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Studying Medicine in the UK

- a guide for students and their parents

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Medicine as a Career

What is medicine ?

Why choose a particular University to study
medicine ?

How to apply to a UK medical school ?

What is Medicine ?

1. An Ancient Art

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2. Modern Science

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3. Medicine is a vocation

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4. Medicine is NOT about making lots of money

5. Medicine is a privilege bestowed by society
6. Medicine is NOT about fashion!

7. Medicine is based on fact NOT fancy

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What is a Doctor ?

1. Someone who can help an ill person Safely and
Professionally

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2. Someone who cares about patients

3. Someone who is patient with Patients

4. An Advisor and an Advocate
5. A Teacher as well as a Treater

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What the public expects of doctors

Doctors must be:

Intelligent and knowledgeable
Good communicators

Team players

Empathic

Self aware

Life-long learners

Study is Lifelong and unremitting

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Postgraduate training takes many years

Doctors are frequently misrepresented

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Sometimes people are not nice to Doctors either

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Being a Medical Student

Is as difficult and demanding as being a Doctor

The attributes of a doctor must also be present in
a medical student
Selection for medical school implies suitability for
the medical profession
Despite all this !

Study for a career in medicine is rewarding

For those who can :

achieve the academic demands

satisfy the professional requirements

What a doctor can expect from a career in
Medicine

Responsibility
Fulfillment
Engagement
Satisfaction

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BUT With a strong sense of reality

Studying Medicine in the UK

Long tradition of excellence
Access to patient contact
Science and practice

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University Medical Schools in UK

Which one ?

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Which Medical School ?

The location

The university

The Medical School

A Civic or a Campus University ?

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City

large size

cosmopolitan ethos

culturaland ethnic diversity

Campus

small town
intimacy

homogeneity

Cultural Diversity

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A city of culture

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A city of sport

Characteristics of the University

A world university ?

A research lead university ?
A student sensitive university ?
A happy university ?

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Is the Medical School good ?

The Medical School curriculum ?

Modern or traditional ?

Appropriate learning methods ?

Core content with personal learning opportunities
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What are the graduates like ?

Scientist & Scholar

Professional Practitioner

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Applying to Study Medicine in UK

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Do you understand what a career in medicine
involves ?

Speak to a variety of doctors about their careers
Practical experience (shadowing a Doctor) is not
vital, it can be difficult to get access to a hospital
Have experience of regular voluntary work in a
caring environment -everyone can do this!

UK Clinical Aptitude Test UKCAT

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A computer based assessment of cognitive ability
Used by 26 UK Medical Schools

Cognitive ability assessed
Verbal reasoning
Quantitative reasoning
Abstract reasoning
Decision analysis

Good Luck

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