Should I take Biomedical Science or Medicine at Uni??
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Should I take Biomedical Science or Medicine at Uni??
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Originally Posted by Annabel33
Yeah I do, but I'm considering just going for graduate entry medicine
Grad Entry Medicine (GEM) is even more competitive than the conventional 5 year courses, and as its trying to pack 5 years into 4 it's even harder/tougher to do.
Also as a 2nd undergrad degree (it isnt a postgrad course - it leads to the same qualification as the 5 year course) you will not get full SF funding so will have to fund the majority of it yourself.
Do Biomed. Despite all the glamour around 'being a Doctor' the conditions in the NHS are currently grim for Junior Doctors. If you want to really change people's lives - by finding new treatments for cancer or dementia, a vaccine against ebola or zika and thousands of other advances - this is through Biomed Sciences not by be...
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