SWAP Access to Medical Studies vs SWAP Access to Allied Health Professions

I know this will be a very niche question to ask, but basically I've been accepted to study on two SWAP Access courses, one is in Medical Studies and the other is in Allied Health Professions.

My problem is deciding which one to go with as I would be very fulfilled doing either course, both have their pros and cons, for example if I where to do the Allied Health Professions course I would want to study the highly completive Paramedic Science course at university. If I where to study the Medical Studies course I would be very interested in studying Medicine, however I want to be realistic as I'm a Mature student in my mid 20's. The Allied Health professions course would only take a year and if I was accepted to study Paramedic Science it would take three years at university. On the other hand the Medical Studies course would take two years at college and five years at university, so I would be 32 when I graduated!! (that is if I even get into medical school).

So I want to have as many opinions as possible so that I can make up my mind, should I risk it and do the Access to Medical studies course even though it will take several years to complete, or should I somewhat play it safe and study the Allied health Professions course?

I would also like to add that if I where to do the Access to Medical Studies course I would need to move to the city centre of Glasgow which would be very expensive, plus I would more than likely not be able to have a part time job while I'm studying. The Access to Allied Health Professions course is online, so I would be able to stay in my current flat and keep my current part time job.

Apologies for the long winded post and I have no idea if anyone can offer any advice but I'll take any opinions on what you would do in my situation.

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Reply 2

Debsan

The swap access to paramedic science is a great course if it’s paramedic science your wanting to go onto. A lot of us got offers to study at uni afterwards too x

(edited 8 months ago)

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