Studying medicine as a parent - is it possible?

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Studying medicine as a parent - is it possible?

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Originally Posted by Democracy

Hi,

I'm not a parent but I did graduate entry medicine and there were parents in my cohort - including some students who became parents during the course. A typical week during pre-clinical medicine was something similar to this:

Mon: Lectures and group work 9-5
Tuesday: Lectures and group work 9-12, placement from 1-5PM
Wednesday: Lectures and group work 9-5 (9-1PM in first semester)
Thursday: Lectures and group work 9-5
Friday: Lectures and group work 8-5 (at the hospital for anatomy and pathology teaching)

Clinical placements were far more variable - the day starts at 8 for surgical specialties and 9 for medical or other specialties. What time you finish depends a lot on what's happening that day and how much learning you feel you can gain from that particular ...

Source: The Student Room - April 3, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: marion_x Tags: Medicine Source Type: forums