The Future Doc Podcast

How to Support Your Child Through a Medicine Application (Without Coaching Them)

Applying to medicine is a long journey, and parents feel every step of it. In this episode of the Future Doc podcast, Dr Ash is joined by Sharon, a parent whose daughter went through the Future Doc programme and got into medicine twice. Sharon now works on our admissions team and has spoken to hundreds of parents about what really helps, and what quietly gets in the way.

In this episode we cover:

• Managing your own anxiety, and why comparing your child to others rarely helps
• Why understanding the process early, from Year 11, makes everything calmer
• Protecting the Year 12 summer for UCAT preparation
• Getting work experience early and keeping a reflective log
• Choosing universities tactically: the goal is the offer, not the institution
• What to do if grades are missed: resits, gap years and the graduate route
• How to tell whether your child really wants medicine, or whether it is the family pushing
• The line between supporting your child and coaching them

"Put your own anxieties away. Your role is not to coach, it's to make them believe they can do it."

Whether your child is just starting to think about medicine or is in the middle of their application, this conversation will help you know where to step in and where to step back.

Watch the full episode on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJtg0SrQ_VU

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