question for current gep medical students

[whateva]

What is the first and second year like in terms of workload and free time and secondly how challenging are the modular exams ?!?!

[pmp]

Massive workload. No modular exams - intergrated end of semester exams - very challenging. If you fail you have to resit both the intergrated exam and the OSCE (observed structured clinical exam). Second year (3rd semester) is alot of work - 7 modules plus clinical component plus revising for the other modules previously studied. The exams are also accumulative as in you could be asked anything you have been previously been taught, so for every exam you need to cover everything before it - obviously the further down the line you go the more they can ask you on and the more you need to revise. You are in Uni most days 9 till 5/6. With lots to do outside of Uni.