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**kazaam** · 19-01-2010, 04:18 AM

What are some good high paid jobs for people who have done medicine but dont necessarily want to become 'doctors' or what other options are there other than the army, hospital, and GP??

**Martigan** · 19-01-2010, 05:30 AM

Accountants, lawyers, pharmaceutical reps...

**kazaam** · 19-01-2010, 06:09 PM

Originally Posted by Martigan

Accountants, lawyers, pharmaceutical reps...

so you can become a lawyer with a medicine degree?

**Martigan** · 19-01-2010, 06:43 PM

Yes. Just like accounting it's the post grad articles that get you the professional qualification. Just think how well you will be able to do medical law...

**kazaam** · 19-01-2010, 07:16 PM

Originally Posted by Martigan

Yes. Just like accounting it's the post grad articles that get you the professional qualification. Just think how well you will be able to do medical law...

what do you mean by post grad articles?

just to clarify im talking about if you have just finished medical school, and dont have any other university qualifications

**Martigan** · 19-01-2010, 07:25 PM

From
Becoming a Lawyer or Solicitor - A Career Change (UK)

Entering the Profession
If you want to become a solicitor, the bottom line is that entry into this sort of career change is particularly competitive. As a graduate with realistically at least a 2:1 honours degree and good A-Levels you'll basically be in a stronger position, particularly if you have studied law. A 2:2 may be accepted if you have a plethora of relevant experience and skills to offer.
If you have a non-degree law, you may still be able to start training but you'll have to take a conversion course known as the Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL), or the Common Profession Examination (CPE). There's also the optional route of working as a legal executive as per the Institute of Legal Executives (ILEX).

It's worth taking into consideration that in some instances, if you're unable to study full-time, you might be able to take a part-time GDL/CPE course over a period of 2 years. However the normal course length is one year of full-time study.

However all graduates then also have to take the Legal Practice Course (LPC) - for full-time students this takes a year, but can also be taken part-time over the duration of two or three years. The fees for the LPC can vary from around just over £5000 to £9000. You may be lucky enough able to find sponsorship for the LPC, but this tends to only be the case with the larger firms. Ideally, beyond the LPC you will then secure a two year training contract, during which time you should train within the 4 areas of law.

**Martigan** · 19-01-2010, 07:27 PM

You will however be expected to be able to look basic things up yourself...

**kazaam** · 19-01-2010, 07:49 PM

Originally Posted by Martigan

From
Becoming a Lawyer or Solicitor - A Career Change (UK)

I don't really know what the ratios 2:1 and 2:2 stand for and I wasnt really talking about a complete career change but like non-hospital jobs that you can do with a medical degree like medical research, etc but just as well paid as doctors?

**thepriceofreality** · 23-05-2010, 07:11 PM

why are you asking? If you don't know what 2:1 and 2:2 means I can only assume that you're not a medical student at the moment - therefore I find it hard to understand why you would want to do medicine and then follow a non-medical related career?

**kak28** · 24-05-2010, 12:43 AM

I am a law student at the moment, deciding to do a career change into medicine. I found it not to be the sort of job i was expecting. I was quite gullible i guess and thought it would be about "justice" but anyways, its extremely competitive to get into. A girl i know graduated with a first and had 3 vac schemes under her belt and still didnt get a training contract.
Have you done your medicine degree already? I'm no expert but if there is an area you learnt about that particularly interested you i dunno say like, genetics, you could go down that path, do a masters, become a researcher in that area or something