work for medic student?

peace

What kind of work can 2nd year medical students do?

I want to do something that will give me more experience and be paid for it, but right now it seems like thats asking for too much!

Also, what do you with people that say they'll ring back but don't? Last summer I tried ringing the local hospitals but nobody got back to me. I didn't want to ring again because I wasn't applying for a certain job, and so felt a bit awrkward. Would it be worth ringing up GPs and asking if they have any jobs too?

Thanks in advance.

Bossyboots

My young relative couldn't even get work in a hospital when she was a fourth year student nurse. She was told that they will not take unqualified staff on the wards on a temporary basis and that the best she could get at that stage was as a health care assistant but once she said she wanted it for holiday time only they would not take her on.

One hospital told her that she fell into a dangerous grey area of having some knowledge but not sufficient to be safe on the wards as she would think she knew more than she did and might try to do something she was not capable/allowed to do.

Snich

Hi,

As a medical student, I did the following:
Temp. Secretary work via an agency (Office Angels) - Need to be able to type and use all Office tools.
Bar/Restaurant work
Notes Summarising: GPs get money for having notes completely summarised on computer. Many practices pay people (usually 5pounds/hour, occ more) to do this job. It's dull but hours are flexible.
Health Care Assistant: Join the agency attached to your local hospital. You may need to go on their moving and handling course. Pay is about £6 per hour and being prepared to buckle down looks good on your CV. As a second year student, you'll know very little clinical stuff and this is great experience. You have to be prepared to get your hands dirty though.

Good luck. I found I was able to work during term time up to half way through third year (and then did notes summarising flexibly) and worked all my holidays except final year. It's worth it.

fannyadams

join up with medical type agency
or ring the pathology labs - we used to have med students working with us for the hols. they were fun and we got to teach them that rining us up and yelling STAT does not get your stuff done any sooner!

fannyadams

peace wrote:

What kind of work can 2nd year medical students do?

Aside from the obvious? :eek:
anything they put their minds to - brickie, chippie, labourer, unless you wanna be a surgeon then pick a nice indoor office job luvvie. :rotfl:

kar

You could apply for part time auxiallary nursing jobs if there are any going

Savvy_Sue

When I was in hospital having my first baby, one of the cleaners was a trainee doctor, working through her vacation. She found that the white coat made her visible, the cleaners were invisible. But she reckoned she was learning a lot!

wolfehouse

summarizing notes can be good - but lots of gps only want to take 3rd years.

phlebotomy departments in hospital often hire med. students and train you too. so if you want to get good hands on skills at taking blood and some bedside manner practice this would be a good one.

Esmerelda

Most hospitals will have a 'bank' nursing/healthcare assistant scheme where you get odd shifts as and when they are available and you want them. Look for medical recruitment agencies or on your local hospital/mental health trust websites. You could also look for care homes in your area and see if they need healthcare assistants.

Dora_the_Explorer_5

Savvy_Sue wrote:

When I was in hospital having my first baby, one of the cleaners was a trainee doctor, working through her vacation. She found that the white coat made her visible, the cleaners were invisible. But she reckoned she was learning a lot!

Excellent advice - this would give you insight into how care is delivered in a hospital setting and you can compare and contrast. A job in an older people's dual registered care home would also be invaluable, given that the old and the young are the most frequent users of health care; the pay might be a drawback if you need to build up your bank account as any job you would be offered in a care home would be at minimum wage and some homes may not welcome a medical student who would be aware of their poor practice.
Have you considered working in a third world country in the long vac? You already have skills and knowledge which would greatly benefit community health initiatives - health education and health promotion for instance. This kind of work would also give you brownie points on your CV.
Good luck and congratulations on choosing a wonderful career.

davelewis

Not of any relevance to this thread - but Dora the Explorer - you're great!! I really love reading your posts - they are really relevant and speak from experience. I am training to be a solicitor - hopefully in local government. Any advice??