if i do a psychology bsc then apply for a post grad entery into medicine will that make me a psychiatrist?

Question

i want to be a psychiatrist but i havent got the grades for medicine because i messed around in my first year of A-levels so now the bedt i can get is an ABB-BBB so i was wondering if i did a bsc in psychology at the university of liverpool then applied for post graduate entry into medicine, will i be a psychiatrist. also i was wondering if anyone has any advice about post grad medicine

oops i ment to say if i then complete a post grad medicine degree

Answer 1

Applying to a program will not make you anything but an applicant.

Answer 2

You've received some good advice from the previous respondent. I can't offer the same as I'm not a medical doctor and have not gone through that particular training process; however, I think that you may have a chance to follow the path that you want to too. You may have a chance at being invited for an interview for medical school if you prepare a sound application with good references, autobiographical statement, and show that you've gathered some good work or volunteer experience relevant to the field. Once you're "in the door" and over the first application hurdle, a good interview will make or break things, I hear, so do many practice interviews in preparation for an interview if you're offered one. Talk to people who are already in the field and get their take on things if you can. Don't discount other medical schools outside of your immediate area or overseas: your grades may take you farther than you think. I'm also thinking that it might be worthwhile to investigate psychology as a field since you've already had some undergraduate training. What are you thoughts on the common and different aspects of care that psychiatry (medicine) and psychology offer? How do you want to be able to help people? Answers to questions like these might help you to make decisions about the next step...

Answer 3

Wow, some good answers here.

But please remember, it is not all doom and gloom.

You can study Psychology, but should you fail to get into medicine, you are one of but thousands of people doing psychology.

My advice to you is choose a differnet degree - any life science degree will give you the opportunity to study medicine, perhaps after a year if you perform well.

Be prepared for a long hard slog, but when you get there it is worth it. In the U.K. after med school, you will become a House Officer for a year, after which you will become a Senior House Officer for at least three years.

I studied pharmacology before medicine, and have found that I am a very analytical practitioner.

Enjoy your studies - if you want it that bad, you will learn to love the studying. You have to. Make sure you do your research and become familiar with exactly what will be required of you.

Answer 4

I am a clinical psychiatrist from France. Fail to understand your question as there really is no logic in your question. There are many universities that will take you with your grade average for pre med.

Where there is no logic, if you apply to any university you will not be a medical doctor or a psychiatrist. You will be a name in a computer with a very long list of applicants.

There are usually so many seats in an university for medicine, so the university will screen & interview who they think may be the best candidates. You will receive a letter in the mail if you have been accepted or rejected.

I known applicants with far worse grades then yours who were accepted because they performed very well in their oral interview.

One word of warning if you do get accepted. And you desire to go back to having fun instead of keeping up with your grades you will find yourself thrown out of the university quick time. So please change your study habits if you really want to be a medical doctor then a psychiatrist. It is a very long haul.

Plus after all the university studies and you graduate, I know doctors who when they performed their required internship in a hospital, they were not able to apply the book knowledge to practical experience.

Guess what!! all of their medical education went down the tubes as they were washed out of their internship. If you don't pass your internship in general medicine & psychiatry you will not be able to obtain a medical Lic., to practice.
Good luck to you:

Answer 5

as above