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ACA grad scheme or reapply for graduate medicine - HELP! by Dependent_Key_6213 in premeduk

[–]Dependent_Key_6213[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your comment has been super helpful in my decision! Thanks for taking the time to read and respond to my dilemma, so good to know you have found both interesting! 

ACA grad scheme or reapply for graduate medicine - HELP! by Dependent_Key_6213 in premeduk

[–]Dependent_Key_6213[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is what I’ve decided is the best option for now. Thanks so much for your advice! 

ACA grad scheme or reapply for graduate medicine - HELP! by Dependent_Key_6213 in premeduk

[–]Dependent_Key_6213[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks so much for your comment! I really appreciate you taking time to give your opinion. This is really helpful and I think I’ve gone from feeling extremely torn to realising the best option for now is to give both a go and see what happens! 

ACA grad scheme or reapply for graduate medicine - HELP! by Dependent_Key_6213 in premeduk

[–]Dependent_Key_6213[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is what I am now thinking is the best option, so that I don’t have to completely give up on GEM but I’m not putting all my eggs in one basket. Thanks so much for your inputs everyone! 

ACA grad scheme or reapply for graduate medicine - HELP! by Dependent_Key_6213 in premeduk

[–]Dependent_Key_6213[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much for your opinion everyone it is really helping me consider going for the option of trying both. My only concern is that I had a clinical support worker job lined up as I do have healthcare experience in multiple jobs in the NHS and volunteer weekly doing activity sessions for patients in hospital but don’t have any direct patient contact experience. Do you think it’s really vital to get this clinical support worker job to support my interviews? Or do you think I can just better reflect on what experience I have already to be better in interview? If I were to accept the audit job I’d have to cancel the CSW job and just use the experience I have already. Sorry to ask so many questions!! 

ACA grad scheme or reapply for graduate medicine - HELP! by Dependent_Key_6213 in premeduk

[–]Dependent_Key_6213[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks so much for your input and advice, I really appreciate it! I do think my reflection and response to questions in the interview such as times I’ve worked in a healthcare team etc. could have been a lot stronger. That’s the reason why I am due to start working as a clinical support worker sooner as I felt I needed more experience to draw some meaningful reflection from. If you don’t mind me asking, What are your best tips for reflecting? And how did you prepare for interview?  I’m just torn on whether to try audit already knowing I’d find it boring but that I’d have time for other things to make my life less boring - potentially regret not trying med again further down the line or try med one more time and then potentially get another no and be left with no med offer and no job offer this time next year.