Medicine Work Experience (age: 16+)
If you are a student interested in a career in medicine then medicine work experience can help you decide if a career in medicine is for you, see what areas of medicine you prefer, help your personal statement for medical school shine and provide you with some in depth experience to wow at a medical school interview.
All medical schools will expect that you have had some medical work experience under your belt before you apply. In one of the most competitive degree courses to secure a place, it's what usually separates a successful applicant from one which doesn't receive an offer.
Medicine is one of the most, if not the most competitive degree course to secure a place on. This is true all over the world and doctors are held, quite rightly so, in very high esteem in society. If you have your heart set on a medical career then work experience will provide you with so many things to help you not only secure that place at university by demonstrating your commitment to medicine but to confirm 100% to yourself that it’s the right career to embark upon. When it comes to applying to medical degrees hospital experience can be the difference between getting that much sought after place or not and we're here to help.