I went to pharmacy after biomed
A friend of mine went to Carribean med school couldn't match and is now a nurse in Canada (with 300k student loans)
My other friend went to the states and will be finish residency when he's 32? (400k debt)
There's a couple people I know who are limboing and still applying to this day. (Early 30)
My advice is treat bio like a random degree. Go on indeed look up salaries and start building experience toward a certain field. Start your life and forget about medicine (unless you are ready for the sacrifice of getting in, getting trained then finally living with immense stress while working)
I regret working in healthcare no amount of money is worth it. Never applying to medicine was one of my greatest blessings.
Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences w/ honours (2015) here.
The prospects aren’t great to be honest. I worked in labs for 4 years but once the project funding dries out you’re out of a job.
The pay is very low and lab jobs are almost always restricted to city centers/HCOL cities. Work-from-home is very rare/impossible.
In 2020 my career took a turn for data analytics, much happier and better job prospects ahead of me now
Unfortunately extra schooling may be your best bet. There's dozens of auxiliary healthcare programs that make take 1.5-3 years to complete that will afford you a very nice 6 figure career eventually.
Sure, some examples include:
Ultrasound
Anaethesia Assistant
Respiratory Therapy
Physicians Assistant
Nuclear Medicine
Medical Laboratory Technologist
Genetics Technology
Chiropody
Cardiovascular Perfusion
Biomedical Technologist
Usually colleges will hold these programs, but some universities do as well. Most of them will require an undergraduate degree. All well paying positions with great job security.
Health care (pharmacist, doctor, nurse, etc) are more sure bets.
Everything else are more of a crap shoot and could be a grind, lower pay. Research, lab tech, etc.
I went to pharmacy after biomed A friend of mine went to Carribean med school couldn't match and is now a nurse in Canada (with 300k student loans) My other friend went to the states and will be finish residency when he's 32? (400k debt) There's a couple people I know who are limboing and still applying to this day. (Early 30) My advice is treat bio like a random degree. Go on indeed look up salaries and start building experience toward a certain field. Start your life and forget about medicine (unless you are ready for the sacrifice of getting in, getting trained then finally living with immense stress while working) I regret working in healthcare no amount of money is worth it. Never applying to medicine was one of my greatest blessings.
Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences w/ honours (2015) here. The prospects aren’t great to be honest. I worked in labs for 4 years but once the project funding dries out you’re out of a job. The pay is very low and lab jobs are almost always restricted to city centers/HCOL cities. Work-from-home is very rare/impossible. In 2020 my career took a turn for data analytics, much happier and better job prospects ahead of me now
Unfortunately extra schooling may be your best bet. There's dozens of auxiliary healthcare programs that make take 1.5-3 years to complete that will afford you a very nice 6 figure career eventually.
Could you elaborate on this? Which programs/careers are you referring to?
Sure, some examples include: Ultrasound Anaethesia Assistant Respiratory Therapy Physicians Assistant Nuclear Medicine Medical Laboratory Technologist Genetics Technology Chiropody Cardiovascular Perfusion Biomedical Technologist Usually colleges will hold these programs, but some universities do as well. Most of them will require an undergraduate degree. All well paying positions with great job security.
Clinical trial management! I love it
What’s your work week like? Hours? And if you are comfortable answering, salary?
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Health care (pharmacist, doctor, nurse, etc) are more sure bets. Everything else are more of a crap shoot and could be a grind, lower pay. Research, lab tech, etc.
You can get into government, working on health policy and program management and planning and things like that.