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

Study Guide October 2020

by Dhakshana Sivayoganathan | Oct 12, 2020 | Educational Resources, Study Guide, 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, Study Guide, 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...

Making the impossible, possible!

by Publishing | Jul 25, 2020 | Educational Resources, Student Author Series

Hi everyone! My name is Ellie and I have just finished year 11 with the hope to study medicine. You may recognise me as one of the Education Officers on the VMS committee, a position that seemed so out of reach just a few months ago. I want to talk to you about...

What is an EPQ & How Can It Benefit Applying Students?

by Publishing | Jul 25, 2020 | Educational Resources, Teacher Resources

An EPQ (Extended Project Qualification) is a nationally recognised qualification which sixth form students can opt to complete. One of the biggest questions we receive from students is “will it strengthen my application?” To answer that, I want to explore what is...

Is There Hope Of A Cure For COVID-19?

by Publishing | Jul 20, 2020 | Student Author Series

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in unprecedented times across the globe: novel measures such as lockdown have meant that people could not see their families or friends for months, shops and other businesses have had to close, and consequently most economies have...