Transcript MB ChB Admissions - University of Leeds

MB ChB Admissions
2013/14
The Process
MBChB Selection
Aim of Admissions Process
To select students academically able to complete
the MBChB degree course and to practise as a
Foundation Year doctor
To select students that will make the best doctors
To use a fair and equitable process to achieve this
MBChB Selection
Aim of this talk
To help you understand the process by which your
application is assessed
To help you understand how that assessment is used
To help you prepare an application which gives you
as fair a chance as possible
MBChB Selection
What makes a good doctor?
GMC 2011
Admissions 2013/14
Admissions 2013/14
MBChB Selection
The selection system takes a look at:
• Academic criteria
• Better of GCSE or AS results (if declared)
• A levels (or equivalent)
• (Degree result of graduate)
• UKCAT result
• Non-academic criteria
• Personal statement
• Interview
MBChB Selection
UCAS received
•3500 +
Triaged for minimum criteria
Academic scoring
+
UKCAT
Non-academic attributes
from
the personal statement
•Better of GSCE or AS +
A2 + UKCAT
•Top 1000 forms
•Scored 2 assessors
•3rd assessor if 2 or
more difference
Mandatory Academic Criteria
• GCSE
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For school leavers predicted 3 As, we had >2200
with better than 9 GCSE As
At least 6 grade Bs must be offered including:
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English
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Maths
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Dual Science/Double Science, or Chemistry and Biology
Ranking Academic Criteria
• GCSE-level
• We consider your nine best results
• If your school “cashes in” AS results, we will consider those instead of
your GCSEs
• We calculate scores for each and take the higher (3 As at AS = 9 A* GCSE)
Ranking Academic Criteria
• A-level
• Grades AAA – A* no advantage
– General Studies and Critical Thinking are not acceptable.
– No Chemistry with Biology and Human Biology.
– No Chemistry with Maths and Further Maths
We use achieved grades if available (and offer, if made, will be unconditional),
otherwise we use predicted grades. Almost all candidates are predicted AAA, which is
our standard conditional offer.
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A level subjects for applicants
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Academic - UKCAT
• The typical applicant score is around 2500 (lowest year
mean score was 2463 in 2009, highest was 2553 in 2013)
• A score based on UKCAT performance is combined with a
score based on GCSE/AS/A2 performance or prediction
• A high academic score can compensate for a low UKCAT
• The mean score of those invited for interview is slightly
higher (2724 last year) but there is no “cut off”
• In 2013 we invited to interview a candidate with a score of
2160, but didn’t invite the candidate with the highest
UKCAT score!
UKCAT Performance
UKCAT Performance (All applicants to Leeds)
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UKCAT Score
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Year of application
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Non-Academic Criteria
Evidence will be sought from all sections of the UCAS form and at interview.
• Personal
Statement
• Interview
Writing a Personal Statement
Motivation
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Insight
Social
Awareness
Responsibility
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Leadership
Interests
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Achievements
Mitigating circumstances, Access
What evidence do you need?
• How have you looked into a career in medicine?
• Have you taken positions of responsibility?
• Do you know a bit about the world outside
your friends and family?
• Do you know how to relax and de-stress?
A typical applicant
A typical applicant who gets to the interview stage would have
all of the following:
• Excellent GCSE or AS grades
• Predicted or achieved 3 As at
A level (or ABB for A2L)
• A good UKCAT score
• A good personal statement
But there is room for compensation between any of these fields!
What does the interview do?
MMI (Multiple Mini-Interview)
• Assess further some of the nonacademic attributes
Our MMI
• 8 stations, 4 groups per day, 64 candidates per day
• Each stations- 1 minute reading, 7 minute task
• Each station tests 1 or more attributes
• Includes:
Communication skills, UCAS statement, ethical
reasoning, negotiation, current affairs, situational
judgement test, written station…….
Alternative Access Routes
"We have always believed that anyone with the talent and
ambition to succeed should be able to come to Leeds...”
Vice-Chancellor Professor Michael Arthur
Access to Leeds
Bradford Programme
Interdisciplinary Science Foundation Programme
Alternative Access Routes
Access to Leeds
 Alternative admissions scheme that allows us to identify
applicants who have the potential to succeed but who may not
be able to demonstrate their talents through grades alone
Realising Opportunities
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Operated by the charity Brightside in collaboration with 12 universities
and enabling increased access.
• Work alongside standard UCAS application
• Typical offer 2 grades lower
Foundation Courses
• Interdisciplinary Science Foundation Programme
(CFGO)
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Full-time, 1 year
At least 70% chemistry, successful interview
• Foundation Course in Clinical Sciences
– University of Bradford
– Up to 20 enter 1st year
– Up to 20 enter 2nd year
Clinical Sciences BSc
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CLINICAL SCIENCES AT
BRADFORD AND THE MBChB COURSE AT LEEDS
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output
20-40 intake
MBChB
Leeds
BSc (Hons)
Clinical Sciences
Bradford
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YEAR 3
YEAR 4
YEAR 2
YEAR 3
YEAR 1
FOUNDATION
40 intake
20 transfer
20 transfer
YEAR 2
YEAR 1
223 intake
250-270
output
Access to Medicine Courses
• College of West Anglia
• Sussex Down’s Adult College
• They have to reach a certain standard in these
courses: overall mark 70% and 70% in
Chemistry
Plan B……….
Second time/re-sit applications
• Assessed in competition with all the first-time applications
• Examination re-sit results are only accepted in exceptional
circumstances – evidence of circumstances is needed
• If you want to reapply:
• Ask yourself WHY your application was rejected. We do
provide some feedback – but we won’t rewrite your
application for you!
• Think about what you can do to make the necessary
changes
• MAKE THEM!
Alternative Access Routes
UCAS Closing Date for Medicine is earlier than for other
programmes
Institution Code: L23
Course Code: A100
UKCAT registration deadline is different from the UCAS
deadline.
LOOK AT THE WEBSITES!!
Other sources of information
• NHS Careers Website –
www.nhscareers.nhs.uk/
• General Medical Council Website www.gmc-uk.org/
• Medical Schools Council Website www.medschools.ac.uk/
• Leeds Medicine Admissions website • www.leeds.ac.uk/medicine/admisisons/
Final words of wisdom….