Success Stories
We are transforming healthcare by building an empowered and engaged community of talent
We have helped individuals all over the UK and further afield to realise their potential 💫
Hear from Romoluwa,
an aspiring medic from London ✨
Liv found the uni degree + career she wanted thanks to our Virtual Healthcare Careers Academy and support programme 🤩
My parents work hard but didn't go to university and didn't understand the options available during and after I leave school
I was fortunate to take part in a club run by Generation Medics at my school when I was in Year 9, attended their national conference when I was in Year 10 and had a mentor to help me plan out my future
With access to the wonderful supportive team at Generation Medics, their resources and online platform I have looked into lots of careers and now know what I'm going to do and how to get there. I also feel like I have joined a big family of people who want to help each other succeed - I love it!
It's not just students and participants who love our programmes, teachers do too 🚀
Darcy knows how to get into hear dream nursing career thanks to our programme 💫
Proven track-record of impact
Trusted advisors to thousands of students
100% recommendation rate from teachers
At Generation Medics we work hard to offer opportunities for people from all backgrounds – particularly those from underrepresented communities including:
- Young carers
- People with mental health or behavioural issues
- People with learning disabilities
- Children in care and care-leavers
- Children and families from low-income homes
- Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities
- Adults experiencing homelessness
- Refugees and asylum seekers
- Ex-offenders and those at-risk of moving into crime
- Traveller communities
Browse our wide range of success stories to see how we’ve helped develop a world where people from all social backgrounds, facing numerous barriers to achieving their potential can be empowered and engaged to explore careers in healthcare and thrive in them.
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“I found Generation Medics as I was looking at different programs that would help me with any questions I had in regards to Medicine. Generation Medics has definitely helped improve my confidence in applying to Medicine.”
Like many people, the COVID-19 pandemic dashed Thalia’s chances of taking part in valuable hospital work experience. This challenge, however, has encouraged Thalia to stretch herself in other ways, by taking part in our ecourses to learn new skills, attending our members talks, participating in discussions with our vibrant community and learning more about what a career in medicine involves and how to get there.
Thalia joined Generation Medics reassured by the ability to ask any questions about her career with people who are in the loop. After sharing her experiences with lots of other students in our community, Thalia’s been able to refine and question her medical school choices, prompting other students to also consider their options and find out how other people study and prepare for their UCAT/BMAT exams!
Lucie hopes to pursue medicine as a career but when she first signed up to Generation Medics, she was anxious about the upcoming UCAT exam as well as her overall workload as she takes on her A-levels. Responses from our team and other students on her posts on the forum have allowed her to gain up-to-date information about studying her A-Levels as well as where to find relevant work experience. This has prepared her for life at the opposite end of her A-Levels and has equipped her with the knowledge to succeed in her dreams of studying medicine!
She knows that Generation Medics has a whole host of information that she can access at any time and a community that is ready to support her.
Eni joined Generation Medics with the hope of finding some peer support as she embarks on her journey to medicine. Since joining, she has had access to lots of tips from her peers and has taken part in our e-courses. Our e-courses are really popular and have been designed to engage students with the workings of the human body and learn some real-world skills which will be useful in strengthening applications to university for aspiring healthcare professionals.
Eni now has a clearer idea of which GCSE options she should take and understanding of different university entry requirements. The ability to share information with students who are going through the same learning processes is an invaluable experience, especially as all students are dealing with the added stresses that the pandemic has brought about.
Maanshika is the first person in her family to pursue a career in Medicine and joined Generation Medics to access the support that would equip her with the right tools to eventually attend the medical school of her dreams!
Through our online learning library Maanshika was able to discover lots of blogs and exclusive events which gave her insight into different medical schools across the UK as well as articles on other useful topics like studying and time management.
She is now able to put this information to use in strengthening her application and gaining a deeper understanding of how medicine is different to other university courses. An added benefit for Maanshika is the ability to improve time management (a big surprise for her!)
Overall, Maanshika really values the community aspect of Generation Medics:
Before Tawfik joined Generation Medics he knew he wanted to become a doctor and help save lives. The idea of entering the medical field and becoming a successful surgeon excited him but like many other students he didn’t really have a clear idea on the journey to achieve this goal.
Generation Medics were able to welcome him to a community full of like-minded and talented people who are all on a similar journey into healthcare. Not only was he surrounded by his peers, he was also equipped with the guidance needed to enter the medical field.
For Tawfik, Generation Medics have provided the guidance he needs to make him feel confident and eager to take this path towards medicine.
I think that projects like these encourage and enable children to achieve their dreams, especially those who would otherwise lack support and guidance.
The initiative behind this program is excellent, and personally, as a student, it is not often that I come across a course like this, which makes medicine a much more accessible field for all.
Sanya, 17 yrs old
For as long as I could remember I have wanted to be a midwife so your support to understand what they do and how to become one is really important. I think that a project like this is needed because so many people don’t know what jobs are really in the NHS and so don’t see it as a job option but I think that it would encourage a new generation of NHS workers.
Tabatha, 17 yrs old
Programs such as these allow for true engagement within the field and are the cohesive mediums that help supply the next generation of budding enthusiasts and future pillars of the industry.
Providing that first hand experience can motivate, inspire and ignite passion that many had not even been aware of or understood to its real degree. It also undoubtedly has helped many people, such as myself, ratify their current interest in further pursuing a career within the field.
Andrei, 17 yrs old
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