Our success stories
Generation Medics has helped individuals from all over the country to realise their potential. See for yourself how they have benefitted!
Generation Medics work with individuals from underrepresented communities from an extensive range of backgrounds, including:
- Young carers
- People with mental health or behavioural issues
- People with learning disabilities
- Children in care and care-leavers
- Children and families from low-income homes
- Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities
- Adults experiencing homelessness
- Refugees and asylum seekers
- Ex-offenders and those at-risk of moving into crime
- Traveller communities
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Hear from some of our amazing students
“When I applied to join Generation Medics, I didn’t realise it would be as good as it is. There is so much information and so much advice available.”
Amira is a refugee in her mid-twenties who has been living in the UK for 14 months. Click the button below to learn about her journey and how Generation Medics have supported her
“I wanted to come to the mentoring so I could learn new things about health careers and how I can get into them”
Jamie is a student with an interest in becoming a medical consultant in the Gastrointestinal department. Jamie has a Gastrointestinal health condition himself, but prior to participating in Generation Medics’ programme only two of his friends knew about this. Click the button below to read about Jamie’s progress in opening up to his peers.
More of our case studies
“I found Generation Medics as I was looking at different programs that would help me with any questions I had in regards to Medicine. Generation Medics has definitely helped improve my confidence in applying to Medicine.”
Like many people, the COVID-19 pandemic dashed Thalia’s chances of taking part in valuable hospital work experience. This challenge, however, has encouraged Thalia to stretch herself in other ways, by taking part in our ecourses to learn new skills, attending our members talks, participating in discussions with our vibrant community and learning more about what a career in medicine involves and how to get there.
Thalia joined Generation Medics reassured by the ability to ask any questions about her career with people who are in the loop. After sharing her experiences with lots of other students in our community, Thalia’s been able to refine and question her medical school choices, prompting other students to also consider their options and find out how other people study and prepare for their UCAT/BMAT exams!
Lucie hopes to pursue medicine as a career but when she first signed up to Generation Medics, she was anxious about the upcoming UCAT exam as well as her overall workload as she takes on her A-levels. Responses from our team and other students on her posts on the forum have allowed her to gain up-to-date information about studying her A-Levels as well as where to find relevant work experience. This has prepared her for life at the opposite end of her A-Levels and has equipped her with the knowledge to succeed in her dreams of studying medicine!
She knows that Generation Medics has a whole host of information that she can access at any time and a community that is ready to support her.
Eni joined Generation Medics with the hope of finding some peer support as she embarks on her journey to medicine. Since joining, she has had access to lots of tips from her peers and has taken part in our e-courses. Our e-courses are really popular and have been designed to engage students with the workings of the human body and learn some real-world skills which will be useful in strengthening applications to university for aspiring healthcare professionals.
Eni now has a clearer idea of which GCSE options she should take and understanding of different university entry requirements. The ability to share information with students who are going through the same learning processes is an invaluable experience, especially as all students are dealing with the added stresses that the pandemic has brought about.
Maanshika is the first person in her family to pursue a career in Medicine and joined Generation Medics to access the support that would equip her with the right tools to eventually attend the medical school of her dreams!
Through our online learning library Maanshika was able to discover lots of blogs and exclusive events which gave her insight into different medical schools across the UK as well as articles on other useful topics like studying and time management.
She is now able to put this information to use in strengthening her application and gaining a deeper understanding of how medicine is different to other university courses. An added benefit for Maanshika is the ability to improve time management (a big surprise for her!)
Overall, Maanshika really values the community aspect of Generation Medics:
Before Tawfik joined Generation Medics he knew he wanted to become a doctor and help save lives. The idea of entering the medical field and becoming a successful surgeon excited him but like many other students he didn’t really have a clear idea on the journey to achieve this goal.
Generation Medics were able to welcome him to a community full of like-minded and talented people who are all on a similar journey into healthcare. Not only was he surrounded by his peers, he was also equipped with the guidance needed to enter the medical field.
For Tawfik, Generation Medics have provided the guidance he needs to make him feel confident and eager to take this path towards medicine.
For as long as I could remember I have wanted to be a midwife so your support to understand what they do and how to become one is really important. I think that a project like this is needed because so many people don’t know what jobs are really in the NHS and so don’t see it as a job option but I think that it would encourage a new generation of NHS workers.
Tabatha, 17 yrs old
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Programs such as these allow for true engagement within the field and are the cohesive mediums that help supply the next generation of budding enthusiasts and future pillars of the industry.
Providing that first hand experience can motivate, inspire and ignite passion that many had not even been aware of or understood to its real degree. It also undoubtedly has helped many people, such as myself, ratify their current interest in further pursuing a career within the field.
Andrei, 17 yrs old
I think that projects like these encourage and enable children to achieve their dreams, especially those who would otherwise lack support and guidance.
The initiative behind this program is excellent, and personally, as a student, it is not often that I come across a course like this, which makes medicine a much more accessible field for all.
Sanya, 17 yrs old
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