Medicine After Masters

Hi there, I’m new to the student room and have a question regarding whether I could do a masters in clinical psychology then go on to do a six year course in medicine and still get the funding from student finance? My goal is to be an apex level psychiatrist and I’m willing to put in the work. In my spare time I read a lot of psychology books and well as books on medicine, I would like to syncretise these interests and go into psychiatry with a large breadth of knowledge on clinical practice (psychology) to inform my work in psychiatry. Any information on this would be of great help. Thank you.

Hi Jason, I found a course at the imperial college London for neuroscience which I think would suit me and my goals which lasts a year. And yes I plan on doing the masters first although I could definitely adjust that and do it after I qualify.
Thanks,
Leighton

Hi there, I’m new to the student room and have a question regarding whether I could do a masters in clinical psychology then go on to do a six year course in medicine and still get the funding from student finance? My goal is to be an apex level psychiatrist and I’m willing to put in the work. In my spare time I read a lot of psychology books and well as books on medicine, I would like to syncretise these interests and go into psychiatry with a large breadth of knowledge on clinical practice (psychology) to inform my work in psychiatry. Any information on this would be of great help. Thank you.

Hi Claire,
I’m a British national, 25 and I have my GCSE’s and I’ll be doing a Level 3 qualification to get to university to do psychology next year. I’d like to study full time and I intend if I get good marks to attend somewhere like Imperial College or Edinburgh or one of the top universities.
Thanks,
Leighton

Whether you study at a "top university" makes no difference for student finance (or for medicine either - medicine in fact is so famously democratic about where you study it that the NHS blinds recruiters from your medical school to ensure no bias...).
Also note that the student finance advisors can only advise based on their current policies for current applications. They probably can't realistically speculatively guide you for possible courses you may do in 5+ years time. In the 5-6 years intervening the funding available or the criteria to access it may change, so any information given now may be out of date by then.
Additionally note that medicine as a graduate can be pursued in two ways - an accelerated 4 year graduate entry medicine (GEM) course, or as a 5/6 year standard entry medicine course.
While the SFE reps can hopefully confirm this, as I understand normally for a 5/6 year medicine course as a second degree you will not get any tuition fee funding from SFE (you may be eligible for a maintenance loan I believe) and you would need to self fund tuition fees for the first 4 years. Years 5 and/or 6 are funded by NHS bursary as I understand (I believe you can apply for a reduced maintenance loan in these years as well).
For a 4 year GEM course you need to self-fund about 1/3rd of the first year tuition fees (hopefully the SFE reps can confirm the exact amount - I think £3300 or so?) and you can then get a tuition fee loan to cover the remaining fees, and you can also get a maintenance loan from SFE in first year. Years 2-4 of the course are funded by NHS bursary as above, although you can apply for a reduced maintenance loan for these years as well I believe.