How to EASILY get medical work experience (yes even in a pandemic)

[@raheema3850]

This video is so helpful and informative! Thank you for this, I’m going into Year 12 and I’m trying to make the most out of this summer.

[@LifeofShaan]

best of luck !!!

[@LucyWangYuxin]

Wow I admire people who do medicine soooo much

[@LifeofShaan]

yupp the application process can be long but it’s always worth it in the end!!

[@ullisavitskaya3787]

a great video! i also love the editing. as an aspiring doctor, this helped a lot

[@LifeofShaan]

Thank you so much, I’m glad you found it useful and best of luck!!

[@ayafennane9434]

Do you know what type of work experience I could do at 15 years old. Most work experiences are mostly available for 16 years old and above.

[@LifeofShaan]

Hmm I think the policy varies between places because I did my GP work exp when I was 15. I’d recommend trying care homes because they’re usually very open to volunteers no matter their age :)

[@sunk1091]

@@LifeofShaan what did you do in your gp work experience? I wanna do that but it seems awkward i have zero clue what the work experience there actually entails

[@tanishabanerjee9927]

Hi! Do you think volunteering in a dental clinic or animal shelter once a week for two months would be okay? I'm having a hard time finding other opportunities and I'm worried these aren't "medical" enough. (Two months before the application deadline but obviously I would continue till the interview date if I got one)

[@LifeofShaan]

yeah something like that sounds perfect!! it would definitely teach you many skills that are transferable to medicine!!

[@abdullahdelab1075]

Loved the video, Shaan. Did you do your hospital work experience during the school term or during the holidays?

[@LifeofShaan]

during the holidays!

[@abdullahdelab1075]

@@LifeofShaan Thanks for the reply. Do you think it would be possible to do it during the term, but on the weekends or after school. Also, do you think it's too late to start preparing for the UCAT. I've only just decided I want to study medicine at university and I feel that I may have left everything a bit too late...

[@LifeofShaan]

@@abdullahdelab1075 yes definitely! any form of work experience will be very beneficial! and it’s definitely not too late to start prepping for the ucat! with a lot of practice you can still do really well even if you haven’t had long to revise! good luck 😁

[@maukachauka8793]

Really nice video! Is doing voluntary work for 3 months multiple times a week considered long term work experience ? It's not that I don't want to continue it I just can't. Hope you get into medicine?

[@LifeofShaan]

YES! Realistically it's more about what your able to learn from your voluntary work that universities care about. A person could do volunteering for 2 years and not learn anything, another person could do 3 months but take on a more active role and learn a lot! Just do your best!!

[@specral1765]

DofE!!!!

[@gunagunaseelan1478]

Hi Shaan, Thanks for the video its really useful, may I ask what hospitals did you go to undertake your work experience with the Neurology Department?

[@ismabilal7521]

hi shaan, im wanting to do nursing in university and for 2 full weeks i have rang up care homes and hospitals in my area and other areas but they are not able to provide me any. I applied to voluntary work experience in a charity shop for 4 days a week set to 3-4 month but i'm abit worried if university are able to accept it.

[@LifeofShaan]

Charity shop work can definitely benefit your application as it shows you have good communication skills and commitment. Keep trying with carehomes etc. but in the mean time you could always organise some stuff individually. For example you could raise money by running a half marathon for a cause your passionate about and that would look fantastic on a university application!

[@ismabilal7521]

@@LifeofShaan I did raise money for cancer in high school by running 😌 does that count. Thank you for replying.

[@LifeofShaan]

@@ismabilal7521 that’s great!! defo use that on ur application !!!

[@rosia_li]

such a helpful video!!! and sick editing hehe

[@LifeofShaan]

Thank you!!

[@justinemacmillan1007]

Hi Shaan, in your video you mentioned maybe emailing different med schools and asking if you can attend a lecture of their’s. Which email address would you recommend using for that (general med school, admissions, or something else)?

[@LifeofShaan]

probably try the medical department of the university as they may know best how to organise it !

[@RenaMull5101at]

How did you balance doing work experience whilst studying for sixth form

[@LifeofShaan]

try and stay super organised!! use any study periods you get during school to do school work and that way you can easily fit the work experience into your schedule. Also if you are planning on doing whole days of work experience I would recommend doing them during half term holidays etc .

[@rethabilerams]

May I please ask Which resources did you use for preparing UCAT ,BMAT

[@LifeofShaan]

Just posted a video where I go into to detail about how I prepared for the UCAT so that may be of use to you :)) For the BMAT all I used was this website called BMAT ninja and the official BMAT guide for section 2 (its a free ebook made by the BMAT people)

[@hollynichol8347]

I am nearly 16 and trying t find work medical experience. How early do you think is too early to find medical work experience?

[@ismabilal7521]

it depends in your area though, but like care homes or work experience in hospital can be good to start of, but this pandemic is so stressing that so many care homes are still not allowing work experience if though its past 21st of june. You can wait for shaan to reply to you and see what he says..

[@LifeofShaan]

16 is a good age to start!! The earlier the better as it often takes a while to organise! Even a part time job could be a good form of work experience!

[@sitaaaa7616]

thanks for the tips and for supporting my recent video :)

[@LifeofShaan]

no worries :)

[@SH-bt3rw]

When did you complete your hospital work experience? Was this before the pandemic?

[@LifeofShaan]

Yes it was just my local hospital before the pandemic

[@hazelphanchang-basra2302]

the scared 'yes?'

[@LifeofShaan]

hehe 😉