Careers in obstetrics in UK?
Information from anyone who has immigrated from the US to the UK and is working as a doctor would be very appreciated!
Thanks in advance!
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Things to take into account:
1. Fees will be at the overseas student rate so expect to pay over $20000 -$25000 a year for the three pre clinical years and over $40000 a year for the three clinical stage years.
2. Overseas, i.e non EU, places are restricted for medicine making competition even more competitive for you.
3. UK students taking A-levels will have specialised earlier than US students and will have learned more in the 3 or 4 subjects they have chosen for their A-levels (what you take in the UK as a school leaver qualification to get into University). You may want to take APs to make up for this. AP chemistry and if you want AP biology.
4. There are health requirements, eg. Hepatits vaccination.
5. You’ll need to take the BMAT for many medical schools. www.bmat.org.uk
6 Most medical schools will ask for an interview.
You apply via www.ucas.com which is the Univesity and College Admission Service. The site offers some useful information about the process. I also suggest you look at individual university websites. note that Oxford and Cambridge will also require you to send off an additional form.
Some of the more prestigious Universities with medical schools
Oxford
Cambridge
Imperial College London
University College London
King’s College London
Edinburgh University
