Planning your elective
For many students, an elective takes place in the final year of their medical degree. With the heavy workload that the final year entails, planning an elective should begin early…
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Your elective
An elective is a six to eight week period of medical work experience, which is often undertaken in another country, although there is no restriction on working in a UK…
Medical student loans
Student loans are government sponsored loans administered by the Student Loans Company (SLC). If you have to borrow money you should always take out the maximum student loan that you…
Borrowing money as a student
Unless you are particularly wealthy you’ll need to borrow money – twice as much money as students on non medical courses. That’s because you’re studying for more years and more…
Working as an EEA or international student
There are no restrictions on working in the UK if you are an EU, EEA or Swiss national. If you are an international student with a restriction on working in…
Getting a job while studying
Getting paid work is a simple way to supplement your income. However, there are some important things to consider when thinking about getting a job whilst at medical school: How…
List of charitable trusts
This page contains a list of charitable trusts that assist medical students. These are all independent of the RMBF, so please contact the relevant organisation directly for more information via…
Applying to charitable trusts
There are thousands of charitable trusts, or funders, that offer financial help to people, based on eligibility criteria including age, gender, religion or ethnicity, place of birth or residence or parental…
Essay competitions, awards and prizes
If you have a flair for essay writing, then look out for competitions run by the Royal Colleges and many other professional medical associations, usually to encourage interest in their…
Armed forces medical bursaries
The UK armed forces offer generous bursaries/cadetships for undergraduate medics during their studies. In exchange for this financial support, you are required to serve a minimum period in the forces…