Medicine/Pharmacy at Queens (QUB)

im in year 13, and an trying to make choices on my career. im from northern ireland and want to go to Queens, but my problem is that i dont know if i should study phramacy or medicine. my teacher thinks that my grades will be good enough to do either. does anyone study either of these courses or have any opinions. thanks :smile:

Reply 1

Lecter

Work experience in both environments. talk to your gp and pharmacist. read up on career pathways and what each involves.

Reply 2

*Liana*

Very sorry if I'm being patronising here (and I probably am!!!), but you do know that Medicine is the course that leads to becoming a doctor, right? It's not like a different version of Pharmacy...

My point is that if you wanted to apply for Medicine, which is going to be more competitive than Pharmacy, you need to be sure it's what you want to do. At interview medical schools are looking for applicants who are committed to becoming a doctor, not just those who have good grades. Plus it's a much longer course, hence it's a bigger commitment - financially, emotionally, etc.

So basically, doing what sayed samed said would be the way to go. Definitely get some work experience if you decide you want to become a doctor. Definitely don't apply just because you have good grades/want to go to Queens and it's a course they offer there!!!!!

Again sorry if I patronised you.

Reply 3

simac

What has been said about work experience and all is comepltly correct. If you do however decide to apply to both, i would be wary. I dont know an awful lot about them (have totally gone off them) but i think they are now wise to this. I know anyone who applys to two or more of medicine, vet or dentristry is automatically rejected from all. I am not sure if this applys to pharmacy.

Reply 4

simac

Just to add, my above post was specifically about queens, if it wasn't clear.

Reply 5

gillian19

liana, thanks for your suggestions. i do know that doing medicine will qualify me to be a doctor and that pharmacy is to become a pharmactist. my problem is that i cannot decide between the two which i want to do. i also know that i will have to offer more than just grades to do either of these courses, but my point was that pharmacy is not just a second option if i dont get the grades to do medicine.

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