Why do I need to think about Careers?
You really need to start building your portfolio & CV at medical school.
You also need to make career choices earlier than previously. Currently at the start of FY2 after just over a year of working, and you may not get a chance to work in your chosen area before then.
Important to try out different things - often the speciality or department is very different in real-life compared to the text book.
It's good to dream! Think about & enjoy all the opportunities open to medics - much more than other careers!
Useful Resources
- S. Eccles, S. Saunders. So you want to be a brain surgeon? A medical careers guide. 3rd Edition. Oxford University Press
- NHS Medical Careers »
- NHS Medical Specialty Training (England, Wales & NI) »
- MMC Person specifications for ST training »
- BMJ Careers »
- NHS Scottish Medical Training »
- NHS education for Scotland (NES) »
- RCS England Surgical Careers »
Medical Careers related University of Aberdeen student societies
- Aberdeen Society for Academic Medicine
- Medsin
- Teddy Bear Hospital
- Psyched
- StopAIDS
- Sexpression
- Marrow
- PsychSoc
- GPSoc
- Medical Ethics
- Ogston Surgical Society
- Wilderness Medical Society
- Friends of MSF (medecins sans frontiers)
- Medical Humanities
- MedSoc
- HeartStart
- Paediatric Soc
- ACES
- AIMS
- Aberdeen Medical Education Soc