Help!! Biomedical science to medicine?

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How long is medicine/dentristy course after biomedical science?

Depends on what you apply for. In Scotland you can apply for entry into the second year of medicine at most universities ie it would only take 4 years as opposed to 5. However each university has their own rules for this.

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Abbers

so is biomedical science the best route if you can't get in 4 medicine/dentristy at university?

Reply 22

roar558

Original post by Abbers

so is biomedical science the best route if you can't get in 4 medicine/dentristy at university?

Depends on the reason you can't get in, if it's due to not having the right subjects/grades you could take a foundation course. If you have been rejected you may also want to take a gap year to improve your personal statement and gain some more work experience etc.

Reply 23

cheeri-o

Is it best to apply to the uni you want to do medicine at for biomed science? or a different one?!

Reply 24

roar558

Original post by cheeri-o

Is it best to apply to the uni you want to do medicine at for biomed science? or a different one?!

Most unis will be fine with you applying to both medicine and biomed however I would note that some unis allow transfers to medicine after the first year or so. I would have a look on their websites to check which allow this.

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hanasarwar

so if i was to get a biomedical degree, how would i go about applying for medicine as a postgraduate? all i can find are other things like optomertry and applied medicine for people that alredy have a degree in medicine. what courses would i apply for and what sort of things should i be looking out for? :confused:

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Abbers

good question by hanasarwar can anyone answer this?

Reply 27

elise1

Guys hi i'm doing biomed and i recently decided i wanted to do medicine. I'm in 2nd year and since making this choice am doing consistent volunteer work in a care home and managed to get work experience shadowing for 2 weeks this summer. im concentrating on my studies, im not a natural all A* student is there anything else i could be doing?

i did a scheme with the national science policy committee because i was quite interested in that too how would it come across if they knew that, good or bad? there are a lot of people who seem like they eat and breathe this and i would too given the opportunity; i just feel they've been doing this longer and it might disadvantage me

i want to apply this october

thanks

Reply 28

nevetstreblig

Original post by hanasarwar

Try looking for "graduate" as opposed to "post-graduate" when you google stuff. Totally different things :P

Reply 29

jv.lalloo

what have u decided to do sir? x

Reply 30

hanasarwar

Original post by nevetstreblig

Try looking for "graduate" as opposed to "post-graduate" when you google stuff. Totally different things :P

god i just realised that recently. my idiotic teachers always told me postgraduate so i got all confused. x

Reply 31

ssshadi

This is the career path that i would like to do as well. however, im still a little worried that the medicine degree will need chemistry as a full A-level.... which i haven't got. Will they need an A level in chemistry? and also, will they take into account you A-level grades?

Reply 32

Ayesha_05

If you haven't got the grades to get into medicine first time round then studying biomedical science is probably the best route to medicine (or a gap year, depends on what u want).
If, however you want to study biomed then you need to aim to get atleast a 2:i in your degree. After this you can apply for GRADUATE ENTRY, not post graduate!! The difference being that graduate entry is designed for people who have already studied a science based degree and therefore the course is only 4 years! Post grad is 5, so why study for an extra year ??
BUT, to get into grad med, you need atleast an upper second class degree. Obviously you will need to sit UKCAT or in some cases GAMSAT, and have relevant work experience. One or two universities will accept atleast a 2:ii but aim for a 2:i!! Birmingham, Kings, QMUL, SGUL, Oxford, Nottingham, Swansea, Bristol, are just a few unis i know off the top of my head that do it but there are more.
Btw i know all of this because, i too, am in the same position as the rest of yous .. not because thats what i do in my spare time!
I hope this has helped and that you all get into medicine :smile:

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rattusratus

urgh.... adressing the early point

BIOMED STUDENTS ARE NOT MEDICINE REJECTS...
IM A BIOMED STUDENT AND DO NOT NOR EVER HAVE WANTED TO BE A GOD DAMN DOCTOR, IM A SCIENTIST - IM GOING TO BE A VIROLOGIST/EPIDEMIOLOGIST OR GENETISIST WORKING IN RESEARCH AND IM SICK OF ****ING IDIOTS CONSTANTLY SAYING 'OH, SO YOU MUST OF FAILED TO GET INTO MED SCHOOL THEN'

i wish people would stop thinking this is just an easy option because you give the people that actually have true passion for the subject a bad name

(edited 11 years ago)

Reply 34

bad8oy

Original post by rattusratus

urgh.... adressing the early point

BIOMED STUDENTS ARE NOT MEDICINE REJECTS...
IM A BIOMED STUDENT AND DO NOT NOR EVER HAVE WANTED TO BE A GOD DAMN DOCTOR, IM A SCIENTIST - IM GOING TO BE A VIROLOGIST/EPIDEMIOLOGIST WORKING IN RESEARCH AND IM SICK OF ****ING IDIOTS CONSTANTLY SAYING 'OH, SO YOU MUST OF FAILED TO GET INTO MED SCHOOL THEN'

i wish people would stop thinking this is just an easy option because you give the people that actually have true passion for the subject a bad name

lol calm down if its the best route into medicine then why should people not consider it???? if you feel passionate about it then good for you lol no need to slate everyone else for useing it as a route into medicine. Its a well known degree to have to apply for grad med.

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chrislove2010

what makes you think your goo denough to get into medicine the 2nd time around?.. ur not so pick somert ull actually pass

Reply 36

chrislove2010

Original post by Abbers

How long is medicine/dentristy course after biomedical science?

4 with gap year 4+4 = 8 yrs

gp is +3 so 8+3 = 10

Reply 37

chrislove2010

Original post by Abbers

so is biomedical science the best route if you can't get in 4 medicine/dentristy at university?

why will u be good enough 2nd time around?

Reply 38

Ayesha_05

Original post by chrislove2010

why will u be good enough 2nd time around?

I don't know about the others but i'd say its cz you have the benefit of hindsight. You know what you lacked in your personal statement or in your experience. So you have a second chance at improving that and in doing so it shows your commitment to the profession despite the odds.
If, however, your lacking in grades then you're screwed!! Sorry to say.

Reply 39

Dental mentor

Original post by zahid_786

Hi everyone,

I just joined this website in order to get some help from all you good people.

I have graduated with a Biomedical Science degree at 2.1. However, i really want to do Medicine but i can't afford it.

I am really stuck as what to do from now on. I believe that whatever i choose to do now, i have to stick with it for the rest of my life.

Keeping in mind that i wanted to become a doctor, could you please inform me of any careers that i can do which are very much similar to Medicine - earning around £40,000 at start.

Or can i do a masters, where i maybe able to carry out similar duties to a doctor.

The bottom line is that i want to do hospital based work, working with patients etc. But NOT A NURSE.

PLEASSSEEEE HELP ME?!!?

Graduate entry medicine costs just over £3,000 if you go that route. You can save up that much over the year if you really want to still go for it.
Clinical sciences are another hospital based role where you could get high earnings but I doubt any job in the NHS will offer a graduate £40,000. That is unrealistic. Clinical sciences are still just as competitive as medicine to get into so they are not an easy option.