What is the most productive thing that a student who wants to be a medic can do this summer?

Going into medicine for a career is different from choosing any other career. Especially in the summer holidays.

Because increasingly universities that offer medical courses are looking for students who have had work experience in the field of medicine.

Of course, such summer work is not a pre-requisite for entry to university, but it certainly can help both in terms of impressing admission tutors and in terms of helping students decide if this really is what they want to do.

Which is one reason why Gap Medics exists.

For Gap Medics offers students the opportunity to shadow real life dentists, midwives, nurses or doctors in one of four locations: Thailand, Croatia, Poland and Tanzania.

The 2015 summer placements, which students can start on any Sunday of their school holidays, provide students over the age of 16 with 23+ hours per week of invaluable hospital work experience.

Gap Medics ensures that the students’ experience is tailored to their desired medical profession. They will be assigned to relevant departments, depending on their interests, and will be matched with a mentor who will guide them through their time in the hospital, explaining each case in detail.

Popular departments include paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, surgery and internal medicine; however we also offer opportunities in smaller, more specialist departments.

So far over 1,000 students have signed up for a Gap Medics programme this summer, representing over 700 UK schools, colleges and universities.

It’s not too late for your students to sign up and gain some unforgettable hospital work experience this summer which will set them apart from the rest.

If you have any students who are interested in a career in medicine, please either forward this email on to them or ask them to take a look at www.gapmedics.co.uk/summer-2015-hospital-work-experience

Alternatively they can call us on 0191 603 1111 or email us at info@gapmedics.com and we’ll send them a brochure in the post.

Regards

Mark Hinksman
Programme Director