GAMSAT and apprenticeship

Hi everyone,

I am a senior nurse prescriber considering doing the GAMSAT. I would not be able to afford university myself to enter into graduate medicine, however, I was wondering if anyone knew whether doing GAMSAT would be enough to apply for the medicine apprenticeship they are opening in Sept 2024? This is a funded course which would be perfect…

I’m just trying to think of ways to do medicine realistically. I have no savings and no inheritance.

Thanks :smile:

Reply 1

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Reply 2

artful_lounger

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You can get funding from SFE for a second degree in medicine if it is an accelerated 4 year GEM course. You do need to pay part of the first year tuition fees yourself but the rest are covered and you get a maintenance loan as well in the first year. Years 1-3 are funded by NHS bursary.

Reply 3

Scotland Yard

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Original post by KMacrae01

As @artful_lounger points out, you can get student finance in an accelerated 4-year course, with you only having to pay directly out of your own pocket about £3.5k.

But as for the apprenticeships... who knows? Virtually no details have been released about it so nobody knows what admissions test it'll have (or even if it'll be a standardised), but it probably won't be the GAMSAT because it's probably an overly-sadistic test for an apprenticeship. If you'd rather do the apprenticeship, you'll just have to sit tight for now and wait for further details to be released.