Pharmacology to Medicine

[AndyH1]

Hi, I am a student in Scotland studying BSc with honours in Pharmacology. I plan on applying to medical school once I graduate. I would like to know how similar a degree in pharmacology is to a medical degree, obviously with respect to the scientific background and not clinical skills as we tend to focus mainly on laboratory skills and techniques instead.

Thanks

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[RxRunner]

They are completely different. PhD is a research degree where you would work in a laboratory or for big pharma an unlikely you would see patients, medical school degree you see patients, very little labwork.

 

[Dr_Jan_Itor]

I think what he really means to ask is how well does his pharmacology BSc degree will help prepare him for medicine. Specifically I think he implies that he is preparing to apply for graduate entry medicine. In this case, your pharmacology degree would have adequately prepared you. This is because a full graduate entry medical degree still covers all of the foundation material, just in two years. By completing a bachalor's degree in science, you have proven that you can grasp science quickly enough for this. It would particularly help however if you take a few electives in the basic sciences like physics, biology, chemistry, prior to enrolling.