Don't have enough work experience for medicine ??
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Don't have enough work experience for medicine ??
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Hi, so I'm applying for medicine this year and currently revising for the ukcat in a couple weeks. As I decided late into year 12 that I wanted to pursue medicine, I'm concerned I don't have enough work experience.
I did 4 days of shadowing various doctors around multiple wards every day from 9am-4pm and visiting GPs in their clinics eg. radiology, rheumatology, the stroke unit, the respiratory clinic (this was meant to be 5 days but the Monday was a bank holiday so I couldn't go for some reason??) and that's it - I know I should probably do more but I'm scared it's too late now or I don't have enough time with the UKCAT and Bmat revision soon after
Anyway, my GCSEs are 999 (3 grade 9s, A* equiv.) and 6A* and 2A and my maths, physics and chemistry a levels are predicted all A*/As but I'm worried my lack of work experience will let me down.
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