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Medicine work experience

Hi guys, what are the best places to go for work experience for medicine. I’m going to do care homes and GPs. Do unis prefer virtual or in person work experience?

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by statutory-hangou
Hi guys, what are the best places to go for work experience for medicine. I’m going to do care homes and GPs. Do unis prefer virtual or in person work experience?

in person is better, you learn more from it and maybe can potentially get some hands on experience. You can also observe things better like body language, and if you do work experience in an actual gP you can ask nd have conversations with the GP and view the clinic. Maybe have a mix of both, I tihnk ahving lots of experiences is best because then you have options to chose from, then chose your most important memorable lessons from you work epxeirnece for things like personal statements and to bring up in interviews as well as to bring into your life. Hope this helps!

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by LisaPerera
in person is better, you learn more from it and maybe can potentially get some hands on experience. You can also observe things better like body language, and if you do work experience in an actual gP you can ask nd have conversations with the GP and view the clinic. Maybe have a mix of both, I tihnk ahving lots of experiences is best because then you have options to chose from, then chose your most important memorable lessons from you work epxeirnece for things like personal statements and to bring up in interviews as well as to bring into your life. Hope this helps!

Thank you so much!!!

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