5 Things To Know Before You Begin Work Experience

Medicine 2018 entry applicant? Thinking of doing some medical work experience over the summer? From someone who has gone through the whole process of applying for work experience, going on the placements and then applying to medical school, have a read of the guest blog I wrote for The Medic Portal: '5 Things To Know Before …

Medicine Offer Holder Day – University of Manchester

I know I'm super late on this one but It's been a busy first week back at college. As it's the weekend, I thought I'd sit down and write a blog post on the Medicine offer holder day I attended last week at the University of Manchester. The schedule of the day began at 11 AM, …

A Little Spot of Motivation

I don't know about everyone else, but I haven't been feeling very motivated recently. I don't know why. I told myself  that once I'd got that long-awaited medical school offer I'd become incredibly motivated to get those grades, but in reality that hasn't quite happened yet. This blog post is essentially aimed at myself but …

Medical School Open Days 2017

Comparison Tool to help choose medical schools:  https://www.themedicportal.com/application-guide/choosing-a-medical-school/ Key dates:     UCAS - Early deadline for medicine 15th October BMAT - 2nd November http://www.admissionstestingservice.org/for-test-takers/bmat/ UKCAT - 3rd July to 3rd October http://www.ukcat.ac.uk Please check the websites for the latest updates on admissions tests and open days. You need to book online for most of them. …

#TahmeenaTalks ft. Purple Chick – PKD/PLD, Dialysis & Organ Donation

During my first year in college, we had a 'Higher Education Conference Day' where guest speakers were invited in to deliver talks about their experiences or something that they are interested in or passionate about. One of the talks I attended was delivered by ‘Purple Chick’ on her organ transplant story - I remember finding it …

Whistleblowing in the NHS

Whilst watching the BBC One Panorama episode: "Revealed: Britain's Mental Health Crisis" the presenter said that during the 2 years that she has been investigation this story, numerous health care professionals have voiced their concerns regarding funding cuts and bed shortages, however most were reluctant to go on camera due to fear of the consequences …

Coming Back from Rejection – Reapplying for Medical School

Hi everyone! Today's post is a guest blog by TheDepressedMedStudent on reapplying to medicine after being unsuccessful the first/second/even third or fourth time round. I'm sure it will be of use to fellow medical applicants like myself, as well as future medical applicants. Of course, rejection can be crushing, but as TheDepressedMedStudent and his experiences …