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Hello, I am young and still at school and I really need help with career choices! I am interested in Medicine and have done research about physician, and physician assistant etc, but really need help from anybody who maybe works in a hospital about what TYPES there are? Sorry if I am confusing, it is very hard to explain... Many thanks :)
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Depends what you mean by what the specific requirements are? Do you mean which A/Levels you'll be required to study? If so, you will need to study Maths, Biology, Chemistry or maybe physics. if you google courses On university websites, they will have the entry requirements for their courses. My daughter is about to take her A/Levels in these subjects but she changed her mind about possibly doing medicine or vetinary at university and opting to read Maths and Biology at uni now instead.


Entry requirements are high. You will need to achieve A grades (or some universities, espcicially in the Russle groups)and may require at least one A star at A/Level. There is fierce competition for medicine. You first study general medicine and this is a five year course. You then work/study as a house officer. Generally, you don't specialise until after seven years of training. It's a long haul but worth it

Yes thank you that does help, and I also meant classes and courses etc after university's? I did some research and it says about doing 4-5 years of experience before you become a physician assistant (which is my interest in some idea) and I was confused by what type of experience?

I hadn't realised there were such creatures as physician associates (this seems to be the usual UK name now) until seeing this thread. A two year postgraduate course seems to be the current entry route, following a life sciences degree or equivalent.


Have you seen https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/explore-roles/physician-associateassistant/physician-associate? I'd also look at what individual universities have to say about their admission requirements, and maybe get in touch with some for informal advice about getting on the right road. These courses are pretty new. They're probably still working out what makes for a good candidate.


Do bear in mind the benefit of keeping options open. You might. for example, discover mid-way through your undergraduate course, that you really want to pursue that subject further, along a different professional route.

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