If you want to do medicine, what the best type of work experience you should get?

Question

If you know ANY courses or placements, please tell me.

Thanks

Answer 1

It is always useful to speak to the human resources departments in your local hospital. They can advise you of the correct procedure for application for work experience placement. It can also be useful to apply for voluntary work in establishments such as nursing homes/hospices, etc.

Answer 2

My best friend is going to med school and he worked as an EMT for 1 year to gain some experience in the field. He says now that the 1 year put him ahead of the majority of the class simply in terms of communicating with a patient - a skill overlooked by many med students.

Answer 3

There are different types of jobs you can go for if you are just starting and want to get the feel for it. Either one of this two would help depending on what type of medicine you want to work with. If it is the emergency scene I recomend you take a one semester class at a comm. college and get an EMT certificate. This will give you hands on experience with real patients. You can either work for an ambulance company (find out if they do emergency response for the city you want to work at), or you can apply at any hospital and work as an emergency room tech.

Answer 4

If "do medicine" means becoming a doctor, there are a lot of things you can do, but none is required, work-wise. You need a four-year degree in anything, along with pre-med coursework (biology, chemistry, organic chem, physics). It might look good on your med school application to have volunteered in a hospital.

Then it's another four years of medical school, and, believe me, you'll get PLENTY of work experience then.

If you want to get a feel for doing medical things, consider getting a job as a phlebotomist, operating room technician, or medical assistant. They require some training, but not too much, and will let you see medical practice in action before you commit your life to it.

Good luck!

Answer 5

I am not sure if the work experience is going to help you but qualifications will certainly help. Depending on your age, you could enrol for a Science ACCESS course at your local college where you can get enough science knowledge in chemistry, Biology and Mathematics equivalent to 'A' levels.

However, you must have 'O' Level knowledge in these three subjects otherwise you will struggle.

I suggest look at this link:

http://www.bbk.ac.uk/ce/scimaths/

Hope this proves useful.

Answer 6

If you are just starting out in say a Community College. Take all your basics, English, Math/Algebra, History, Anatomy and Physiology, Microbiology, Biology, Chemistry,etc. Seek the counsel of a college advisor. They are a wonderful help and their resources are numerous. Good Luck to you!!

Answer 7

Try working in a hospital as an Auxillery Nurse, this will get you used to the hospital environment, anything that involves working with people that are sick / injured is a good place to start

Good Luck! x

Answer 8

Volunteer with the Red Cross and request to be sent to an active war zone

Answer 9

My sister wants to be a midwife.
she did work experoence helping the nurses at our local hosipal.
Idont think you can do a lot, but its a good thing to put down on cvs etc...

Answer 10

Mortuary attendant - see what can go wrong- then choose your field