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How do I become a surgeon in the UK?
I'm doing my GCSEs currently, and am questioning how to become a surgeon in the UK or similar countries. Where will I go after I finish my A levels?
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Harpreet’s Answer
Hi Divya,
Great that you're thinking about a career in medicine! A can let you know what happens for students in the UK ...
After your GCSEs you would do your A-levels and then apply to medical school. Often, but not always, medical schools do like some science subjects at A-levels. After medical school (5 or 6 years), you do general training for two years (Foundations years), and then can enter a surgical training programme. Alongside your surgical training, you study for postgraduate qualifications and decide what area of surgery you wish to specialise in (e.g. orthopaedics, urology etc).
Hope this helps!
Great that you're thinking about a career in medicine! A can let you know what happens for students in the UK ...
After your GCSEs you would do your A-levels and then apply to medical school. Often, but not always, medical schools do like some science subjects at A-levels. After medical school (5 or 6 years), you do general training for two years (Foundations years), and then can enter a surgical training programme. Alongside your surgical training, you study for postgraduate qualifications and decide what area of surgery you wish to specialise in (e.g. orthopaedics, urology etc).
Hope this helps!
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Hanna’s Answer
Hi Divya, I am not a medical doctor so cannot provide you with any detailed advice. But as I saw that no one had answered your question yet, I thought I'd share the UCAS-website with you https://www.ucas.com/ which is the "Universities and Colleges Admissions Service" in the UK. It provides you with all sorts of information on studying in the UK and if you search for "medicine", you'll find lots of information relating to medical studies. (I went through UCAS back in the days when I applied to study law in the UK.) You should find information about which universities offer which types of courses, and what A-levels you need to be able to apply. I hope you receive more in-depth info from a medic who studied in the UK, but in the meantime I hope this helps you a little further. Good luck!
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