In short, any work experience in a medical setting will provide you with an understanding of practicing medicine. However, the most competitive medical applications are from students who can demonstrate a range of medical work experiences such as GP practices, hospitals and hospices. Our medical work experience Manchester programme includes a variety of hands-on experiences that will ensure that you have gained practical experience in different settings.

Organising medical work experience can be difficult, especially in a busy hospital. Our medical work experience Manchester programme includes work experience in local medical settings, including a hospital and local hospice. We've taken care of all the organisation so you don't have to worry!

You need to consider many factors to ensure that it is the best work experience for you, such as price, location and reviews. You can read more in our article 'How to Choose the Best Work Experience for Medicine?'

– Public transport expenses
– Optional evening activities such as cinema, bowling - approximately £50 in total
- Flights and visas (if applicable)

Popular medical settings for students to contact in Manchester include Manchester General Hospital, Manchester Royal Infirmary, and University Dental Hospital Manchester. If you're looking for Manchester children's hospital work experience, many students contact Royal Manchester Children's Hospital.

We believe financial income should not be a barrier so 25% of our places will be given to students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds with special bursary discounts. If you feel you may be eligible, kindly email [email protected] with the subject "Work Experience Bursary" with evidence attached.

The Manchester medical work experience week is non-refundable once booked. This is because we have to plan for all logistics including accommodation bookings, room bookings and more. If you are unsure whether you can attend but don't want to lose your spot, you can pay a non-refundable deposit of £500 to secure your place. The remaining payment will be due before the start of the course

All the settings (including the accommodation) takes place in Central Manchester. Medical applicants will have the opportunity to experience a local hospice as well as a hospital setting.

Absolutely not! 70% of our students are international and live overseas. We arrange pick up from Manchester airport to the accomodation and one of the Medic Mind team will meet you and also drop you back to your departure terminal if needed.

Safety is paramount to our Work Experience week. Your child will always be accompanied by the Medic Mind Safeguarding team for any travel needed. There will be a short trip on public transport to and from the accommodation and to the to the hospitals/hospice but this will be fully accompanied.

If you require accommodation on the medical work experience in Manchester, it is available at an extra cost. The accommodation is in Central Manchester and a short trip away from the medical settings where the work experience will take place.

Students coming to the UK for the Work Experience will need a Standard Visitor visa- https://www.gov.uk/standard-visitor

The Standard Visitor visa can only be applied for by parents/guardians and costs £100. They must apply through the UK Gov website only, You can name our course and Medic Mind as the guardians of under 18s, and provide then the course information and booking confirmation when applying for the visa.

We recommend booking flights first before applying for the visa, as the visa needs proof of a return flight (the course end date might be enough, but might result in rejection).

If you need any further help, our Work Experience Team can support you if you email [email protected] with the subject “Work Experience Visa”

Yes, a lot of our students are overseas and have requirements such as being vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, halal and more. We will ensure to make the necessary adjustments to your meals.

Absolutely! Prior to attending the week, we kindly request that you inform us of any health conditions you may have so that we can take necessary precautions beforehand. If you have any doubts or questions, please do not hesitate to contact us via phone at +44 (0) 203 305 9593 or by email at [email protected]. We are more than happy to assist you in any way we can.

The work experience runs for 5 days. Each day begins at 9am and will end around 3pm, however an exact timetable will be sent to you beforehand. If you are staying with us at the accommodation provided, we will arrange activities in the evening like movie night, bowling and more!

No, you do not need to book our accomodation - You can either commute or book your own if needed. The advantage of booking ours is that you will be looked after by our team and reside with other students on the work experience programme.

Absolutely. All students will be given a physical certificate to evidence their participation in the course which will be important for their UCAS application as many universities will ask for proof.

Yes! We get many dental students and veterinary students on our courses. The teaching for themes such as Interview and Personal Statement are applicable to all parts of the dentistry and veterinary interviews. During the BMAT sessions, we will run other alternative workshops for students not sitting the BMAT.

Yes, certainly! We have many international students who attend our Medicine Summer Schools in Manchester, and we offer medicine summer schools for students from all countries. In the past we have had students from Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, Dubai, UAE, Canada, USA, India and Ireland.

Alongside the Medicine Summer School 2023, you will receive access to our UCAT Online Course, BMAT Online Course, Interview Online Course, Personal Statement Portal, A-level Biology Online Course, A-level Chemistry Online Course. These courses include question banks and video tutorials - for example, for UCAT we include 4000 questions, 5 books and 100+ video tutorials.