Medicine is often considered an elite profession - according to the British Medical Journal, only 4% of doctors in the UK are from a working class background.
"Widening participation" programmes in universities are seeking to address the imbalance and actively encourage people from all backgrounds to consider a career in medicine.
So what are the barriers facing prospective medical students today? And do these obstacles persist beyond graduation and into professional life?
Joana Rodrigues, Year 4 medical student and Mentorship Director at In2MedSchool, hosts a lively discussion with two Edinburgh clinicians, both of whom were the first in their families to go to university.
Featuring:
Voice Box theme music by medical student Alex Lewthwaite.
For more information on the resources discussed in the podcast, visit:
Reach Edinburgh – https://www.ed.ac.uk/studying/undergraduate/access-edinburgh/high-school-students/reach-edinburgh
In2MedSchool – https://www.in2medschool.com/
You Can Be A Doctor – https://www.youcanbeadoctor.co.uk/