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The Trust offers two four-day Medical Work Experience programmes per year which supports individuals who are considering a career in Medicine. This programme is only open to post 16 students who are in receipt of their GCSE results and would meet the criteria to apply to Medical School.
Although subject to possible alteration, the programme below outlines a typical medical work experience schedule with some of the interactive activities which includes:
- Clinical Skills
- Basic Life Support
- Phlebotomy
- Shadowing doctors on the wards
Alongside our interactive sessions, there will be talks by specialists as well as two days shadowing Consultants, Doctors and their teams in a clinical setting, either on the ward or in clinics.
| Day | Session 1 |
Break |
Session 2 |
Break |
Session 3 | Session 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
9am-11am
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Preparation for shadowing 11.15-11.45
11.45-12.15
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1.15pm-2pm
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2.30pm-3.30pm Blood Services and Phlebotomy |
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| 2 | Shadowing a doctor | Shadowing a doctor |
Shadowing a doctor | Shadowing a doctor | ||
| 3 |
9am-11am
|
11.15am-12pm
|
1pm-2pm
|
2pm-3pm
|
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| 4 | Shadowing a doctor | Shadowing a doctor | Shadowing a doctor | Shadowing a doctor |