Acceptable degrees for Graduate Medicine

Thread Starter Acceptable degrees for Graduate Medicine Follow 2 hours ago 2h ago Quote: Originally Posted by Democracy If a medical school says they will accept only life sciences degrees, that means any life sciences degree is acceptable. There isn't a hierarchy. So biology, biomedical sciences, biochemistry, genetics etc would all be fine and equally regarded. Many GEM students have a biomed background because there are some superficial similarities between biomedical sciences degrees and the pre-clinical part of a medical degree. That's honestly it, it's not otherwise more advantageous than a degree in genetics or pharmacology. Though do bear in mind that strictly speaking, biomedical engineering is not a life sciences degree but rather an engineering degree. Similarly, if a GEP says they will accept any degree, then they will not discriminate between biomed, economics, maths or English li...
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