Transcript Aylesbury High School

Thinking about Medicine or Dentistry
 Why study medicine or dentistry
 Where to study
 Skills, attributes and qualifications
needed
 How to apply
 Work experience
 tests
 Other ways of helping your application
 Do you have the right academic profile?
 Do you know what it entails?
 Why do you want to be a
doctor/dentist?
 Do you have the right personal
attributes?
 Are you prepared to work hard?3
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subject
choices
accepts
% total accepts
my centre
nationally
V1 - History by Period
51
11
6.1%
21.6%
17.9%
A1 - Pre-clinical Medicine
41
8
4.4%
19.5%
9.6%
C8 - Psychology
39
7
3.9%
17.9%
17.8%
M1 - Law by Area
38
7
3.9%
18.4%
18.3%
B7 - Nursing
36
6
3.3%
16.7%
11.2%
C1 - Biology
36
6
3.3%
16.7%
17.7%
F1 - Chemistry
36
7
3.9%
19.4%
17.9%
Z Combs of 3 subjects, or other general courses
33
9
5.0%
27.3%
22.6%
L7 - Human and Social Geography
32
5
2.8%
15.6%
18.7%
Y Combs of languages with arts/humanities
30
4
2.2%
13.3%
18.8%
DUTIES of a DOCTOR (GMC)
‘Patients must be able to trust doctors with their lives &
health’
Patient care/
1st concern
Protect &
promote
health of public
Good standard
practice and
care
Treat patients
as individuals/
respect dignity
Work in
partnership
with patients
Be open and
honest and act
with integrity
Choosing a medical school
Traditional or Lecture-based learning (LBL)
or
Problem based Learning (PBL)
 28
medical schools
offering courses for
school leavers (5 or 6
years)
 16 medical schools
offering courses for
graduates (4 year
courses)
6 medical schools
in London
 Check with individual schools
 GCSEs- may stipulate number of A*s
 A levels- Chemistry nearly always,
Biology sometimes
 3rd A level?
 A*AAb - AAB
 Other tests
 AAAb
 Two sciences at A2 - one must be Biology or
Chemistry (if one of these is dropped before
A2, a B grade must be attained in that
subject). Third A2 can be science or nonscience. AS can be in any academic subject
 General Studies, Critical Thinking, Further
Maths (not considered as a separate A2 but
acceptable as an additional AS level only).
 A*AA
 A2 Chem and one of Biol/ Phys/Maths
 A in Biology at AS if not taken at A2.
Zoology or Human Biology are
acceptable substitutes for Biology.
"Preference will be given to those
applicants who offer AAAA, achieved by
the end of the first year of A level
study"
 1606 applications
 260 places
 778 rejected before interview
 805 interviewed
 281 rejected after interview
 516 places offered
 6 applicants per place
 Each applies to 4- 1.5 applicants per
place
 595 applications
 55 places
 323 rejected before interview
 265 interviewed
 121 rejected after interview
 135 places offered
 10 applicants per place
 Each applies to 4- 2.5 applicants per
place
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Statistics from the 2011 admissions round (for 2012 entry)
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1,465 applications (1,431 in 2010).
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Overall, approximately 28% of applicants were short-listed (30% in
2010).
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Initial short-listing was based heavily on available GCSE and BMAT data
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‘it is possible that the chance of being short-listed can be
increased/reduced if an applicant has a higher/lower proportion of A*
grades than would be predicted for the average student from their
GCSE school.’
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425 interviewed
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160 offers
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mean adjusted BMAT score was 68%.
 evidence of work experience
 enhanced criminal records check
 Health assessment
 Vaccination against a range of infections to
protect you
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 Deadline for registering is before UCAS
deadline
 UKCAT - Aberdeen; Brighton and Sussex
; Cardiff ; Dundee ; Durham; East Anglia
; Edinburgh; Glasgow ; Hull York ; Keele
; KCL ;Leeds; Leicester ; Manchester ;
Newcastle ; Nottingham ; Peninsula
Medical School ; Barts and The London ;
Queen's University Belfast ; Sheffield;
Southampton ; St George’s.
 Taken on line
 Driving test centres
 Required by the majority of Medical
Schools
 MCQ
 2 h test in 5 sections, each section timed separately
 Verbal reasoning – drawing logical conclusions from
written information
 Quantitative reasoning – solving numerical problems
 Abstract reasoning - inferring relationships from the
information provided
 Decision analysis – pulling all the above together.
 Non-cognitive analysis - identifies personal characteristics
including robustness,
empathy and integrity (not used in
selection)
 No set curriculum
 Not testing factual knowledge
 Can find practice questions on the
UKCAT website
 Make sure you familiarise yourself with
the instructions of each section – once
you start the test, you can’t go back
 Register on line
 Select test, test centre and date and time of
test
 Present yourself to the test centre
 Must take test by early October of the year in
which you plan to apply to medical school
 Cost
 You results will also be communicated directly
to your chosen universities, but no one else
 Pen and paper test
 Number of centres – can often take the
test at school
 Required by:
 Oxford
 Cambridge
 Imperial College
 University College
 2 h test
 3 sections
 Aptitude and Skills – generic problem solving
skills
 Scientific Knowledge and Application –
application of scientific and mathematical
knowledge (up to Key stage 4)
 Writing Task – one from 3 - requires you to
make a argument, effectively and concisely
 Practice tests on BMAT website
 Brush up on GCSE knowledge of
biology, chemistry, physics and maths if
you are not taking these at A level
 BMAT test centres (schools) register candidates
 Test is taken in early November on a pre-determined
day and time
 Cost
 You get your results in early December
 Results are communicated directly to
those of your chosen medical schools
who require BMAT as part of their
entrance requirement
 You get your results in early December
 Results are communicated directly to
those of your chosen medical schools
who require BMAT as part of their
entrance requirement
 No set method of using the results
 Need to check with each individual
medical school
 Should find details on website
 When in doubt about entry
requirements – check the relevant
medical school official website
 NOT a chat room – lot of
misinformation!
 Your application won’t be considered
without it
 It will help you decide if medicine is for
you
 It will allow you to understand the
profession and develop relevant skills
 A range- both medical and caring,
primary and secondary care
 Shadow a GP/ Dentist/ Consultant
 Work with nursing team
 GP reception
 Care home/ nursing home/ hospice
 pharmacy
 Mentor younger students
 FACT/ SHARE
 St John’s Ambulance
 First Aid
 volunteering in hospital café, WRVS
 Working with disabled
 Help with elderly relatives
 Duke of Edinburgh, World Challenge
 Allied professions eg occupational
therapy, radiography, midwives
 www.gapmedics.com - for experience
abroad
 Work in charity shops
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Contact lots of places and apply early
Consider writing to people directly
Use contacts
Use hospital websites
Contact HR departments; follow up
with a phone call
Talk to Mrs Sutton
 Ask questions
 Keep a reflective diary
 Make more contacts
 Ask advice
 Listen
 Get some written proof of having done
the work experience
 Through UCAS by 15th October 2015
 4 choices and 1 non medicine
 Advise you not to apply to more than
one BMAT course
 Crucial
 Reasons for choosing medicine
 Work Experience
 How you have researched into a career
in medicine
 Reading and wider appreciation of
course and profession
 Interests and hobbies
 Most medical schools interview
 Preparation
 Mock interview
 scenarios