Doctors and surgeons.

Thread Starter Doctors and surgeons. Follow 13 minutes ago 13m ago Quote: Originally Posted by nexttime A surgeon is a kind of doctor. Unless you are trying to insult them, in which case you have my full support. There are a few ways to become a doctor, but they are all academically rigorous and difficult to achieve. a) Normal undergrad entry - least competitive (normally only about 10 applicants per place), you need at least AAA. b) Foundation medicine entry - this is for people from deprived backgrounds or those who took the wrong subjects. It is very competitive. c) Graduate entry medicine - you do another degree first then do medicine. It is about twice as competitive as option a) d) A handful of univeristy courses (biomedical science normally) offer transfers into medicine if you are among the best in the year. Its used to sell the course more than anything else and numerically it is probab...
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