how to become a doctor EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES 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!
Study Guide October 2020
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...
Antibiotics: The Stem Of Modern Medicine
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...
Study Guide September 2020
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...
BMAT Tips
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...
Making the impossible, possible!
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?
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...
Tips and Tricks for the Personal Statement
Tips and Tricks for the Personal Statement Welcome back to another blog post in our Oxbridge Resources series! Following our blog post on the non-academic opportunities available, we will now be giving you some advice on how to write an amazing personal statement that...
Access to Medicine for BTEC Students
I was recently approached by a teacher supporting an excellent BTEC student with accessing a Medical degree. This is something I am extremely passionate about supporting, as a previous BTEC student myself, completing an Advanced Science BTEC GNVQ (worth 4 A Levels...
Oxbridge Non-Academic Activities
Non-academic activities Welcome back to another blog post in our Oxbridge Resources series! Following our mammoth blog post on the academic entry requirements, we will now be addressing the various non-academic activities you could be doing to strengthen your...
The Corona Cohort: My Experience as an FY1 Doctor
These are strange times for us all, but perhaps especially so for those of us who were due to graduate this summer, AKA the ‘corona cohort’. I studied at Nottingham, so had (fortunately) finished my finals and had my results before the pandemic was declared. Slightly...