Hello
I am Anna, a 32 year specialist nurse practitioner. I qualified as a nurse in 1995, as a product of "Project 2000" nurse training (Which was so wonderful that it was promply dropped when they realised that a student could be 18months into their training without having seen a single patient)
I am an avid reader of blogs - and always planned to do my own, so here I am.
Ten minutes into my nursing course, I realised that I wanted to do medicine. I can't put my finger on why I wanted to do this, it was just a strong feeling that came to me as soon as I began nurse training. At school, I was pretty ropey and excelled in drama and home economics - hardly an ideal route into medicine. No-one really aimed as high as medicine in my social group, and we weren't encouraged to look at this option.
Although I realised that i wanted to do medicine in 1995, it has taken me 11 years to get to the point that I am at today. Here I am after all this time with my degree in specialist nursing and three years of chemistry (A complete slog) behind me. I have an unconditional offer to go on a GEP in the Midlands. How fanstastic!
I am going to use this blog to explain the transition that I go through, from a nursing sister with ten years experience, through medical school. The course does not start until September, so I am going to use the remaining time to describe how I am going to get to medical school as a mature student!
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Thanks for leaving a comment. Good luck in your new direction too!
Congratulations, Anna. I'm a year on and my wife and I are still wondering, "Where's the money going to come from!"
Good luck Anna! I am also an ex Nurse and qualified from Leicester in 2002. No regrets at all. Your sentiments seem very similar to mine. Enjoy your time there. It is an excellent med school.
hi!
my name is cindy and i'm from the states...New York to be exact. I am in my third undergraduate year of Nursing school and while I am happy and proud to have made it thus far, I am considering going to med school after college...i just wanted to know what made you want to become a doctor even after training to be a nurse and going so far in your career. i am so stereotypically young and confused and I would be so delighted to hear your opinion!
Thanks!
btw, i heart jay-z too, but i don't think i am on your level, lol
Hi Anna,
I really want to take the route that you took to become a doctor. I was ready to become a nurse first then be a doctor afterwards. However, I'm confused. I dont know if I should go straight to a pre-med course at a university, which will take lesser time to become a doctor or go through 4 years of nursing, 4 years of pre-med, then 4 years of medical school..I'm really confused. I hope you can give me some of your ideas.
Julie
Hi Anna!
I am hoping to sit the UMAT this year too and am currently in my last year of nursing degree...
I also realised when I started the degree medicine is where I wanted to be..you are right it is hard to explain where it came from but here I am..haha
Here's hoping for the best...and im sure my nursing knowledge will come in handy for sure.
Any good pointers?
Can I ask you what did you have to do to get into GME? And if you got some funding, like NHS bursaries or others to support you?
Thank you
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