Competitiveness of medicine next cycle

Thread Starter Competitiveness of medicine next cycle Follow 4 hours ago 4h ago Quote: Originally Posted by damnitsnyge I think it's wishful thinking to believe that it will be less competitive. People are still attracted towards the career and there are still thousands of people reapplying from previous years. For example, during COVID there were record numbers of applications, thousands more than pre-pandemic levels despite the physically and emotionally challenging environment doctors were in, which was also widely publicised. As for the cap I believe it is very unlikely as the government are unlikely to remove it. Medical student are expensive for the government and an increase in medical students won't fix the lack of speciality training spaces later down the line. I could be completely wrong but I believe its unlikely and either way it's not worth stressing about, all you can do is try y...
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