgery in London Royal Free
And surgery in Moorfields eye hospital...


The way I got these, was I spoke to family friends, all of the consultants I am shadowing are friends or friends of friends...

Wow that's a lot! Thank you very much

Good luck on you future