why you shouldn't study medicine (in the UK)

I wanted to provide a holistic approach for prospective and current medical students being faced with this anxiety-provoking reality of what their future in the NHS may consist of, while also helping you understand your options if you’re not ready to hang up the stethoscope just yet 💙

00:00 Intro
00:26 Why You SHOULDN’T Study Medicine
00:46 Job Satisfaction
02:51 Money
04:01 Is the 6 Years at Medical School Worth It?
05:34 Pressure Over Passion
08:18 Why You SHOULD STILL Study Medicine
08:25 What Does ‘I Want to be a Doctor Mean?’
09:48 There is More to Medicine Than Being a Hospital Doctor
11:25 Regret

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[AllThingsApexLegends]

The same things were going through my mind a few days ago. Doctors are underpaid and under appreciated all over the world not just in the UK. The amount of stress we through and basically dedicated our whole lives to medicine meanwhile not being able to pay even the basic utilities. I made the mistake of pursuing medicine but i’d advise younger generation of students to go for a more stable major that does not take half of your life and wits. I’m sure it’ll pay better and you’ll be sane.

[besophisticated]

As a year 12 applying to university in a few months, this video was really helpful. Thank you so much.

[theahegwood]

Not me raving about the UK medical school system compared to the USA! I was saying how the UK timeline to become a doctors is shorter than in USA because people have to get a bachelors degree before med school (I live in america and all my friends are pre med)……

[TazBo-wdig]

I have a family member who is a doctor, I have a family member who is a GP who has just moved to Australia and both say they wished they would have studied else due the amount of stress involved. The world does not reward doctors with proper working hours so having a work life balance is awful especially when you see other parents creating memories with children while you are doing night shifts.

[mezthemedic]

love these video essays! wish we could submit them instead of actual assignments 😭

[aieshabegum]

i’m so stuck with whether to do grad med after biomed or not, , like i get bored of things quickly so can’t see myself in med sales long whereas being a doctor, every day is different an

[ДенисЕршов-хп]

its really disappointing that doctors after a 6 or 8 or 11 ears of studying can not be paid wealth. Maybe it depends on where do u work, because in the downtown of Moscow( we do i live) we can get paid well, but the main problem is that for examination we can get only 12 minutes for one patient, sometimes its something impossible( for example if a 69 years old woman decided to make a full check up), so in the end of the day i really exhausted. I just thought that in UK is different situation with medicine, one of my friend moved on and saying that is the best job which he applied for.

[rafaeltorrano]

amazing video dear!
leaving life and family in Brazil to pursue MD degree in the UK, your video actually stimulated me instead of putting me off because you clarified all the pros and cons

[LT.]

Hi! I was thinking of studying in the UK and now I'm not so sure. Especially when it comes to rheumatologist career. I don't really mind about the studying more than for a decade part cuz on the long financial stability is what matters the most for me. That seems to be possible in the USA. What do you think about there?

[Sojukee]

Hello! I wanted to know, during the course of your degree, what were the most invasive, graphic things you had to do?

[safafaridi]

Hey girlie! I’d love your advice, I definitely want to pursue medicine however I’ve thought of applying in the UK and US, if I do study in the UK I would not practice in the UK and would definitely take the USMLE to practice in the US. Do you think it would be smarter to just practice in the US instead?

[Soldiersforchrist_]

If u had the chance to be something else what u would u do

[riskybiscuit]

I’m really debating putting myself through 4 years of postgraduate medicine for all it’s worth 😢