Studying in the UK: How to apply for a medical major?
Medical major is a hot topic of professional consultation for studying abroad, but as many countries in the world restrict medical study abroad, is there no country to choose from when studying abroad? Next, Mr. Feng Zhiyi, a senior expert studying in the UK from Huashen, gives relevant advice to students who are interested in choosing a medical major. Because medicine is a special major, many European and American countries, including Britain, have taken restrictive measures to study abroad, which makes it more difficult to study abroad. Britain has very strict macro control over the enrollment scale of medical schools. The sources of education funds for medical schools are the Ministry of Education, NHS and related educational research foundations. The Ministry of Education and NHS manage the scale of medical schools through funds. Many British universities often actively cooperate with the Ministry of Education, NHS and GMC to control the enrollment scale of medical schools to ensure that medical schools are their "elite education" majors. Therefore, among all kinds of study abroad majors, medicine should be the most difficult to apply for. Some popular medical majors, especially dentists, require students to achieve excellent results, and 26 universities require candidates to take the UKCAT (British Clinical Competence Test) before entering the medical field. However, the difficulty of applying does not mean that it is completely impossible. There is no hard and fast rule for high school graduates to apply to study medicine in Britain, but they need to supplement the pre-medical knowledge that domestic high schools do not have. Prepare the application materials in advance-PS (personal statement) and RL (professor's recommendation letter), and make the IELTS study plan. You can apply for prestigious universities such as Sheffield University, Manchester University and Bristol University, but you should grasp the application time, seize the opportunity and prepare the application materials in time. If you get the school's guarantee letter CAS and one-year guarantee (with a deposit period of 28 days), as well as IELTS scores, and prepare sufficient visa materials, there will be no problem with the general visa. For high school students who want to study clinical medicine in Britain, there are two ways to achieve this goal: one is to study in A-level high school courses in Britain and enter medical school through the British college entrance examination; The second is to participate in the preparatory course for medical undergraduates (you can apply after the college entrance examination), and then apply for a bachelor of medicine through the results of the preparatory stage. It should be noted that the tuition fees of medical majors are still relatively high, and the tuition fees of general undergraduate students in one year are about twice that of ordinary majors. In addition, there is no unified medical graduation examination in Britain, which is completely decided by the school. There are also many graduates, some of whom continue to study for degrees and engage in research work; Others apply for paid internship, the internship period is 12 months, and the internal medicine and surgery are 6 months each. Those who pass the internship can apply for basic professional training, which is generally 3 years, and the length of each major varies. After completing the required training period, you can apply to the Royal Society for membership examination. Those who pass can receive advanced professional training. After this stage of training, you can become the chief physician, and the specialist training will basically come to an end.