Graduate Entry Medicine 2017

Hey

So, this is aimed at people who will have graduated by 2017 in their first second third etc degree and want to be studying medicine by September 2017 or 2018 depending on when you decide to apply whether you're doing a 3/4 year course.

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I thought we could encourage each other keep each other aware of news and just be a community for future medics.

If this thread already exists then sorry!!

Hi, I've just decided to do medicine having started to work at a hospital. I was wondering if I could start in September 2016 or is this flawed thinking ? I am also a little lost on how to actually apply as there seems so many different paths. Do I not apply using UCAS ? Or do i apply directly to the university ?

any feedback would be greatly appreciated

Thanks

You won't be able to start medicine in sept 2016, the UCAS deadline was in October. Use this time to prep for 2017 entry and apply by October 2016. And yes, you need to apply via UCAS.

What's your situation? Do you have a degree? What a levels did you do?


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I graduated with a Masters in Pharmacy (MPharm) but only managed a 2:2 mainly because I didn't study or really value what I was doing at the time.

I did A-levels Chemistry, Biology and Philosophy and gained an A, B and C. I did my pre-registration year in a Boots Chemist and have worked in community Pharmacies as a pharmacist for 4 years and this recent year I have been working as a Clinical Pharmacist on the wards at 3 different hospitals.

Which Universities do you think I should aim at , I live in Newcastle Upon Tyne . So Newcastle will be a definite choice, I am just a bit worried about the UKCAT as my natural IQ isn't spectacular.

Again if anyone could shine any light on my situation I would be greatly appreciative.

Kind Regards


SSP

I graduated with a Masters in Pharmacy (MPharm) but only managed a 2:2 mainly because I didn't study or really value what I was doing at the time.

I did A-levels Chemistry, Biology and Philosophy and gained an A, B and C. I did my pre-registration year in a Boots Chemist and have worked in community Pharmacies as a pharmacist for 4 years and this recent year I have been working as a Clinical Pharmacist on the wards at 3 different hospitals.

Which Universities do you think I should aim at , I live in Newcastle Upon Tyne . So Newcastle will be a definite choice, I am just a bit worried about the UKCAT as my natural IQ isn't spectacular.

Again if anyone could shine any light on my situation I would be greatly appreciative.

Kind Regards


SSP

Even with all the experience I've got clinically working with Consultants, Junior Doctors and Nurses on wards. Not to mention all the clinical services that I have been delivering working in community pharmacies.

Also my degree was a 5 year programme, in Pharmacy which surely must count for something .

1) I am also wondering how many Universities that I can put down on my application for UCAS ??

2) How soon do you need to sit the GAMSAT, is it before or after applying to UCAS ?

3) 2) How soon do you need to sit the UKCAT, is it before or after applying to UCAS ?

4) I can't find any Graduate Medicine wiki ..?

Even with all the experience I've got clinically working with Consultants, Junior Doctors and Nurses on wards. Not to mention all the clinical services that I have been delivering working in community pharmacies.

Also my degree was a 5 year programme, in Pharmacy which surely must count for something .

1) I am also wondering how many Universities that I can put down on my application for UCAS ??

2) How soon do you need to sit the GAMSAT, is it before or after applying to UCAS ?

3) 2) How soon do you need to sit the UKCAT, is it before or after applying to UCAS ?

4) I can't find any Graduate Medicine wiki ..?

Don't do this, just do volunteering for a charity or hospice or hospital, GapMedic cost a lot and is unnecessary, especially when embarking on a course as exorbitantly prices as Graduate-entry medicine.
Save money don't spend!
Everything else look fine though, what degree are you doing?

thanks for the advice. I was kinda of 50/50 on gap medic, but saw in other forums how highly it was mentioned. Im doing biomedical science. the finance issue is the thing thats really bothering me. I already started trying to save up. I get a bursary from my university £2000 a year and my plan is to save up those £2000 and just use my student grants and loans + money from my part time job to live on for the next 3 years, this way i have something if i have to do a 5 year course. Any finance people advice would be helpful, should i just leave it in my account or do something to it.
What are you studying by the way? and when do you plan on applying?

I'm on placement at the minute but doing biomedical science and hope to apply for GEM next September.

It's actually quite hard to hard much interest on such as little amount in a short period of time to be honest, you're best just looking at the AER for different bank and seeing which ones have the best rates. Maybe another user more familiar with finance can offer more help.

Can I ask why you have bothered with a Biomed placement if you intend to go into medicine? Just curious, I'm a final year Biomed myself and had the chance for a placement but decided it would be a waste of a year to develop lab skills when I want to get into medicine anyway.


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Hi does anyone know whether diagnostic radiography would be acceptable as a degree to apply GEM medicine with, if i were to say get a 2:1 or above

It depends on your A Levels. If you have 3 As including Chemistry and Biology then you could try Cambridge and Barts. If you need a course that won't go by A Levels you could apply to Warwick or Newcastle with UKCAT, or Swansea, SGUL & Notts with GAMSAT. It won't be accepted at Bristol, Oxford or Kings. Not sure about the others.

Hi there thanks, but a few weeks a go I went to a university fair and I only asked King's but they said they'd accept the radiography degree? I didnt get the chance to ask any others.

Im an MPharm graduate with a 2:1 (which was obtained despite quite a lot of extenuating circumstances during my last year at uni) who has recently become a registered pharmacist. whilst I have relevant experience (11 months community pre-reg, 2 weeks hospital, 2 weeks GP surgery; 2 years working for local hospice in relevant roles; and a list of others).I am struggling to decide to choose GEM or undergrad. for GEM: I need to ace my entrance exams(due to having to work during exam period of last UKCAT, I have found myself with good scores for undergrad med and (under)grad dentistry,but was off the GEM mark by 20; additionally, I am nervous of sitting GAMSAT as it require A level revision (I found A levels harder than MPharm)and BMAT (I have ponce handwriting)), and because of my financial situation (been unemployed since July 2015 and no locum work till february / march next year; also my parents income is <national average), undergrad is financial suicide atm. Some unis, such as imperial, have also suggested that for undergrad medicine, they do not look at degree classification despite MPharm being significantly higher than A levels, which is problematic for me as I only got BCC in my A levels (yet got a MPharm from a russell group uni). So, should I still look at GEM as well as undergrad, or just focus on GEM

Ah okay, they made it sound like they only took professional degrees with a lab science Masters. They checked my transcript - also medical imaging - and they said it lacked the sort of science they required. The switch only happened for this year's entry because it was fine two years ago (my ukcat was not). Maybe scan your transcript and get it out to admissions for your possible options in March/April once all the 2016 entry stuff has calmed down. If you're still studying send the results you have so far and the modules you will take.