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Applications to Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Science
Applicants to these vocational degree programmes are required to show an understanding of what the career involves. Many universities will therefore ask for relevant work experience as part of their criteria for application.
Work experience can take many forms: online activity or learning, shadowing a professional, voluntary work or a paid job. It is essential to have some experience of the environment within which these professionals operate, be able to articulate your experience and reflect on what you learnt from it.
The Medical Schools Council guide on relevant experience for applying to medical school is useful.
Whilst it is advisable to organise your own work experience locally, there are external organisations offering work experience courses for medical, dental, nursing and midwifery applicants:
Work Experience:
Target jobs provides advice for EU students looking for work experience in Europe.
The European Youth Portal has some advice on holiday work.
Summer Schools:
Many universities offer summer courses, and this can be a great way to gain experience of the subject, institution and city/country. You can find out about the Oxbridge Academic Summer Schools Programme here and Oxford Royale Academy Summer Schools here. Immerse Education also offer a range of summer programmes from age 11-18. Learn with Leaders is delivered by Harvard and features links with top industries such as Disney and NASA. Inspirit operate an Artificial Intelligence Programme.
The 'Summer Schools' pdf documents below lists some examples of the types of opportunities available.
IB Wise offers spring and summer IB revision courses in Vienna. More information can be found here.
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