Any medical work experience, medical ‘camps’ or practice available in Brisbane or any surrounding areas?
I am hoping to study Medicine at university and am currently looking for opportunities to complete volunteer work in the medical sector, to gain experience of working with patients, doctors, and other medical professionals. I have experience of working within the retail department, and also experience of volunteering within the childcare sector where I worked looking after many young children for 3 weeks, following many volunteer sessions over the previous 5 years. I have also helped to run many different music workshops for young children over the course of 2 years. In addition to this, I have also spent time an Elderly person’s home over the christmas period for 3 years, singing carols and talking with the residents. Before leaving the U.K., I spent alot of time with a 2 year old girl with Downs Syndrome and found this hugely rewarding.
You can start by volunteering at a hospital. Then, take an eight-week course and get certified to become a certified nursing assistant. This basically trains you to clean bed-pans, but it’s a start. At least you’ll get into a medical environment.
Then, depending on your eventual goal, you can either get a nursing degree or go to medical school.