As an apsiring medical student, would I still have time to participate in societies?

Sounds like a dumb question, but I've heard a lot regarding the workload, and although I have no doubt I will enjoy studying medicine, I do have other hobbies that I would like to continue within university, like football for example.

How would I be able to balance both during my course? And would it be even ideal to keep it going? I use it as a way to keep fit as well, so ditching it wouldn't be my first choice option.

Reply 1

Euapp

Original post by JDE98

Sounds like a dumb question, but I've heard a lot regarding the workload, and although I have no doubt I will enjoy studying medicine, I do have other hobbies that I would like to continue within university, like football for example.
How would I be able to balance both during my course? And would it be even ideal to keep it going? I use it as a way to keep fit as well, so ditching it wouldn't be my first choice option.

Doing a course like medicine, vet med, dentistry etc isn’t about working non stop, it’s about being organised in your work and not being distracted in the hours you consecrate to your study. If you study correctly there is no reason not to have outside interests, on the contrary it would be unhealthy not to!

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Reply 2

ErasistratusV

The workload appears to be highly University specific. Not everyone is writing an essay a week on top of their other routine study.

The 2 real ingredients to success, as outlined above, are consistency in your work/study regime, backed by reasonable organisation.

I knew people who managed to work part time, people who had child care commitments and people who commuted back and forth daily and they still managed the workload. I do often reflect on whether it was study volume or rather study efficacy that was more important at driving an optimal outcome.

I would advise any aspiring medic to find some distractions outside of medicine though. If you're a gym-goer, clubs and pubs, sports club type or you just hammer the latest Call of duty in your off hours, you definitely need to find balance against studying.

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Reply 3

stilllearning123

Original post by JDE98

Sounds like a dumb question, but I've heard a lot regarding the workload, and although I have no doubt I will enjoy studying medicine, I do have other hobbies that I would like to continue within university, like football for example.
How would I be able to balance both during my course? And would it be even ideal to keep it going? I use it as a way to keep fit as well, so ditching it wouldn't be my first choice option.

Yes you'll have more than enough time, especially in your first year as I knew first years who would go out every night of the week and get hammered so hard that they passed out in anatomy the next day 🤣