how to become a doctor BLOG

Welcome to Medic Mentor’s new blog, where we will be tracking and posting new resources and stories about our Mentors, Scholars and Applying students. The blog has been created to keep our Medic Mentor community connected and to make sure that you do not miss any important news or events on your journey to become excellent future doctors!

Please email tombradley@medicmentorfamily.org if you would like to find out more about our blogs!

ALL OF OUR LATEST BLOGS

The Meaning of Work Life Fit

by Publishing | Oct 24, 2020 | Educational Resources, OpenPods, wellbeing

What is a work-life balance? Image reference: https://dadbloguk.com/dads-work-life-balance/ Firstly, I want to challenge the notion that it is a 'balance', and propose that a better term may be 'work/life/family/friends/health fit'. Can you ever truly balance...

Overcommitment

by Publishing | Oct 21, 2020 | Virtual Medical Society, wellbeing

Hi I’m Anusha and I’m Matthew and we are your wellbeing officers on the VMS Student Committee. Approximately every fortnight we will be posting blogs up about different topics related to mental health and wellbeing as well as discussing some in the weekly Virtual...

The Vets You Should Be Following

by Publishing | Oct 15, 2020 | Educational Resources, Life of a Doctor, Opportunities

Previously when prospective students wanted to be inspired and learn more about the veterinary profession they turned to classic veterinary literature - think the stories of James Herriot in ‘All Creatures Great and Small’. Now, well into the 21st Century, there are a...

Study Guide October 2020

by Dhakshana Sivayoganathan | Oct 12, 2020 | Educational Resources, Virtual Medical Society

Problem Based Learning Problem based learning (PBL) is a popular method of learning, currently used by most health professional courses in the UK. The aim of PBL is for you to read through a complex and broad series of information, to identify areas of interest and...

Interviews At Oxbridge

by Publishing | Oct 1, 2020 | Oxbridge Resource

Oxbridge Interviews Welcome back to our final blog post in our Oxbridge Resources series! We hope this series has been beneficial in guiding your application process and making it easier to understand which bits you may have to focus on more. Following our blog post...

Antibiotics: The Stem Of Modern Medicine

by Publishing | Sep 20, 2020 | Educational Resources, Student Author Series

The discovery of Penicillin stands out as the greatest advancement made in medicine amongst the 1000s of discoveries in the last 100 years to date – that is what I believe! It all started when the biology aficionado Sir Alexander Fleming was tirelessly working on his...

Clinical Depression in Doctors: An Ironic Truth

by Publishing | Sep 15, 2020 | Student Author Series

How can a doctor become ill when they treat illness? Some people are neglectful in understanding that doctors are human and suffer from the same issues as them. This is one reason that doctors feel like there is a stigma around being ill so are reluctant to ask for...

Study Guide September 2020

by Publishing | Sep 14, 2020 | Educational Resources, Virtual Medical Society

BMAT Tips

by Dhakshana Sivayoganathan | Aug 13, 2020 | Educational Resources, Oxbridge Resource

Introduction Welcome back to another blog post in our Oxbridge Resources series! Following our blog post on the personal statement, we will now be giving you some advice and top tips on how to prepare for the BMAT. Buckle up, whether you’re thinking of applying to...

Could the Future of Medicine Cause Us to Return to the Past?

by Publishing | Aug 12, 2020 | Student Author Series

With rapid improvements in people's health occurring already, researchers want to take medicine to the next level. So, the future of medicine seems bright, or does it? Medicine is a fragile area of society that's open to risks and medical advancements are possibly one...