This site is intended for health professionals only


Medical school offers places to ‘anyone who fancies it’

A London University is going to be offering medical course places to anyone who fancies it in a first for any medical school. 

After places to study medicine at the prestigious university failed to be taken up through ‘clearing’ the university restored to handing them out ‘willy-nilly’ to passers by 

One of those lucky enough to receive a place was Jed, a homeless local celebrity. 

Article continues below this sponsored advert
Cogora InRead Image
Still need to gain CPD before the year is out? Sign up for the next Pulse 365 Virtual conference and receive up to 10.5 CPD hours for your portfolio plus brush up your skills across a huge range of clinical topics
Advertisement

‘I was picking up cigarette butts on my way home when I was handed an offer to study medicine. I was really surprised, I mean up until then I’d had more drugs than hot dinners and I spent most of my days poking around the bins with a stick and decorating the outside of my caravan with fairy lights.’

We caught up with Jed after his first week at medical school: ‘I really don’t get what they’re talking about, g-proteins are a mystery and I have no idea what relevance the Krebs cycle has, but the back seats in the lecture theatre are a great place to sleep off a hangover.’

In many ways Jed is virtually indistinguishable from any other first year medical student although he has promised to totally lose the plot if one more fresher asks him what A levels he did and how many Duke of Edinburgh awards he’s got.  

Pulse Writing Competition 2024

Fancy yourself as the next Pulse blogger? Enter our writing competition now!

Pulse Writing Competition 2024

          

Pulse Writing Competition 2024

Fancy yourself as the next Pulse blogger? Enter our writing competition now!

Pulse Writing Competition 2024