How Do I Get The Most Out Of Work Experience?

Guide on how to get the most out of work experience

Work experience is an important opportunity for medical applicants each year. It helps paint a picture of life as a medic and if working in medicine is something you would like to pursue. So how do you get the most out of it?

Finding a Work Placement

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Getting a work placement is essential for your medicine application, for the sake of your personal statement, interview and beyond. But how do you go about finding one that’s right for you? Let’s find out!

Feeling Lost During Work Experience?

Feeling Lost During Work Experience

Feeling lost in your work experience is more common than you might think, so we have provided some tips and advice that you can take into account throughout this new process!

The value of volunteering

Volunteering can provide valuable experience when applying for a place in medicine and can give you something unique to talk about not only in your personal statement, but also at interview. That is why it is a key part of applications. Here are some tips to help you understand it better.

Postgraduate Work Experience

A niche population of students has a unique set of challenges when applied to medical school: let’s look at how we can make them a smaller problem.

Can’t get work experience – what do I do?

It’s very important that you plan ahead when thinking about work experience – it can take up quite a lot of your time and require preparation beforehand as well as reflection afterwards. Thinking everything through in advance will mean you can get the most out of whatever you end up doing. However, if for whatever reason this hasn’t worked out for you, and you’ve found yourself panicking at the last minute that you haven’t done enough – here are a few points of advice.

What Are The Types Of Medical Work Experience?

What Are The Types Of Medical Work Experience?

You’ve realised that you’d like to gain work experience and you start researching. You might ask other applicants what they do, borrow a book from the library on how to get into medicine, or simply end up browsing endless forums. In any case, a whole new world suddenly opens up before you, a world where everyone says and attaches importance to different things.

How Important Is Medical Work Experience?

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It’s easy to lose sight of why what you’re doing is relevant or important to you. This can be the case especially when it comes to work experience. So why is work experience so important for Medicine?

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