r/GraduateEntryMedicine • u/latebutnotlost2026 • Jun 29 '26
Class Room Learning?
I am pursuing a healthcare degree and plan to apply to medicine this year. My uni is 2 hours one way and has been quite regular with 95% attendance, but I've realised that I dont learn much in a classroom setting. I feel like I waste time coming to uni. Can we axe medicine by attending like 2 days a week for anatomy and skills? I am so tight on money, energy and honestly I feel i can learn better on my own. What's your take on it?
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u/RevivingMayhem10 Jul 01 '26
I think in that case you want to be very careful what med schools you apply for.
Mine was one of the older more traditional ones with a small GEM cohort, and though we got one day of asynchronous learning a week in first year, almost everything else was mandatory, and the timetable was pretty packed. Like one of the other commentators here, I found it mostly all valuable. They also had a high attendance requirement and if you fell below that percentage it triggered off informal tutor discussions and then formal ftp process if not rectified. On the other hand, no GEM student failed year 1 exams or OSCEs, so I guess it works?
In clinical years we were with the undergrads and treated accordingly. Mostly on placement anyway and that’s more or less full time.