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Applying for Medicine

Applying for Medicine. Quiz time!. What are the three main types of medicine c ourse?. How many medical s chools are the in the UK?. How many schools require BMAT?. Which med s chools do not use an aptitude test?. Traditional Integrated Interprofessional. 31.

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Applying for Medicine

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  1. Applying for Medicine

  2. Quiz time! What are the three main types of medicine course? How many medical schools are the in the UK? How many schools require BMAT? Which med schools do not use an aptitude test? Traditional Integrated Interprofessional 31 Four: Cambridge, UCL, Oxford, Imperial Birmingham, Bristol, Liverpool A degree (usually BSc) within a medical degree Most are, but some are 6 e.g. Oxford Swansea & Warwick Tomorrow’s Doctors What is an intercalated degree? Are all undergraduate medicine courses 5 years? Which medical schools are graduate entry only? What is the GMC document that explains the medical career? How many medical schools ask for the UKCAT? How many Med Foundation courses are there? Which is the newest medical school? When is the deadline for medicine applications? 26 10: Bristol, Cardiff, Dundee, Keele, Brighton, Kings, M/c, Sheffield, Soton, St G’s Brighton 15th October

  3. Crunch Questions 63% Over 3000 How many applications from AAA students were unsuccessful last year? What % of predicted A grades are actually achieved? A*AA What is the likely minimum entry requirement likely to be for top medical schools next year? Number of A* - some institutions demanded 6 What GCSE criteria was used to ‘sift’ students this year?

  4. Applications receiving offers for popular subjects

  5. Top15 institutions - independent school accepts

  6. Application strategy... careful choice of institutions Avoid London / Russell Group if possible (exc. St G’s) Be prepared to go somewhere ‘unpopular’: e.g. Cardiff, Newcastle, Hull etc. • Check all aspects of entry policy carefully: • ratio of applications / places • Interview policy, etc. Alternative entry routes / backup plans: Biomedical Science BSc Medical Biochemistry -> Graduate entry programme, e.g. Swansea Consider going abroad?

  7. Where to start your research • VLE: UCAS & Higher Education: • Tomorrow’s Doctors – GMC document • Becoming a Doctor – BMA guidance • So you want to be a doctor? Leeds Widening Access • Medschoolsonline … and many more!

  8. Things to research for each Med School • Prospectus/school website • Entry statement/requirements • Entry Profile - UCAS website • Courses • Pre-med course requirements • Intercalated BSc? • Methodology of course • Year on year content (depending on above) • Teaching and delivery methods • Electives

  9. Things to research cont. • How many applications for how many places? • What use is made of published academic and non-academic information in the selection process? • UMS scores? • Contextual data • Average QCA points per qualification? • Postcode? • Target schools? • Interviews and criteria for being called? • Access provision? • ‘Sifts’? IF YOU CAN’T FIND THE ANSWER – RING THE ADMISSIONS TUTOR

  10. Other areas of research • Foundation courses • Studying abroad • Graduate entry

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