The Unofficial Guide to Getting Into Medical School
- 2nd Edition - February 6, 2024
- Imprint: UGTM (Unofficial Guide to Medicine)
- Editors: Zeshan Qureshi, Bogdan Chiva Giurca
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 1 3 3 8 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 1 4 2 7 - 4
This book is designed to help you become one of the few applicants to get into a highly competitive medicine degree, based on the insights of over 300 medical students across 32 UK… Read more
Purchase options
Institutional subscription on ScienceDirect
Request a sales quoteThis book is designed to help you become one of the few applicants to get into a highly competitive medicine degree, based on the insights of over 300 medical students across 32 UK medical schools.
Written in a clear and engaging style, the The Unofficial Guide to Getting Into Medical School, Second Edition offers unique content to help you stand out from the crowd with useful tips and information at every stage of the process. It demystifies what you can expect from the degree, talks you though writing the application, covers what you need to know (and appear to know) for the interview, and provides a full guide to exam preparation.
Updated to incorporate recent post-COVID changes to the admission process, and full of real-life examples from those who have succeeded before you, this will be a much-cherished companion for every would-be doctor.
Written in a clear and engaging style, the The Unofficial Guide to Getting Into Medical School, Second Edition offers unique content to help you stand out from the crowd with useful tips and information at every stage of the process. It demystifies what you can expect from the degree, talks you though writing the application, covers what you need to know (and appear to know) for the interview, and provides a full guide to exam preparation.
Updated to incorporate recent post-COVID changes to the admission process, and full of real-life examples from those who have succeeded before you, this will be a much-cherished companion for every would-be doctor.
- Unique, highly relevant and inspirational content, all based on real-life experiences
- Complete approach that focuses on every aspect of getting into medical school
- Written by doctors and medical students – full of tips and tricks that work
- Improve your application - covers what admission tutors are looking for when making their selection
- Blitz the interview – strategies and techniques, the top 120 most commonly encountered questions, plus all the extra-curricular background reading required
- Ace your entrance exams – 20-hour preparation strategy
- Write a fantastic personal statement - step-by-step support using previous successful examples
- Graduate medicine applications and dedicated section for international students
- Includes a section dedicated to international students
Aspiring Medical Students
- Cover image
- Title page
- Instructions for Online Access
- Table of Contents
- Any screen, Any time, Anywhere
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Series Editor Foreword
- Foreword
- About the Book
- Who Are We and Why Are We Doing This?
- What Are We Attempting?
- Contents at a Glance
- What’s Not Included?
- How to Use This Book
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Contributors
- 1. Introduction: Setting Up the Scene
- Chapter Outline
- WHY MEDICINE?
- APPLICATION TIMELINE AND KEY DATES
- WHERE TO START? CREATE A PORTFOLIO, FIND A MENTOR AND COME UP WITH A PLAN!
- A SHORT UNOFFICIAL GUIDE TO MEDICAL SCHOOLS IN THE UK
- SUMMARY, TEST YOURSELF AND REFLECTION
- RESOURCES
- 2. Medicine: Past, Present and Future
- Chapter Outline
- AN EXERCISE OF IMAGINATION: TIME TRAVELLING THROUGH THE KEY MOMENTS IN MEDICINE
- THE PRESENT AND VISION FOR THE FUTURE
- HOW CAN THIS HELP WITH YOUR MEDICAL SCHOOL APPLICATION?
- SUMMARY, TEST YOURSELF AND REFLECTION
- RESOURCES
- 3. UK Medical Practice and Career Progression
- Chapter Outline
- HEALTHCARE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
- UK MEDICAL SCHOOL CURRICULUM
- CAREER PROGRESSION FOR UK DOCTORS
- KEY MEDICAL ORGANISATIONS
- SUMMARY, TEST YOURSELF AND REFLECTION
- RESOURCES
- 4. The Different Roles of a Doctor
- Chapter Outline
- THE DIFFERENT ROLES OF A DOCTOR
- DOCTORS AS PRACTITIONERS
- DOCTORS AS SCHOLARS AND RESEARCHERS
- DOCTORS AS TEACHERS
- DOCTORS AS LEADERS AND MANAGERS
- DOCTORS AS AGENTS OF CHANGE
- DOCTORS AS PROFESSIONALS
- SUMMARY, TEST YOURSELF AND REFLECTION
- RESOURCES
- 5. Medical Ethics and Law
- Chapter Outline
- INTRODUCTION AND DEFINITION
- THE FOUR ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
- THE 4 C’s (AND IT ISN’T COFFEE, CROISSANTS, CAKE AND CHOCOLATE)
- ETHICAL DILEMMAS
- ANSWERS
- HOW CAN YOU USE THIS INFORMATION?
- SUMMARY, TEST YOURSELF AND REFLECTION
- RESOURCES
- 6. Work Experience: Getting Involved
- Chapter Outline
- THE WHY, WHEN AND HOW
- WHAT COUNTS AS ‘WORK EXPERIENCE’?
- HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR MEDICAL WORK EXPERIENCE
- SUMMARY, TEST YOURSELF AND REFLECTION
- RESOURCES
- 7. Mastering Entrance Exams: The UCAT and BMAT
- Chapter Outline
- THE THEORY OF LEARNING—ACING ANY EXAM
- REFORMS TO ADMISSION TESTING FROM 2024
- HOW TO ACE THE UNIVERSITY CLINICAL APTITUDE TEST (UCAT)
- HOW TO ACE THE BIOMEDICAL ADMISSION TEST (BMAT)
- SUMMARY, TEST YOURSELF AND REFLECTION
- RESOURCES
- 8. Dissecting the Perfect Medical School Personal Statement
- Chapter Outline
- INTRODUCING THE PERSONAL STATEMENT
- THE ANATOMY OF A PERSONAL STATEMENT
- REVIEWING AND REFINING YOUR PERSONAL STATEMENT
- THE UCAS REFERENCE: YOUR RECOMMENDATION LETTER
- EXAMPLE PERSONAL STATEMENTS
- SUMMARY, TEST YOURSELF AND REFLECTION
- RESOURCES
- 9. Acing the Medical School Interview
- Chapter Outline
- INTERVIEW FORMATS
- HOW TO STRUCTURE YOUR ANSWER
- GENERAL PREPARATION FOR AN INTERVIEW
- PRACTICE QUESTIONS BASED ON OUR COMMON INTERVIEW THEMES
- BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER YOUR IN-PERSON INTERVIEW
- TOP 12 TRICKS AND HACKS TO BOOST YOUR INTERVIEW PERFORMANCE
- TEST YOURSELF: 130+ MOST COMMON MEDICAL SCHOOL INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
- SUMMARY, TEST YOURSELF AND REFLECTION
- RESOURCES
- 10. A Guide for Nontraditional Applicants
- Chapter Outline
- NONTRADITIONAL APPLICANTS
- GRADUATE ENTRY TO MEDICINE
- INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL STUDENTS
- NOT READY YET: COPING WITH REJECTION
- TAKING A GAP YEAR AND REAPPLYING
- SUMMARY, TEST YOURSELF AND REFLECTION
- RESOURCES
- The Geeky Corner
- BOOKS
- FILMS, PODCASTS, TV SERIES, ONLINE VIDEOS, LECTURE SERIES
- MUSEUMS AND SCIENCE GALLERIES (LONDON)
- Index
- Edition: 2
- Published: February 6, 2024
- Imprint: UGTM (Unofficial Guide to Medicine)
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443113383
- eBook ISBN: 9780443114274
ZQ
Zeshan Qureshi
Zeshan Qureshi is a Paediatric Registrar, London Deanery, UK
Affiliations and expertise
Paediatric Registrar, London Deanery, UKBG
Bogdan Chiva Giurca
Bogdan Chiva Giurca BMBS has worked globally in widening access to medical school, through setting up Medefine Education – a network of 500+ successful and enthusiastic medical students and doctors from all over the UK. For his achievements, he has been granted a series of outstanding awards including New Leaders Award (2018), Student Leader of the Year (2016-2017), Medical Student of the Year (2017-2018, College of Medicine), as well as meeting HRH Prince of Wales on two occasions and receiving an honorarium for community impact.
Affiliations and expertise
University of Exeter Medical School, UK, NHS England Clinical Entrepeneur Fellow, NHS England National Student Champion for Social Prescribing, UK