For the last few months, DD has been working as an ICU health care assistant, gaining valuable experience as she hopes to get onto a graduate medicine course next year, or the year after.
(if it's relevant, she has a 1st in sport and exercise science, and did reasonably well in her UKCAT).
At the interview, she was open and said why she was going for the role, and her manager has always been supportive of this fact.
She has recently been asked if she'd consider covering maternity leave and become assistant critical care technologist. Better pay, no shifts and M-F, but...minimal to no patient contact.
How would med schools admissions view this role if she were to take it?
Good, bad , indifferent? She has other work experience examples but this is the longest so far and relevant.
Reason she 's asking, is she has a two hour commute there and back, on top of her 12 hour shift (NB: is fully aware that once a doctor, this could/would be nothing). Naively, at the same time this job was offered, she turned down a similar role, which would have been one short bus ride away-DD said she didn't want her whole life to be within a 5 mile radius.
Plus, it would also allow her time to study - as she doesn't have Chemistry A level and is doing this at home.
any comments/advice gratefully received.
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achangeisgonnacome · 23/10/2016 17:10
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