Yes. How? Short answer = Graduate Entry Medical School
This is a course for degree-holders who want to pursue a career in Medicine. You should consider this option if you:
- Did not quite get the A level grades
- Did not receive any Medicine offers this year and are now planning to study a different degree first
- You have been working in another field and would like to change careers
- Are an international student.
If that is you, it is best way of getting to Med School and fulfilling your dream.
What is graduate entry medicine?
Graduate entry medicine is a pathway for graduates and degree-holders who want to study Medicine. The programme is accelerated, so it usually takes 4 years to complete, instead of the 5 or 6 years that Undergraduate Medicine courses take.
Graduate entry medicine began over 20 years ago, with the first courses offered by St George’s in London and the joint Leicester–Warwick Medical School. It’s now a popular route into Medicine, and around half of the UK’s Med Schools offer a GEM course.
16 universities now offer graduate entry courses and not all ask for a science first degree.
Apprenticeships in medicine
These are the new kids on the block. Think about them too. They have the advantage of you being paid as you do them. MyHSN has more info on medical apprenticeships.
MyHSN has more information on graduate entry medicine.