I Never Felt Poor Before Going to Medical School!
Starting medical school is an exciting and nerve-racking time, the
culmination of years of blood, sweat and tears!
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JADE SCOTT-BLAGROVE
Founder of Widening Participation Medics Network
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Esther Nansubuga
- Feb 6
- 2 min
Widening Participation in Plastics
Are you ready for an exciting and informative lecture series on the topic of skin surgery in plastics?
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Esther Nansubuga
- Jun 23, 2022
- 3 min
Choosing your 5th choice on your medical school application
What I found helpful when picking this 5th choice was writing down things I found were interesting to learn about
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Esther Nansubuga
- May 30, 2022
- 3 min
Things you can do during the summer before your medical school application deadline
"Reaching out to places early with your intention of wanting to do voluntary work over the summer holidays can give the organisations"
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Esther Nansubuga
- May 24, 2022
- 3 min
Revision Techniques for A-Level Students
“A Levels contain so much information so it is vital that you condense the knowledge you need to learn otherwise you will…”
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Kirthana Bala
- Mar 15, 2022
- 5 min
Interview Preparation and Nerves
"Hobbies are a great way to talk about work/life balance. It is important to show that you know when to take a break."
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Leah Brooks
- Mar 14, 2022
- 6 min
Expectation VS The Reality: As a medical student - Sinai Pepple
There is no such thing as a “typical medical student”
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Kirthana Bala
- Feb 1, 2022
- 2 min
Why You Should Become a Doctor
"In my profession, I want to continue to learn and come to work not knowing the scenarios I would face that day."
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Leah Brooks
- Jan 19, 2022
- 5 min
Imposter syndrome: the thought destroyer
Imposter syndrome is a silent condition that exists amongst the global population. Like hypertension, it presents with symptoms that may...
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Kirthana Bala
- Jan 3, 2022
- 3 min
Interview Tips for Applicants
"My biggest piece of advice is try and enjoy this process, to be given an interview is amazing in itself!"
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Leah Brooks
- Dec 23, 2021
- 2 min
The Medic Collective – bringing the best free application and CV enhancing opportunities to you
all the useful and crucial, free, resources for medical school applications into one place; to save you the time and effort in finding it yo
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Kirthana Bala
- Dec 7, 2021
- 3 min
I Should Be So Lucky
"I had put on a brave face to them during these times and felt unable to express the truth."
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Shafia Khanum
- Oct 15, 2021
- 4 min
How to choose the right medical school for you.
Truthfully a “trust your gut” approach to your application can be just as reliable.
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Shafia Khanum
- Sep 19, 2021
- 3 min
Routes into Accessing Medicine
I was lucky enough to find out about certain programmes ... to enter the degree and progress through it ... it means you can too.
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Shafia Khanum
- Sep 19, 2021
- 5 min
“Original ways to demonstrate your interest in medicine for interviews and applications"
Look beyond the usual yourself ... start considering the points of interest and discussion in things you read, watch and listen to ...
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Shafia Khanum
- Jul 27, 2021
- 5 min
Top tips on what to include in your personal statement!
"How does one write 47 lines about how amazing I would be as a medical student, without sounding cocky, and full of myself?!"
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Shafia Khanum
- Jul 5, 2021
- 4 min
8 things I love about being a doctor.
As I write this in the middle of a stretch of night shifts I realise that sometimes we all need reminding just how amazing being a doctor...
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Shafia Khanum
- Apr 19, 2021
- 3 min
Top Tips for the Situational Judgement Test (SJT)
This article will outline some top tips to help you score as highly as possible in this exam so you can secure the Foundation jobs you want!
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Shafia Khanum
- Apr 6, 2021
- 3 min
Conquering the Medicine Admissions Process with Dyslexia. By Emily Hagan.
From the age of seven or eight, I always knew I was slightly different to other children when working in class. In year nine, I found it...
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Jonathan Sheridan
- Mar 23, 2021
- 2 min
A New Kind of Course
I myself did not want to study medicine when I finished my A-levels all the way back in 2012. Coming from a WP background I still had the...
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