Routes into Medicine!

When applying to medicine, most people are aware of the common route of entry, that being GCSE's → A-levels → medical school, and if A-levels or offer obtaining don't go to plan to try a gap year or graduate entry medicine (GEM).

When I was applying for medicine the first time round as a year 13 student, I was unaware of contextual offers, foundation courses, the alternate offers beyond EPQ and many other methods of getting into medicine. I became aware through research of many of these routes during my gap year when I applied for the second time, and from this I created a graphic, which you can see below

Routes into medicine.pdf

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Alongside the sides shared in the pdf by QR, please find some more useful information on which universities accept which qualifications (from what I could find, there is no information on those studying BTECs here) from the medical schools council

https://www.medschools.ac.uk/studying-medicine/making-an-application/entry-requirements#:~:text=We%20currently%20accept%20Access%20to%20Medicine%20qualifications%20from%3A,College%20of%20West%20Anglia%20%E2%80%93%20Medicine%20and%20Dentistry