Other studies before studying medicine?
Hello everyone,
I really want to study medicine, but my Abitur grade is 1.6, so I have to take the TMS/MedAt first to have any chance of getting in.
Since waiting semesters for medicine have been abolished anyway, I was thinking about studying a different course for one or two semesters while I wait.
My question is: could it somehow be a disadvantage for me when applying to medical school if I am or have already been enrolled in another course of study, or are there perhaps even courses that would be credited to me when applying for medicine?
LG Anna
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Hi.
it should not be problematic for the application to a medical study site if you do not finish your studies. In general, it is possible to recognize the services provided in another study program. However, one should contact the university, which can give a more accurate information and check what can be recognized at all.
Ask the best about this at the university's study consultancy.
Some trainings can be counted on in themselves, as they may also be subject to study.
It can also be that individual lectures overlap between the subjects of study.
It is a well-established "trick" in another study program to acquire academic achievements, which are then calculated for the desired course and lead to a classification in a higher semester. By this classification in the higher semester, it is then looked at whether in this semester places have become free again in the meantime by Wechsler and Abbrecher. If this is the case, one can get one of these places – with significantly less competition than when applying for a place in the first semester.
In order to achieve this, you have to look very closely at which course of study allows exactly this and which courses you can and must provide. So compare study regulations and maybe make an appointment with the student advice to get tips for this way.
As a doctor's child, which has deliberately chosen a completely different career path than my parents, I would also advise at least as much to think again exactly how it is supposed to be medicine – and then to see if you can't achieve what you hope for at least as well with a completely different degree! For example, those who like to support people in difficult situations can do this very well in the area of social work. Those who are enthusiastic about the scientific aspect of medicine can even dive deeper into other scientific areas. And whoever is looking for very good pay and job prospects, perhaps even goes much better with studying in the direction of IT – and above all, an examination of the relationship between salary and rise possibilities and working hours and framework conditions for this purpose…
If, then I'd study some kind of related, so you can count on individual courses.
If I'm properly informed, you also need a first-aid course and a nursing internship for medical studies:
https://m.thieme.de/viamedici/vorklinik-infos-zur-vorklinik-1497/a/knowledge-erste-hilfe-BE-3871.htm
https://www.jungmediziner.de/krankenpflegepraktikum/2021/05/26/
I would first take care of first aid courses and nursing internships at your place.
In the first section of the medical study (preclinical part), you have scientific subjects: biology, chemistry, biochemistry, physics. If you're involved in autodidactic learning, you could borrow books in the university library, such as "physics for medical professionals", "chemistry for medical practitioners"… to get involved in these topics.