Dropping out of med degree what now?

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Just that really. I have had some really severe circumstances (victim of serious crime) and am just completely devastated.

Tried to come back to my medical degree but just can't engage and am not going to pass me exams, next month, so will probably get kicked out for academic failure. Everything about the course and the uni reminds me of the horrible thing that happened, so I just can't engage. I can attend the lectures and take the notes, but there just seems to be a block in my brain and I just don't want to be there anymore.

Anyone been in the position of dropping out of medical school before? What are my options?

I have the usual GCSEs and A levels at a standard that got me into medical school, and I would more than happily do a different degree somewhere else, but just don't know what's possible

BTW she missed chemistry when she was doing medicine, and is very happy to be back in the lab doing experiments etc. Not sure if it would be the same for you.

On a practical note, I think you need to speak to student finance about funding. Ordinarily, you can only get funding for a maximum of 4 years but for some degrees and in some circumstances, you can get further funding.

Often med schools award a degree in medical sciences to students who drop out after 3 years if you think you could get through your exams this year and another year.

Imperial accepts intercalating medical students from other universities and they still have some places available for 25/26 in some specialities. You only have to have completed your first year of med school to be eligible. I suspect you would have to pass your second year exams though. That would get you a (classified) iBSc in medical sciences & “specialism”.

https://www.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/study/undergraduate/intercalated-bsc-programme/

UCL also accept intercalating students from other universities, I’m sure other med schools do too. LSHTM offer intercalated MSc degrees in some interesting related subjects eg epidemiology, health data science.

If it helps, you could maybe look at The Student Room, which is a really great forum.https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/
My DD was fascinated by the attitudes of people. When she approached the law faculty of the university to ask about transferring onto their law course, while they said they would accept her, they were absolutely flabbergasted that she would want to leave medicine (she'd been doing really well), they really tried to talk her out of it. Interestingly enough, the medical faculty told her that they completely understood and didn't blame her in the slightest for leaving. These people were all Drs who had lived and breathed medicine. The perception is very different from the reality it seems.