Graduate Entry Medicine - should you do it? I Pros & Cons of GEM I Dr Ezgi Ozcan
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- Опубліковано 30 чер 2024
- Are you thinking of applying to graduate entry medicine but have questions about the pros & cons, finances and if it's worth going through. Watch this video to help you decide if choosing graduate entry medicine is the right choice for you.
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Informative video as always 👍
Glad you think so!
Top tier content!
Thank you!
This is really brilliant, thanks for the info!
Thanks for watching! 😊
Junior doctor, when you were on your gem degree were there some students in their late 30s on your course?
Hi love your videos x
Thank you so much 😊
Very informative
Thanks for the video! I am quite interested in the Graduate route, however I have a non-science degree. Would be nice to have another video about the top up coruse to get in the degree
Thanks for watching :) there are many graduate programmes that accept students without a science background - therefore no top-up course required.
@@DrEzgiOzcan Hi, I found that all of the Grad entry requires a form of test such as GAMSAT, which can be challenging for people who has not done any science since GCSE or away from school for a long time.
If you check out this website you’ll see that only half actually require the GAMSAT
www.themedicportal.com/application-guide/graduate-entry-medicine/
Very well explained. Thanks Dr Ezgi. Do you recommend GEM to someone who has a PhD in completely different field and is 40 years of age?
it depends on a lot of things as mentioned in the video. I'm always an advocate for 'do what you aspire to do' but I know there are other factors that can influence this such as finances. I'd balance the number of years you will be practicing as a doctor until retirement against your quality of life at the moment and start planning from there :)
@@DrEzgiOzcan Thank you!
Hi, I’m just wondering how much volunteering work/work experience you had done before getting into GEM? I’ve worked in a hospital for a year because I’m a pharmacy graduate but wanted to get ~3-6 months volunteer experience in, along with some at a GP. Would this be sufficient? Thanks!
Hi Terrell - there is no set amount really (although Warwick university are quite specific and state the number of hours they want you have done - have a look at the document on their website). The hospital experience you have is going to be very valuable, so good idea on gaining some volunteering too as this will demonstrate lots of your other skills. if you can get a GP placement too that would be amazing but may be difficult in the pandemic.
check out my videos on 'how to get work experience for medical school' and 'how i got into ucl medical school' for more info on these . good luck
@@DrEzgiOzcan thanks so much for your answer! I’ll deffo take a look✌🏽
I m a BSN
Hello! In grad entry medicine, the students would be directly placed in 3rd year or they would cover 1st and 2nd year subjects once they enter??
If you enter a graduate programme you do a total of 4 years of which the first year is a condensed version of years 1 and 2 of the undergraduate programme
How can an international student fund for grad-entry?
I have a question not really relating to the video. But I am starting GP training in August, i know you did obs and gynae and you're going to do psych? Just wondering if you have any recommendations on what you think would be the most useful placements for GP? :)
Hi Eve. Great question. I tried to choose specialties I wasn’t exposed to in foundation years. Big topics for me particularly as a female GP were obgyn and psych so I tried to choose jobs that had those rotations. So it totally depends on what you need exposure too post foundation training. Hope that helps 😊
@@DrEzgiOzcan Yes it does ! thank you so much! After you got assigned to your hospital, did you then get to preference jobs at that hospital then? I've just accepted my hospital but haven't heard anything about how picking jobs wokrs or if its randomly given to you ! :)
Yep. So once the hospital admin team collate all the allocated trainees they’ll send out the rotations available which you end up ranking too. And then a few weeks after you get your confirmation and contract for your first job 😊
@@DrEzgiOzcan aww thank you so much !
No worries. Do let me know what jobs you get 😊
hi im a biomedical student who is in last month of my course and planning to do graduate medicine. But im already 28yrs this year, but becoming a doc is my ambition and i have work hard for it all this years ..when its time to achieve it my age factor came across ..i feel de motivating sometimes due to this but at the same time i dont want to miss my chance of becoming a doc which i have work hard for. could please give me some advice on this
Hi :) 28 is still pretty young, we had students in there 40s on the course so its really never too late. if you think about the number of years you can practice as a doctor until you get to retirement age, it really doesnt matter if youve started late as the end goal is the same, and that is to do medicine and be a doctor :)
@@DrEzgiOzcan tq so dear for ur sweet words.. insyallah will really take in note all ur words . Wish me luck 😉
Is GEM also equivalent to the normal 5-6 years Undergrad MBBS degree? Is it accepted worldwide, especially in India - in case I plan to work here??
Do they mention it as grad entry medicine on our degree certificate?
you qualify with the same medical degree and it'll write MBBS or equivalent on your certificate (won't mention that its a graduate programme)
For that reason it wont affect job prospects internationally
@@DrEzgiOzcan Then what's the diff btw 4 year and 6 yea course? How do GEM students cover up the portions in such a short duration?
The graduate entry course has a much shorter summer holiday and the previous degree usually will cover some of the basics so you can get through the same amount of information in 4 years.
@@DrEzgiOzcan Can engineering be used as a Bachelors Degree?? Or only Biology oriented?
And can I apply for medical schools in UK (let it be Undergrad or Grad)
If I had "Physics, Chemistry and Maths" in my 11th and 12th grade in Indian CBSE Board and complete a Bachelors Degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering??
You’ll need to ask medical schools directly I’m afraid as each medical schools admission criteria is different
I'm finishing my Nursing degree and I really want to do GEM but I don't know if I'm clever enough...any tips?
If you’re doing nursing I’d say you have enough intelligence to study medicine. Depends also on your grades and outcome of your entrance exams
@@DrEzgiOzcan ive got a first class (70+) in every exam/essay I’ve done so far, I just look at doctors and wish I could be doing what they’re doing!
If it’s something you want to pursue there’s lots of avenues into the degree follow your passion
Can we start from 4th or 5th year and appear in KROK??
Kindly Respond
What is the KROK?
Hello Which country's offering Gem courses I am currently Doing Bsc Degree looking for gem.
Not sure what you mean by which country. In this video I’m talking about GEM courses in the UK
Do you know of any students who had young babies and/or had children whilst studying?
yes, I know a student who had a toddler when she started medical school (she has a youtube channel) - now working as a FY2 doctor ua-cam.com/channels/AfcGY5zbNWZtE7qoR6pNwA.html
I also personally know a student who had a 6 year old at dental school
Its more common than you think :)
Thanks a lot for replying and your awesome content. Thinking of applying to medical school but this was putting me off a bit. I wish you well :)
Thanks for watching 😊all the best with whatever you decide ☺️
Ma'am tell me what is graduate entry medicine???
It’s when you study medicine as your second degree