When should students or doctors in training start using NHS Medical Careers?
Students should be encouraged to see planning and reviewing their career plans as an ongoing process. They can access this resource to start that process as soon as they feel ready, but the last two years of medical school are a good time to begin. Currently, foundation doctors have to make critical career decisions towards the middle of their second foundation year and they should start thinking about their career plans well before this date. They can review and revise their answers as they progress through their training. Students and trainees who start working their way through some of the career planning activities on this website during the last two years of medical school are more likely to feel ready to make career choices when they get to their second foundation year.
