Graduate Entry Medicine - should you do it? I Pros & Cons of GEM I Dr Ezgi Ozcan

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Are you thinking of applying to graduate entry medicine but have questions about the pros & cons, finances and if it's worth going through. Watch this video to help you decide if choosing graduate entry medicine is the right choice for you.
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@statar87 3 года назад

Informative video as always 👍

@DrEzgiOzcan 3 года назад

Glad you think so!

@yawnanaopoku1765 3 года назад

Top tier content!

@DrEzgiOzcan 3 года назад

Thank you!

@h0lda 3 года назад

This is really brilliant, thanks for the info!

@DrEzgiOzcan 3 года назад

Thanks for watching! 😊

@ASDAPIX 3 года назад

Junior doctor, when you were on your gem degree were there some students in their late 30s on your course?

@sofawithbear 3 года назад

Thanks for the video! I am quite interested in the Graduate route, however I have a non-science degree. Would be nice to have another video about the top up coruse to get in the degree

@DrEzgiOzcan 3 года назад

Thanks for watching :) there are many graduate programmes that accept students without a science background - therefore no top-up course required.

@sofawithbear 3 года назад

@@DrEzgiOzcan Hi, I found that all of the Grad entry requires a form of test such as GAMSAT, which can be challenging for people who has not done any science since GCSE or away from school for a long time.

@DrEzgiOzcan 3 года назад

If you check out this website you’ll see that only half actually require the GAMSAT www.themedicportal.com/application-guide/graduate-entry-medicine/

@aiimsveinsvlogs 5 месяцев назад

I m a BSN

@CornyBoyy 3 года назад

Hi, I’m just wondering how much volunteering work/work experience you had done before getting into GEM? I’ve worked in a hospital for a year because I’m a pharmacy graduate but wanted to get ~3-6 months volunteer experience in, along with some at a GP. Would this be sufficient? Thanks!

@DrEzgiOzcan 3 года назад

Hi Terrell - there is no set amount really (although Warwick university are quite specific and state the number of hours they want you have done - have a look at the document on their website). The hospital experience you have is going to be very valuable, so good idea on gaining some volunteering too as this will demonstrate lots of your other skills. if you can get a GP placement too that would be amazing but may be difficult in the pandemic. check out my videos on 'how to get work experience for medical school' and 'how i got into ucl medical school' for more info on these . good luck

@CornyBoyy 3 года назад

@@DrEzgiOzcan thanks so much for your answer! I’ll deffo take a look✌🏽

@pikusarker1359 3 года назад

Very informative

@endlesshapiness7760 Год назад

Very well explained. Thanks Dr Ezgi. Do you recommend GEM to someone who has a PhD in completely different field and is 40 years of age?

@DrEzgiOzcan Год назад

it depends on a lot of things as mentioned in the video. I'm always an advocate for 'do what you aspire to do' but I know there are other factors that can influence this such as finances. I'd balance the number of years you will be practicing as a doctor until retirement against your quality of life at the moment and start planning from there :)

@endlesshapiness7760 Год назад

@@DrEzgiOzcan Thank you!

@nishaprabakaran4440 3 года назад

Hi love your videos x

@DrEzgiOzcan 3 года назад

Thank you so much 😊

@zarrahkhanahk8953 3 года назад

hi im a biomedical student who is in last month of my course and planning to do graduate medicine. But im already 28yrs this year, but becoming a doc is my ambition and i have work hard for it all this years ..when its time to achieve it my age factor came across ..i feel de motivating sometimes due to this but at the same time i dont want to miss my chance of becoming a doc which i have work hard for. could please give me some advice on this

@DrEzgiOzcan 3 года назад

Hi :) 28 is still pretty young, we had students in there 40s on the course so its really never too late. if you think about the number of years you can practice as a doctor until you get to retirement age, it really doesnt matter if youve started late as the end goal is the same, and that is to do medicine and be a doctor :)

@zarrahkhanahk8953 3 года назад

@@DrEzgiOzcan tq so dear for ur sweet words.. insyallah will really take in note all ur words . Wish me luck 😉

@praveenbaskar12 2 года назад

Is GEM also equivalent to the normal 5-6 years Undergrad MBBS degree? Is it accepted worldwide, especially in India - in case I plan to work here?? Do they mention it as grad entry medicine on our degree certificate?

@DrEzgiOzcan 2 года назад

you qualify with the same medical degree and it'll write MBBS or equivalent on your certificate (won't mention that its a graduate programme) For that reason it wont affect job prospects internationally

@praveenbaskar12 2 года назад

@@DrEzgiOzcan Then what's the diff btw 4 year and 6 yea course? How do GEM students cover up the portions in such a short duration?

@DrEzgiOzcan 2 года назад

The graduate entry course has a much shorter summer holiday and the previous degree usually will cover some of the basics so you can get through the same amount of information in 4 years.

@praveenbaskar12 2 года назад

@@DrEzgiOzcan Can engineering be used as a Bachelors Degree?? Or only Biology oriented? And can I apply for medical schools in UK (let it be Undergrad or Grad) If I had "Physics, Chemistry and Maths" in my 11th and 12th grade in Indian CBSE Board and complete a Bachelors Degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering??

@DrEzgiOzcan 2 года назад

You’ll need to ask medical schools directly I’m afraid as each medical schools admission criteria is different

@aliaimran9253 2 года назад

How can an international student fund for grad-entry?

@bhaargavanand7928 3 года назад

Hello! In grad entry medicine, the students would be directly placed in 3rd year or they would cover 1st and 2nd year subjects once they enter??

@DrEzgiOzcan 3 года назад

If you enter a graduate programme you do a total of 4 years of which the first year is a condensed version of years 1 and 2 of the undergraduate programme

@liseveguy-fierens8241 3 года назад

Do you know of any students who had young babies and/or had children whilst studying?

@DrEzgiOzcan 3 года назад

yes, I know a student who had a toddler when she started medical school (she has a youtube channel) - now working as a FY2 doctor ru-vid.com/show-UCAfcGY5zbNWZtE7qoR6pNwA I also personally know a student who had a 6 year old at dental school Its more common than you think :)

@liseveguy-fierens8241 3 года назад

Thanks a lot for replying and your awesome content. Thinking of applying to medical school but this was putting me off a bit. I wish you well :)

@DrEzgiOzcan 3 года назад

Thanks for watching 😊all the best with whatever you decide ☺️

@georgiabaldwin8106 3 года назад

I'm finishing my Nursing degree and I really want to do GEM but I don't know if I'm clever enough...any tips?

@DrEzgiOzcan 3 года назад

If you’re doing nursing I’d say you have enough intelligence to study medicine. Depends also on your grades and outcome of your entrance exams

@georgiabaldwin8106 3 года назад

@@DrEzgiOzcan ive got a first class (70+) in every exam/essay I’ve done so far, I just look at doctors and wish I could be doing what they’re doing!

@DrEzgiOzcan 3 года назад

If it’s something you want to pursue there’s lots of avenues into the degree follow your passion

@gagglesas 3 года назад

I have a question not really relating to the video. But I am starting GP training in August, i know you did obs and gynae and you're going to do psych? Just wondering if you have any recommendations on what you think would be the most useful placements for GP? :)

@DrEzgiOzcan 3 года назад

Hi Eve. Great question. I tried to choose specialties I wasn’t exposed to in foundation years. Big topics for me particularly as a female GP were obgyn and psych so I tried to choose jobs that had those rotations. So it totally depends on what you need exposure too post foundation training. Hope that helps 😊

@gagglesas 3 года назад

@@DrEzgiOzcan Yes it does ! thank you so much! After you got assigned to your hospital, did you then get to preference jobs at that hospital then? I've just accepted my hospital but haven't heard anything about how picking jobs wokrs or if its randomly given to you ! :)

@DrEzgiOzcan 3 года назад

Yep. So once the hospital admin team collate all the allocated trainees they’ll send out the rotations available which you end up ranking too. And then a few weeks after you get your confirmation and contract for your first job 😊

@gagglesas 3 года назад

@@DrEzgiOzcan aww thank you so much !

@DrEzgiOzcan 3 года назад

No worries. Do let me know what jobs you get 😊