Graduate Entry Medicine: 2016 Entry

Being a radiographer is obviously very different that a doctor. I wouldn't say that medicine is a back up to radiography or the Latter being a stepping stone for the other. Medicine is a huge commitment and is a commitment to life long learning so is really have a serious think about what it is you want from a career decision


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For those who had their King's interview yesterday, how did it go? I have mine on Monday and the nerves are kicking in already haha.

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Mine's on Monday too!

How are you preparing? Other unis outline key qualities or attributes they're looking for, so at least it's somewhere to start - King's give away absolutely nothing!

I'd just like to counter that and say it depends on what you already know and if you're good at taking exams. It's also dependent on the way others perform in that sitting as its a scaled score.

I don't know many people who have done well in it with a few months prep. So that's not to say you couldn't do well in March.

The thing with March is that you get the result in May and can either apply with that score or resist it. I know a lot of people in March when I sat it were resitters. Most people in fact.

I agree with the above that it may be good to do it once to get a feel for he paper and the day, because it is long. That depends if you can afford to sit it and afford accommodation and travel to London.

Alternatively you could start studying now for September and do small amounts to build yourself up.

I did it September 2014 did terribly as I had only 6-8 weeks to cram and I got stressed. I got 46 so got straight rejections. In March I had more time to prepare and started in December. I got 55. It is great but it's got me an interview at Liverpool. It's a massive improvement from my first score though which is what is important and proof that for me I needed time. I also think that familiarity with the paper helped tremendously.


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Considering the advanced practice scheme being introduced by the NHS. Radiographers are now being trained to interpret and comment on images, especially consultant radiographers. So a Radiographer is not "very" different to a radiologist (doctor), which is what I would like to specilise in. A stereotypical difference is that a radiologist interprets images, produces reports and performs angiography/procedres, whereas a radiographer is known to only take x-rays.

hello!
i'm no where nearing doing grad medicine right now, im in my last year of A-Levels, and hopefully starting a Biomedical Science Degree at Birmingham University in October 2016, but I would love some tips and stuff to help prepare myself for grad medicine when I do apply.
I'd like to have a really strong application so is there anything you suggest that I do whilst studying at uni? I don't want to start anything up until I finish my A-levels, as I need to focus on getting the grades right now
i've had some advice such as weekly volunteering and maybe even having a part time job with something to do with caring people/medicine related but i'd love to hear other stuff so I can start preparing during the summer holidays.
Also i've had a few people tell me that I should do the UKCAT each year till I actually need to do it, is that a good idea? something you'd wished you'd done if you hadn't done it?
thank you so so much i'm really looking forward to hearing from you all

hello!
i'm no where nearing doing grad medicine right now, im in my last year of A-Levels, and hopefully starting a Biomedical Science Degree at Birmingham University in October 2016, but I would love some tips and stuff to help prepare myself for grad medicine when I do apply.
I'd like to have a really strong application so is there anything you suggest that I do whilst studying at uni? I don't want to start anything up until I finish my A-levels, as I need to focus on getting the grades right now
i've had some advice such as weekly volunteering and maybe even having a part time job with something to do with caring people/medicine related but i'd love to hear other stuff so I can start preparing during the summer holidays.
Also i've had a few people tell me that I should do the UKCAT each year till I actually need to do it, is that a good idea? something you'd wished you'd done if you hadn't done it?
thank you so so much i'm really looking forward to hearing from you all

hello!
i'm no where nearing doing grad medicine right now, im in my last year of A-Levels, and hopefully starting a Biomedical Science Degree at Birmingham University in October 2016, but I would love some tips and stuff to help prepare myself for grad medicine when I do apply.
I'd like to have a really strong application so is there anything you suggest that I do whilst studying at uni? I don't want to start anything up until I finish my A-levels, as I need to focus on getting the grades right now
i've had some advice such as weekly volunteering and maybe even having a part time job with something to do with caring people/medicine related but i'd love to hear other stuff so I can start preparing during the summer holidays.
Also i've had a few people tell me that I should do the UKCAT each year till I actually need to do it, is that a good idea? something you'd wished you'd done if you hadn't done it?
thank you so so much i'm really looking forward to hearing from you all

hello!
i'm no where nearing doing grad medicine right now, im in my last year of A-Levels, and hopefully starting a Biomedical Science Degree at Birmingham University in October 2016, but I would love some tips and stuff to help prepare myself for grad medicine when I do apply.
I'd like to have a really strong application so is there anything you suggest that I do whilst studying at uni? I don't want to start anything up until I finish my A-levels, as I need to focus on getting the grades right now
i've had some advice such as weekly volunteering and maybe even having a part time job with something to do with caring people/medicine related but i'd love to hear other stuff so I can start preparing during the summer holidays.
Also i've had a few people tell me that I should do the UKCAT each year till I actually need to do it, is that a good idea? something you'd wished you'd done if you hadn't done it?
thank you so so much i'm really looking forward to hearing from you all

Also, realistically I think you need to think about the likelihood of there actually being GEM courses by the time you've graduated. Last year saw the closure of one course, this year has seen the closure of Bristol's. With potential changes in EU legislation on medical tuition, it's unlikely there will be a graduate entry medicine route in the future. (In my opinion!)

I got 697.5 on my UKCAT and have a 1st but am still yet to hear from Barts!! Utterly perplexed by their admissions process. Harboring a secret hope that they'll be giving out more interviews as they haven't actually rejected me yet but getting less optimistic by the day haha

This will be the reality - Grad Medicine is being rapidly phased out. However, another important point is that most Med Schools will NOT consider you for A100 if you have started but not finished/in final year of another degree.

Maybe I'm the only one who thinks this won't be the case. A lot of other comparable countries are moving towards graduate only or graduate majority entry. With more complexity in medicine this seems to make sense.

The EU total hours restriction could be easily circumvented as the first year of a medical degree is just one pre-clinical year of about 30 weeks. It wouldn't be beyond the wit of man to require minimum hours of volunteering in a medical setting and an entrance exam that takes an equivalent amount of study time in order to get into a graduate entry course and counting this towards training time.

For those who have done the gamsat roughly how much time did you need to prepare? I'm thinking of sitting the March one but not sure if there is enough time left, and also what revision materials would you recommend? Thanks

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Hey, has anyone heard anything back from Birmingham Uni for GEM? It says on their website that interviews are held in January, and it's getting pretty late if we need to prepare :/
Thanks.

I have an Interview on Monday and I found out late November / first week of December can't remember when. Graduates are Interviewed next week Monday Tuesday and Wednesday . I know they have more in February but I'm not sure it's for grads. Sorry if it's bad news

This begs a huge question, which is: do you seriously intend to complete an entire biomed degree, which you will then chuck over in order to do graduate medicine? Because that seems an, err, circuitous route to go take.