Blog Series by Medical Applicants Should the sugar tax be scrapped? Guest blog by Maariya I believe it shouldn’t as the main idea of it is to protect children in the UK against childhood obesity. It started from 6 April
Blog Series by Medical Applicants Organ donation is changing in England - what does that mean for you and me? This is a guest blog by Iqra Ali Spring 2020 - a time ordinarily associated with longer days and better weather - also marks a transition in the way organ
Blog Series by Medical Applicants Developing a vaccine: how long does it really take? This is a guest blog by Manal Almaqaleh A vaccine is a safe form of an antigen, which is injected into the bloodstream to provide artificial active immunity against a
Blog Series by Medical Applicants With the ever increasing burden on our healthcare services, is it time patients paid to see their GP This is a guest blog by Salma Abdullahi Throughout my time doing work experience, I was exposed to both sides of the spectrum of healthcare in the UK- the NHS
Dentistry Is Dentistry really for me? Filling the gaps… “Dentistry is…a scientific art”- that’s what I wrote as the opening line in my personal statement anyway, choosing to study Dentistry is a choice that I do
BMAT Master List of Medical school Application Resources: There are many resources out there for medical school applicants and in this blog, I’ve put together some resources that may be helpful with each stage of the application
Blog Series by Medical Applicants What is social prescribing? What are the disadvantages? This is a guest blog by Chelsea Kou Research has shown that â…“ of people visit their doctors for non-clinical and/or social issues. With the NHS understaffed, overworked and under-resourced
Blog Series by Medical Applicants Developing a vaccine: how long does it really take? Guest blog by Ritika Ghai in Year 12 Developing a vaccine is a long and complex process which can take to around 10- 15 years. Developing a vaccine is a
Reading list Book Recommendation: When Breath Becomes Air Paul Kalanithi’s memoir is pretty much near the top of the list of the (many) books I’ve read over my almost 22 years. This amazingly written autobiography cleverly
Reading list 5 Podcast Episodes Aspiring Medics Should Listen To 1. Why Become a Doctor? Junior Doctors: A Matter of Life and Death "With great power comes great responsibility" is a phrase most of us are familiar with,
Dentistry 5 Things Aspiring Dentists Should Read/ Watch/ Listen to This Week Hi everyone, my name is Karishma, I’m a 3rdYear Dental Student at UoB and here’s 5 things I think aspiring Dental Students should take a look at this
Blog Series by Medical Applicants What Is Social Prescribing and What Are The Benefits? This is a guest blog, written by Umma Kadiri, Year 12 Social prescribing involves the referral of patients to a range of non-clinical services in the patient’s local community
Reading list 5 Videos Every Aspiring Medic Should Watch This Week This is a collection of YouTube videos to watch and gain a better understating of Medicine as a career. Thanks to Kenneth for pulling these together! 1. Â A stressful shift
Reading list Evidence Based Medicine and Virtual Journal Club Hi, I’m Tom, currently a third year at Birmingham and have been asked to explain the premise of evidence-based medicine as well as appraise an article from an online
Reading list 6 News Articles Every Aspiring Medic Should Read This Week Hi guys! To introduce myself: my name is Ruby and I am a third year medic at the University of Birmingham. I wanted to share with you today six articles from sources that I believe are super useful both in preparing for your medicine interviews and for expanding your knowledge of the medical field.
Blog Series by Medical Applicants What is social prescribing and what are the benefits? Guest article, written by Amelia Shabir in Year 12 Within a strategy document, written by the government in October 2018 [1], it has been estimated that three-quarters of GPs are
Blog Series by Medical Applicants Organ Donation Is Changing In England: What Does This Mean For You And Me? This is a guest blog, written by Charlotte Warren-French in Year 12 From May the 20th this year, the law around organ donation will be changing, following a bill which
Blog Series by Medical Applicants With the ever increasing burden on our healthcare services, is it time patients paid to see their GP A guest blog written by Harjeet S. Wilkhu, Year 12 Time and time again, we are told that our NHS is in severe distress. Whether it be through a headline
Blog Series by Medical Applicants Should the sugar tax be scrapped? This is a guest post, written by Manveer Singh Wilkhu in Year 12 for our Sugar Tax Series I believe not, and I would go further to say that we
