What would be the best things I could do to get into medicine?
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What would be the best things I could do to get into medicine?
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Some top tips would be:
- make sure you have the TOP grades possible - AAAA at A Level
- Get work experience, shadowing anyone on a placement at a hospital is good - any other experience showing compassion like volunteering at the primary school is good. Other ideas can be volunteering with suicide prevention phone lines etc.
- Lots of my friends doing medicine did a lot of charity work in sixth form
- Do some general reading of medicine - what are the current concerns for doctors/medics at the moment etc.
- Join an access scheme at uni. Many unis reserve spots for students on their outreach medicine programmes, or can lower grades needed for students on an access scheme e.g. I know someone at St Georges with ABB at a level and UEA with ABC at a level.
- Go to university open days, talk to the staff, get your name recognised
- Start...
Source: The Student Room - Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Lawyerz Tags: Medicine Source Type: forums
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