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

Erm...(just my two cents) Don't stand in the way (almost impossible), and don't bombard them with questions when they're clearly thinking something through. Introduce yourself to patients then just stand there without interrupting anything the doctor says. Say thank you at the end of consultations with patients. Look interested when the doctors explain stuff to you.

It's not hard. I just did everything above and the F2, registrars and consultants I shadowed seemed happy enough. If you don't annoy them they're more likely to spend time explaining things, like mri scans and ecg results to you, and take you to see their most interesting cases. I didn't ask anything like 'why medicine?' because they are already qualified so it seems almost irrelevant. Also, it's the kind of thing you need to figure out for yourself, and a busy A&E department isn't exactly the time or place for such convos.

It's great fun, though. You'll learn loads.

Perfect. Great advice!

What do you mean contact details? Of the specific doctor you shadowed?

Hello, I currently volunteer once ....
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I would say working with disabled children would come under "disabled and disadvantaged" and volunteering at a heart failure and stroke unit counts as "diseased". Volunteering at the unit will be good work experience but also remember you'll also need hospital work experience All your other volunteering placements are all very good and I would say you're doing quite a lot, so make sure it doesn't affect your academics!

Thank you for your help! I will make sure it doesn't effect my academics!
I did 1 week in cardiothoracic surgery. I'm going to a research project for Edinburgh neuroscience in the Summer, and I'm organising a week in urology (as I know the doctor who works in that department) and a week in GP. Next year I'm going to do this thing called Medic insight, which is basically work experience but in many different departments with some additional activites. Will this be OK? Would it be a varied enough experience?

I feel terribly underqualified!

BlueRoses: 1 week's school work experience in a Neuroscience ward, 6 months volunteering at a nursing home, 3 years Rainbows young leader.

I'm not entirely sure if I'll be in a lab or somewhere else, but it'll be at the College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences at the Uni of Glasgow... I think.

I can't seem to find a hospice or care home that will take me on, however I've managed to find a residential home who organise a weekly meet up on Wednesdays for 3 hours in the community and help people with mental health problems. Is this sufficient to show a caring attitude or would working with the elderly be better?

I can't seem to find a hospice or care home that will take me on, however I've managed to find a residential home who organise a weekly meet up on Wednesdays for 3 hours in the community and help people with mental health problems. Is this sufficient to show a caring attitude or would working with the elderly be better?