GEM Students

GEM is structured a bit differently to the undergraduate medicine course. It consists of Problem based learning sessions, clinical skills and lectures. There are 9 modules with each week revolving around a clinical scenario that will be discussed in our 3 PBL sessions. Each module revolves around a new system so it is important you stay on top of lectures as things can move very quickly! If you do start to fall behind make sure to start the new weeks lectures so you can still be involved in PBL.

 

Being an accelerated course means there’s a lot of information to process in a short amount of time. Staying on top of things is important as the intensity does amp up as the year goes on. However, it’s not worth sacrificing your mental health for. Finding a balance between work and social life is super important to prevent burnout. You can have hobbies and still be an academic weapon!

 

Take advantage of all the free resources available to you. Things such as passmed, pastest, clinical key and clinical anatomy are all available to use and can aid revision well. At the same time remember everyone has a different revision style so don’t stress if they don’t work for you!

 

Finally, enjoy every second of GEM. It will be over before you realise, and you don’t want to look back with any regrets!