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!
Routes into Veterinary Medicine for BTEC Students
As requested by a number of teachers and careers advisors, I am so happy to confirm this follow up blog for BTEC students. Back in July 2020, I published a blog to support BTEC students find access to Medicine and Dentistry courses at University. I am so happy to...
Study Guide January 2021
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...
Wellbeing – Life in Year 12
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...
Study Guide December 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...
Research Skills
The ability to effectively complete research is a extremely useful skill when applying yourself to a future career in medicine, dentistry or veterinary medicine. At university, you will be expected to complete a lot of self driven learning where you need to...
Study Guide November 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...
The Meaning of Work Life Fit
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...
The Vets You Should Be Following
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
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...