medicine apprentice

At the information session for the medicine apprenticeship, they said that you must also do your foundation post at ESNEFT. Is that possible for them to commit you to choosing there as your foundation post? Would you be unable to apply somewhere else, because I don’t see how they can 'force' you, but if someone could explain how they could, or couldn’t, please say.

Also, would your foundation post at ESNEFT affect you after you finish your foundation programme to work in London? Would you have a disadvantage or such for ST1 onwards in London?

you can do a medicine apprenticeship?
i thought you had to do a levels?!

It's a new thing, you study during normal term time with everyone else at the medical school, however during the summer, you work for around 10 weeks. You don't have to pay loans and you get paid, and you get the same qualification.

and then you can go to medical school??? or you finish medicine in the span of 10 weeks??
then you can do specialisation?

No, normal medical school but just working 10 weeks in the hospital per year ontop.

wait this is confusing so you do the apprenticeship on top of medical school??
so you still have to a levels?

You need to have either done A-levels or an undergraduate degree/access to medicine course. You complete medical school over 5 years like normal but during non-term time you’d be working in an admin/clerical role in the NHS, whilst earning a salary and you don’t need to pay tuition fees.
There’s more info here -
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7151586854985736192?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios

wow , i never knew that ..
thanks for the info