Graduate entry medicine

eth0_

Has anyone heard anything more than rumours that the Royal college of surgeons (and possibly Trinity) are going to start offering graduate entry medicine courses?
I'm half way through a psychology degree and i'm seriously thinking of changing to medicine because i'm finding I enjoy psychiatry and neurology more, i've been to an open day for one of the graduate degrees in the university of leicester and it seems great, takes four years and they run extra courses in chemistry, biology and medical physics for those who haven't done science in school or in their primary degree.
If you're English, you even get £7000 a year and your fees paid for by the NHS!

It'd be great if it was offered here, afaik there's a real shortage of doctors and personally speaking, I think graduates are more likely to stay the course and make better doctors than 18 year olds with little life experience. IIRC in most other countries you need an undergrad degree before you can do medicine in any case!

GuanYin

They all already have graduate entry. If you mean medicine as a postgraduate degree, then its still being discussed by the university programme boards informally afaik and although certain politicians have been shouting about it, the reality is that the colleges wouldn't be in any position to offer this course within the next 2 years.

Trinity's associate dean of medicine seems to be all in favour of it, UCD seem to be slower to push for it, not too sure about Cork and Galway. RCSI are actually best suited to impliment it at the moment.

I'd say it'll be a year from the time you hear it confirmed in the press.

eth0_

Yeah I meant the 4 year graduate entry, sorry
It's so frustrating that we still don't have any movement on it, it's been hugely successful in the UK, there are more med schools offering it every year!

Meanwhile we sit here with a shortage of doctors and twiddle our thumbs

Mariana

I applied for it in the UK for this year, didn't get it btw.

On their system you can only apply for 4 courses, if you are applying to do medicine.
(Usually you can apply for 6 through UCAS).

Some Courses run entrance exams and some don't. It's the GAMSAT organisd by UCAS.

They also make you write an Essay and fill out a pretty dumb form that all applicants for undergraduate courses also fill out.

But here is the main thing, there is huge interest in these courses. If you haven't done some related work in the caring professions, volunteering or otherwise, demonstrating that you have a genuine desire to help others, then don't even bother applying.

If it ever comes in in Ireland I would expect that they will have the same expectation.

eth0_

I know all about the UK GEP Mariana, and i'm going to apply when I finish my degree.
Where did you apply to? I'm going to apply to Leicester for definite, not sure where else yet.

I really would prefer to do it in Ireland, for cost reasons, and also the fact that i'd probably move back once i'd qualified (you don't have to do your PRHO year in the UK).

labgirl

Just started a 5 year med degree in QUB this year having allready done a general science degree. Know its going to take forever but if it is what you really really want to do then you will find a way and take anything that you can get, I don't think you can really afford to be choosy. Good luck!

GuanYin

It could be that UL will take Graduate Entry Medicine students by 2006 but 2008 is more likely

btkm8unsl0w5r4

You dont know what you are gettin yourself into Good luck, and sleep as much as possible in college, you will need it later. :eek:

Thephantomsmask

I read in the paper recently that it's to start in 2006