Virtual Medical Society Meeting 7-8pm 28th April 2020
The meeting video has been split into 8 parts below. If you scroll to the bottom, you can access the agenda, pre-reading and useful links.
Agenda for the meeting this evening, hosted by Dr Siva, Chief Mentor for schools:
– Intro to Medic Mentor (for new members)
– Aims and objectives of the VMS
– Student Committee Positions and application deadline
– Recap of interview questions discussed on WhatsApp Group
– Usage of WhatsApp Group
– The latest MM updates: new episodes of How to Become a Doctor Series and the latest UCAT Blog by Rebecca Glendell, COVID-19 Mission Campaign update
-Answering other questions that came up this week on the WhatsApp
– some Awards confusion – Dr Kennedy (Chief Mentor of Awards) to clarify
– I have an interest in business, but I want to be a doctor.
– Where can you look for work experience and volunteering opportunities now during lockdown
VMS Pre-reading
Here are the links to the blogs you should have read prior to the meeting for discussion:
How To Write An Application Form And Get Noticed
Want to save the NHS? Improve your leadership skills
What is the UCAT and what should I be doing now to prepare?
Useful Resources to check out
There were a lot of links posted on the group this week, some of them are useful, some maybe not as useful but here are a list of the important ones.
Most important ones to check out this week:
How to become a doctor podcast series by Scholars Lucy and Ciara
Medicine Awards Programme
Student Committee Application Form
Covid-19 Mission Volunteering Opportunity
National Medical Essay Competition
Brighton and Sussex Virtual Work Experience
GP online Work Experience by the Royal College of General Practicioners
Spare Time?
If you have some time there were some interesting webinars taking place this week. But please bear in mind that they do ask for you to input details and sign up for paid for items etc:
Just a note about this webinar – the company that produced this webinar offers paid for work experience courses. This is something that you should not be paying for. So be careful not to committ to something like this because medical schools want to see you organising your own work experience and volunteering placements. They also frown upon international placements – this has also been mentioned in the medical schools council guidance document on work experience which you can check out here: Medical Schools Council Work Experience Info Sheet
Please note, that Medic Mentor do not endorse this company’s resources. They do offer UCAT courses too which you can sign up to, which is entirely your decision, you do not have to.
The stream is not working
Hi try to refresh it is definitely working now!
BW
Dr Siva
I’m still getting the placeholder not the live webinar
Its all working – try refreshing!
I am unable to access the live video. It came up with a video labelled part 1 but that only lasted 1 minute. I was wondering if there is another way that I could access the webinar.
Many thanks,
Hania Rashed
Refresh Hania – its working!
Hi guys there are too many people trying to watch the video and the page is getting overloaded so we are going to post the video in parts
part 1 is up and we can comment on here in the meantime
Thank you
Can u tell us interview Qs and good news to stay updated on
Absolutely – the plan is to do at least one or two interview questions at each meeting and we will do a current affairs update and a blog! The Magazine is a really good way to keep up-to-date too: https://medicmentor.co.uk/publish-an-article/
Hey guys
hello there it seems that it offers . this already seems intresting !
Really excited for the meeting!! 🙂
Options for voluteering and work experience placements not only within medicine but also science, especially for future Oxbridge applicants
Hi Amelia
Thanks for the question but I don’t think that I fully understand – why ‘especially for Oxbrdige’?
Dr Siva
Actually I was wrong, it should be opportunities for very student applying for medicine, to become academics through research placements alongside doing super extracurricular like care home volunteering and work placements. My careers advisor told me this at school when I asked what ist takes to get into top universities as they are looking for people that are both passionate for helping human but also about science and how it provides doctors with solution. I would love to know if you agree
Thank you we were all freaking out on the group chat.
Hello Everyone! Listening to the first part of the video itself is really motivating! Thank you Dr. Siva for organising this!
Oh you are welcome Sarayu I think that it is going to take longer than usual to go through all of it today but I will be on here the entire time if you have any questions!
Thank you! This was very informative!
Thank you so much for setting this up, I think its really great to have this, especially during lockdown! I can already tell this is going to be great!
Wasn’t this your idea?!! Well it was a great idea!!!
Thanks Dr Siva! will the videos be available to watch later on?
Yes they will!
WE will have solved the tech by next week!
Thank – I am delighted to see you on here! Yes you can watch the videos back later too!
Thank you Dr Siva for setting this up! :))
You are very welcome Priyasha and let me know if you have any questions!
Thank You medic mentor for this great opportunity. Much appreciated!
This is amazing, thank you Medic Mentor for setting this up! It’s wonderful for our current circumstances and wish you the best in sorting out the tech.
So glad you like it guys!
You are very welcome! Just so many people! Will be more prepared for this next week!
Dr Siva
This is amazing – thank you! This support means so much to all of us, especially during these hard times.
It’s the least we can do! I am so glad that you like it!
The clips are great, thanks so much Dr Siva & the whole MM team!
Glad you like it Martin – this is high praise from you!
BW
Dr Siva
for someone in year 10 how can they get started with medic mentor and what extra work should be done
A great way to get started is to enrol onto the Awards Programmes because this gives you access to a Mentor who can guide you through all of the extra-curricular things that you need to do. The link to the Awards programme is here: https://medicmentor.co.uk/medic-mentor-awards-programme/
If you have any more questions just let me know
Dr Siva
So guys you want to head over to Miss Bailey’s blog now which is here: https://medicmentor.co.uk/how-to-write-application-form-and-get-noticed/
And we can have a chat about any questions you have regarding the committee applications!
Dr Siva
This is really helpful for all of us, thank you Dr Siva and Medic Mentor team!
Oh rocky start but you are very welcome Beata!
I’d really love to see a section of each meeting dedicated to any students who want to deliver a 5min presentation on a topic of their choice. Thanks for Setting this up Dr Siva
That is a fantastic idea Aryan and students can easily video stuff using their webcams at home which is what I did! It also gives everyone a chance to get to know their colleagues in the society – a fab idea – I love it!
Dr Siva
Relevant current affairs information, in regards to medicine.
Tips and tricks for applying for medicine (in general) and doing the UCAT and the BMAT.
Hi Isabella
Definitely, we can do this at every meeting. check out the UCAT blog and post some questions for Rebecca https://medicmentor.co.uk/what-is-the-ucat-and-what-should-i-be-doing-now-to-prepare/
BW
Dr Siva
Hi Dr Siva,
Thank you for your reply.
I will post some questions on the blog.
I think a useful topic to discuss would be the connections between doctors, vets and dentists as progressions in each field often help other fields.
Yes absolutely – most people don’t even know or appreciate the concept of ‘one health’. Something for you guys to look up after today as some wider reading!
BW
Dr Siva
Hi Verity!
I’m one of the hosts on the new podcast ‘Becoming A Doctor’. I wanted to let you know that Lucy and I have recorded two episodes with Dr Chohan (a dentist) and Dr Campbell (a vet) where we chat all about how COVID-19 is affecting them in their jobs. These episodes very nicely cover the connections between the professions and would be fantastic to be able to discuss the points we raise at an interview, so definitely have a listen! They are episodes 6 and 7.
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0XS9SvX83RMsz3TTf4cuOs
Or on Anchor: https://anchor.fm/mmpod
Let us know if there is anything else you want us to cover! Please do share this in the next virtual medical society meeting too so everyone can benefit 🙂
Thank you Ciara! These episodes sound fantastic. Will definitely enjoy listening and sharing ideas
Hi Verity! I’m one of the hosts of the new Medic Mentor podcast – Becoming a Doctor. We’ve just done a couple of episodes (6 and 7) highlighting the links between the medical, veterinary and dental fields and how this has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic! Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0XS9SvX83RMsz3TTf4cuOs
Or on Anchor: https://anchor.fm/mmpod
Once you’ve had a listen, make sure you head over to the blog posts (https://medicmentor.co.uk/category/becoming-a-doctor-podcast-series/) for the episodes and let us know your thoughts and any questions you have for us or Dr Uppal and Dr Rob – the dentist and vet we interview in each episode.
Let us know if there are any other topics you want us to cover! Please do share this with others who you think may benefit too 🙂
Here are a few ideas of off the top of my head:
Useful Topics and Ideas for VMS:
1. Wider Reading Comprehensions (Giving us a text and sending questions based on it, maybe?)
2. Ethical Scenarios
3. Interview Questions
4. Small Projects of some sort? – not really sure!
For projects we could take turns researching something and preparing slides to teach the group what we have learned – this would also help our awards criteria!
I don’t think having 1 WhatsApp group is ok for 100+ people as some useful information can be lost in the conversation about more general things. My solution to this would be to have more focused WhatsApp group chats for things like interview help, UCAT help, university voice help, that way people can be part of those individual group chats that are more focused to specific content allowing good messages less of a chance to be lost in the void. We can also keep the one we already have so it serves as a place for people to connect.
You know this is probably the best solution that I have heard so far!
It is a lot of groups for people to join and keep track of but will minimise the number of spam comments.
Adding to this I think it would be helpful if 3 separate Whatsapp groups were created: 1 for prospective medical students, 1 for prospective dental students and 1 for prospective veterinary students. Also, I think there should be set times on when people can comment in the group. Lastly, some of the people in the groups should be made into regulators to make it easier to keep the focus of the WhatsApp groups.
This is a great idea Sherin.
Dr Siva
These are great. I am particularly intrigued by ‘small projects’, please go on…
So for small project ( similar to what Martin said) we can get into groups or teams and choose a medically relevant topic to present on. These presentations can happen weekly, monthly (whatever time scale is suitable) and therefore we would be incorporating 2 key skills: research and presentation – as well as many others! It would be a wonderful learning opportunity as well!
Hi everyone I’m so happy that theres med soc again! In future meetings I’d love to discuss cases such as the Dr. Bawa-Garba case because they are so interesting and useful.
This is incredibly useful for all of us! Helping us to stay motivated through this hard times and the support means a lot. Thank you Dr.Siva and the Medic Mentor team 🙂
So happy to be here with you guys! You make it worth it!
BW
Dr Siva
Do you need to apply to join the VMS? If so, how do you do it?
Hi
Yes you do because the next meeting will be on a password protected page. But you can sign up at the following link: https://medicmentor.co.uk/how-to-become-a-doctor-join-medic-mentors-virtual-medical-society/
Dr Siva
Really like the idea of a virtual medics society and looking forward to getting involved. Are the meeting exclusively going to be on Tuesday Evenings? And we have other commitments then will we be able to catch up on the videos at a later date?
Hi Tom
Lovely to see you on here and thanks for bearing with us!
They are going to be ever Tuesday evening 7-8 but you can play them back later and review the comments they just won’t be in ‘real-time’ like they are now so its always better to watch ‘live’ if you can!
Dr Siva
Sounds good. I’ll definitely be trying to tune into this as much as i possibly can. Sounds like an invaluable opportunity! Thank you for setting it up!
hi, thank you so much for doing this and in one of the next sessions is it possible for the best ways to study for the entry exams?
Guest speakers from current medical schools, as this could help in the absence of open days
Great idea – we have a huge number of Scholars from every med school in the UK. I am sure that they would be happy to help!
Dr Siva
Hi Alice,
I’m one of the hosts on the new podcast ‘Becoming A Doctor’. I wanted to let you know that Lucy and I have recognised that it’s so tricky to get a feel for the Medical School without visiting on Open Days…. so we are doing a series of ‘Open Pods’ where we are interviewing Medical Students from different universities across the UK. The first two are going live on Monday 4th May so definitely keep an eye out for it and subscribe so you don’t miss any of them!
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0XS9SvX83RMsz3TTf4cuOs
Or on Anchor: https://anchor.fm/mmpod
Let us know if there are any universities you want us to cover! Please do share this in the next virtual medical society meeting too so everyone can benefit!
Hi Alice,
I’m one of the hosts on the new podcast ‘Becoming A Doctor’. I wanted to let you know that Lucy and I have recognised that it’s so tricky to get a feel for the Medical School without visiting on Open Days…. so we are doing a series of ‘Open Pods’ where we are interviewing Medical Students from different universities across the UK. The first two are going live on Monday 4th May so definitely keep an eye out for it and subscribe so you don’t miss any of them!
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0XS9SvX83RMsz3TTf4cuOs
Or on Anchor: https://anchor.fm/mmpod
Let us know if there are any universities you want us to cover! Please do share this in the next virtual medical society meeting too so everyone can benefit!
Can we go through how to approach doctors, hospitals and GP practices when organising work experience or volunteering?
Sure – do you mean once you have gotten a placement – so actually talking to them on the wards or in terms of getting a placement?
Dr Siva
In terms of getting a placement. When told about work experience we are told to email doctors but not told how to find the doctors to email.
Ok, so if you are contacting GP practices you can ring them and ask for their details, or speak to the practice manager. If you go onto hospital websites, they often have a list of consultants and departments with their secretaries emails. This can be a very time consuming process so I would limit contacting every consultant to only your local hospital (if you really intend on doing this!).
You can also find email addresses for staff in medical schools, but be very careful if contacting them. I think it would be more useful to email the researchers (who might not be doctors) but can help with research projects and placements.
I hope this helps!
Dr Siva
It would be amazing if we could have a few minutes around 5 mins just going through a few UCAT questions at the beginning of the meeting. Also how to approach interview questions. Thank you again Dr Siva for setting this VMS it has been very useful!
Absolutely Tabitha – check out the UCAT blog and post some questions for Rebecca too https://medicmentor.co.uk/what-is-the-ucat-and-what-should-i-be-doing-now-to-prepare/
BW
Dr Siva
Could we also get that for BMAT?
We are working on it – we have some BMAT gurus too so we will see things progress over the next few weeks. It is still too early for BMAT!
If we could discuss maybe not weekly, but once or twice a month some of the most relevant medical current affairs that are occurring, or maybe some new advances in medicine, as it is always an ever evolving field- and could come in very useful in interviews.
Simon – this is a great idea – we should discuss it every week! If not in the meeting at least on a blog post for that week as a discussion!
Dr Siva
What we could do is prior to the meeting we discuss relevant current affairs and then, however, will lead the meetings each week could pick out a few to talk about in the meeting and in the comments of the meeting.
That was poorly written. I meant we could discuss it on the VMS group chat prior to the meeting. Then whoever will lead could pick out a few to talk about in the meeting
That could be a very good idea indeed.
That could be a very good idea, indeed
Yes! Great idea!
Weekly is even better, I was just not sure if there would be enough to talk about or contribute with students possibly repeating what others have already mentioned. And thank you very much for this virtual medical society, it has been incredible!
Simon – in the world of medicine there is always something extraordinary to talk about! I am glad that you are enjoying it!
Dr Siva
Thank you so much for organising this Virtual Medical Society, Dr Siva and the Medic Mentor team!
Walkthroughs of Each Individual stations in a MMI interview?
i.e what should you do in a common situation from MMI Interviews, what each station could represent (e.g. ethics, problem solving, teamwork)
We can try to do this Marcus for sure – but bear in mind that it is still not a substitute for some good old fashioned face-to-face practice which you get as part of the medical leadership programme. You actually get 2 full days of interview practice as part of this so you might want to check this out https://medicmentor.co.uk/school-ambassador-leadership-programme/
BW
Dr Siva
May be some drafts and examples of personal statements for medical schools to give us an idea.
We can definitely do some posts on personal statements but I strongly advise against the looking at example personal statements because it makes it virtually impossible to write your own after you have read like 2 or 3 examples!
BW
Dr Siva
It would be really good if we could talk about the different types of University interviews themselves as this is something I don’t know much about.
There are really only 3 main types:
1. Multiple mini-interview or (MMI)
2. Panel
3. Group Assessment
There are these weird hybrid ones too which are like mini-panel (they use these for Oxford, Cambridge and Glasgow)
But if you follow this link we are putting together a list of uni profiles with details about interview methods for each uni. It could become helpful in coming weeks: https://medicmentor.co.uk/how-to-become-a-doctor-medical-schools/
Hi Alice,
I’m one of the hosts on the new podcast ‘Becoming A Doctor’. I wanted to let you know that Lucy and I have recognised that it’s so tricky to get a feel for the Medical School without visiting on Open Days…. so we are doing a series of ‘Open Pods’ where we are interviewing Medical Students from different universities across the UK. The first two are going live on Monday 4th May so definitely keep an eye out for it and subscribe so you don’t miss any of them!
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0XS9SvX83RMsz3TTf4cuOs
Or on Anchor: https://anchor.fm/mmpod
Let us know if there are any universities you want us to cover! Please do share this in the next virtual medical society meeting too so everyone can benefit!
Hi Alice,
I’m one of the hosts on the new podcast ‘Becoming A Doctor’. I wanted to let you know that Lucy and I have recognised that it’s so tricky to get a feel for the Medical School without visiting on Open Days…. so we are doing a series of ‘Open Pods’ where we are interviewing Medical Students from different universities across the UK. The first two are going live on Monday 4th May so definitely keep an eye out for it and subscribe so you don’t miss any of them!
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0XS9SvX83RMsz3TTf4cuOs
Or on Anchor: https://anchor.fm/mmpod
Let us know if there are any universities you want us to cover! Please do share this in the next virtual medical society meeting too so everyone can benefit!
Personally, bits about different uni’s and what especially to look out for at open days when they actually happen as most have been cancelled for the next few months
Hi Samuel!
I’m one of the hosts on the new podcast ‘Becoming A Doctor’. I wanted to let you know that Lucy and I have recognised that it’s so tricky to get a feel for the Medical School without visiting on Open Days…. so we are doing a series of ‘Open Pods’ where we are interviewing Medical Students from different universities across the UK. The first two are going live on Monday 4th May so definitely keep an eye out for it and subscribe so you don’t miss any of them!
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0XS9SvX83RMsz3TTf4cuOs
Or on Anchor: https://anchor.fm/mmpod
Let us know if there are any universities you want us to cover! Please do share this in the next virtual medical society meeting too so everyone can benefit!
Thank you for setting up the VMS, I don’t know if this would be possible but I think some peer interview practice could be quite valuable.
Very difficult to co-ordinate on this scale Oliwia (there are over 300 students on the VMS) – but again check out the medical leadership programme if you want some interview practice https://medicmentor.co.uk/school-ambassador-leadership-programme/
BW
Dr Siva
It would be great if we could go through the interviewing process and techniques for answering questions.
Thank you for setting this up. The support is so helpful
We are going to try and tackle an interview question every week but you need to also get some face-to-face mock interview practice which the Medical Leadership Programme is great for. Check it out: https://medicmentor.co.uk/school-ambassador-leadership-programme/
Dr Siva 🙂
I think the idea of group projects and the presentations by members of the society would be great! They could be prepared before by small groups using social media platforms to plan. This would help us all to make friends and get to know like-minded individuals even better and more personally, as the WhatsApp group, although a great platform to communicate as a whole, it can be hard to make more individual friendships. Thank you to Dr Siva for this society!
Emaan
I am so glad that you like this idea and the society. I appreciate that some students might feel a little apprehensive about doing presentations, but for interview practice, videoing yourself and picking up on your ‘bad habits’ is phenomenal practice and will really improve your presentation skills. So although you don’t quite get the same level of pressure as standing in front of an audience, you still get a lot of personal reflection from the filming process!
What are some strengths or weaknesses to stay away from completely when answering this question?
Could the Whats App group be a good place to post current affairs things? Sharing interesting articles we’ve read?
That is kind of what is happening – but the chats and replies have been phenomenal – maybe we just need to pace ourselves a little but. Any suggestions of how?
Is there a way to set up a few different servers within the chat? Maybe having one for general conversations, one for posting articles, one for people looking for support, one for BMAT/UCAT things? Or maybe setting up a network of a few different chats, each with a different topic like the ones above? That might make things little less crowded than having just the one chat possibly
Could we just post useful links on the WhatsApp group.
Without any comments at all? Just a group with links?
We havnt actually shared that many links in the group I feel – I was going through it yesterday. There is a lot of discussion and seems like a great place to have a vent when you are anxious (which is not necessarily a bad thing). I do worry about how much time some people spend on it thought! Can you develop this idea a little bit?
Dr Siva
I’d like to suggest that for the WhatsApp group have set times for messages to be sent. Recently conversations have gone well past midnight and it would be useful if these conversations can be moved to times where it won’t disturb people.
I completely agree! Should we set like a communal curfew and what would be appropriate do you think?
Dr Siva
Yea I think that would work and it should be decided by everyone so we all agree on a time.Also I think everyone on the chat should take into consideration the length of conversations they are having. If it is becoming lengthy or spam then they could continue by private messaging each other.
Just to let you know everyone – there are 8 parts in total. The last one may take 5 minutes to load but there are lots of great discussions going on here as well as the following blog pages so plenty to keep us preoccupied until the last one is aired!
Committee applications: https://medicmentor.co.uk/how-to-write-application-form-and-get-noticed/
UCAT: https://medicmentor.co.uk/what-is-the-ucat-and-what-should-i-be-doing-now-to-prepare/
For the question about the WhatsApp Group, I would suggest:
Nominating a person to manage important links to courses, websites, programmes etc. and storing them with them. But at the end of each day or the following morning they could send the list of all the important messages (links, pictures, videos etc.) to the whole group so people do not have to go rummaging through the 1000’s of texts posted!!?? And furthermore they are all in one place! – Just a suggestion.
I LOVE this idea!!!
How can we tackle the spam?
Yeah I think this a great idea! We could allocate designated people to send through links and so forth so anyone that has anything to share can send it to the allocated person to send through to the whole groupchat (e.g. a member of the VMS Committee such as the education officer). We could also have a designated person for answering any questions about the Awards Programme, Medical Leadership Programme, A Levels, etc. so messages can be sent directly to those people instead and if its a useful question worth sharing, the question/answer can be posted onto the main groupchat
Yes! I really agree. Having designated roles would help keep the chat more organised and therefore key information will not be missed!
signing up for the national medical leadership programmer, would that be helpful to join medic mentor or is not necessary
I would really recommend it. Its a great way to develop not only your leadership skills but also understanding of different aspects of medicine. Also in year 13 they offer really useful interview practice.
ok thanks Aryan. Would you have any tips when writing the application form.
I’m by know means an expert so I’d say look at Miss Bailey’s blog. In addition think about what you could add and experiences you have that show why you are a match to the roles you are applying for. Most of all just demonstrate your dedication and love for your aspect of healthcare.
ok thanks a lot
Hello Dr. Siva. Another question for you regarding the How to become a doctor podcast: what activities would you recommend doing whilst listening to the podcast? In the sense like making notes, reflections? Sorry if that was a bit unclear!?
You should definitely reflect on the discussion (maybe not formally in writing) and if you want to probe a little deeper, you can connect with Lucy and Ciara directly by posting questions for them in the comments section? When challenging topics are more of a discussion they are more engaging and easier to remember. Especially if you push yourself just a little further to get involved in the conversation!
I hope this answers your question!
Dr Siva
Hiya, Lucy here – one of your podcast hosts! We’ve tried to make the podcast something you can interact with by posting questions on the blog post. We try and check it as regularly as possible so we can answer all your questions and make sure that we’re creating episodes you’re going to enjoy! Whilst you’re listening, try and note down any questions that you have so you can comment on the blog post for that episode. If there is anything that you find really thought-provoking then you should definitely record it in your reflective diary.
Hello Lucy and Dr. Siva! Thank you so much for your answers!
I would really recommend it. Its a great way to develop not only your leadership skills but also understanding of different aspects of medicine. Also in year 13 they offer really useful interview practice.
Part 8 is live now guys – that is the last part of this meeting! I hope you enjoyed it and sorry about the technical issues at the start! We will make sure to increase the bandwidth next week!
BW
Dr Siva
(The last time I commented it, it was a reply under a post so here is it again)
I don’t think having 1 WhatsApp group is ok for 100+ people as some useful information can be lost in the conversation about more general things. My solution to this would be to have more focused WhatsApp group chats for things like interview help, UCAT help, university voice help, that way people can be part of those individual group chats that are more focused to specific content allowing good messages less of a chance to be lost in the void. We can also keep the one we already have so it serves as a place for people to connect.
Here is the link for the innovation fund:https://medicmentor.co.uk/how-to-become-a-doctor-medical-student-innovation-fund/
There is also a dedicated training programme for medics who are interested in business called the Clinical Entrepreneurship Programme. You can read about it here: https://www.england.nhs.uk/aac/what-we-do/how-can-the-aac-help-me/clinical-entrepreneur-training-programme/
Can u talk about coronavirus interview Questions
Sure we can talk about this as well as other questions that are likely to come up! Over the course of consecutive meetings you will have a bank of questions that will help for your interview prep!
Dr Siva
Thanks. Will u give model answers too. That would be great. Also where will these be available. On YouTube ?
You will be able to find the videos on the Medic Mentor website on subsequent meeting pages like this one!
Dr Siva
Hi Jo.
Definitely check out the Becoming A Doctor Podcast, we have 6 episodes all about COVID-19 from how it’s affecting medical students, dentists and vets, to what happens in ITU and more!
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0XS9SvX83RMsz3TTf4cuOs
Or on Anchor: https://anchor.fm/mmpod
Let us know if there are any other topics you want us to cover! Please do share this with others who you think may benefit too 🙂
Hi Jo.
Definitely check out the Becoming A Doctor Podcast, we have 6 episodes all about COVID-19 from how it’s affecting medical students, dentists and vets, to what happens in ITU and more!
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0XS9SvX83RMsz3TTf4cuOs
Or on Anchor: https://anchor.fm/mmpod
Let us know if there are any other topics you want us to cover! Please do share this with others who you think may benefit too 🙂
Thank you so much for this – I only started with medic mentor in year 12 and the community and support has already helped me out so much!
I think the thing I would really like to see on the VMS is maybe a mock interview with one of the mentors interviewing another? Not sure if this would be feasible but it would be great to see some model answers.
Hi Dr Siva, thank you for the great videos! WhatsApp is great, but as you say it can be unorganised. Could a Facebook group be better? I know not everyone will use Facebook but the feed could be much more organised and people could still chat in the comments of posts.
Regarding the WhatsApp group, maybe you could allocate certain times to topics and make a weekly timetable. For example, as you said people should limit themselves to be on it for roughly 30 mins so daily a question could be posted and for 30 minutes we discuss. This wouldn’t really eliminate chit chat, which is kind of inevitable, but it would provide structure for students who want to just access medical focussed information.
This could be set up by yourself for the time being and then the committee could control the daily question?
Thanks again Dr Siva!!
Should we make notes during the virtual work experiences?
I have access to the awards criteria and mark scheme pdf. Within this pdf is the evidence form. Where can I find the editable evidence form?
Hi Malikah
You will need to email Lisa admin@medicmentor.org for the word version
BW
Dr Siva