🤔 Where do we go from here? - September and Applying to Dentistry/Medicine By: Karishma Dewitt Hi again aspiring dentists (& medics)!! Hope you all have had a great summer and have taken some time to rest & reset ready for the next academic year. Today I’ll be taking a bit about what YOU can be
Blog Series by Medical Applicants ✏️ COVID Passports - A Critical Appraisal By Sarayu Shankar - Year 12 Medicine Applicant Featured from our May Newsletter - "Medicine in the News" section. "I believe COVID Passports are being introduced to
Dentistry 🦷 Additional Dentistry Application Resources These Instagram accounts have a lot of insightful thoughts about dentistry: * @iwanttobeadentist is a dental Instagram account with some free opportunities. Make sure to check the eligibility criteria and have a look at the link their bio! * @drraabihamaan is an excellent Dentistry Account run
Dentistry 🦷 Fun facts about studying Dentistry in the UK 1. There are 14 undergraduate dental schools in the UK. 2. Dentistry courses usually last about 5 years, unless you choose to intercalate (study another course for 1 year in between). 3. Year group sizes are fairly tiny compared to medicine – usually around 75
Work Experience 🚀 Virtual Work Experience Opportunities Here's a few virtual work experience opportunities currently running. We will continue to update this list as we come across more events. If you're helping run
First Year First Year Truths: Lizzie's Blog Series #3 Hi my name is Lizzie and I’m a first year med student studying at the University of Lincoln. Time has flown since I last posted; we are in another
Dentistry Consent in Dentistry: Part 3 (Consent in Children) Children In cases where children are unable to give consent or where the child is able to consent but refuses to do so, the law allows for proxy consent either
Dentistry Consent in Dentistry: Part 2 (Types + Capacity) Types of consent There are 3 main ways to give consent: * Non-verbal (implied) e.g., when the patient sits in the chair it’s implied that they accept for you
Dentistry Consent in Dentistry: Part 1 Consent in dentistry is a very important issue which is highlighted by the fact that it is the 3rd GDC principle. Consent is the process where a patient is given
Dentistry Modern Day Dentistry: Five Fabulous New Technologies In a society increasingly accustomed to instant gratification, dentistry often finds itself falling short of meeting patients’ expectations. Patients will come in with hopes of ‘quick-fixes’ and immediate solutions to
Dentistry Demystifying Buzz Words for Aspiring Dentists Being in dental school is like learning a new language. There are so many different pieces of equipment, different diseases, types of treatment and NHS terminologies to get your head
First Year First Year Truths: Lizzie's Blog Series #2 Hi, I’m Lizzie, a first-year medical student studying at the University of Lincoln. If you want to learn more about how I got into medical school, be sure to
First Year First Year Truths: Lizzie's Intro Blog Hi, my name is Lizzie and I am a first-year medical student studying at Lincoln Medical School. I submitted my Medicine application last year and only received one interview invitation,
Medical school interviews 2021 reading list This is a work-in-progress reading list for medical school interviews in 2021, we will be collating the sources used for our 'interview prep series' info posts and also interesting news articles! Interview Crash Course Ethics Episode Prep - Read three pages of
Blog Series by Medical Applicants Should the sugar tax be scrapped? The paramount reason for the development of this scheme was its potential health benefitswith particular focus on the obese and type 2 diabetic populations, as well as stabilising the growing
Blog Series by Medical Applicants COVID-19 and Mental Health The Coronavirus is undoubtably deadly and does not discriminate. Regardless of who you are, the effects on our physical health can be catastrophic. The virus attacks the respiratory system of
Dentistry COVID-19 & Dentistry: Some Interesting Reads… 1. Dentists as superheroes in the Fight Against the Virus by Professor Damien Walmsley (Head of Teaching Unit of the Prosthetics Dentistry department at UoB) This super fun and light
Hot topics A Short Guide to COVID-19 & Dentistry COVID-19 also known as coronavirus, is a global pandemic with widespread implications that no-one could have ever anticipated.
Medical schools Options if you don't get into Medicine first time around Applying to medical school can be daunting and the outcome – positive or otherwise, can be overwhelming. Every year there are thousands of great applicants who don’t manage to get
Blog Series by Medical Applicants Opinion piece: telemedicine! On Sunday, I attended an international health conference, and I was inspired. Listening to top medical professionals from around the world helped me to learn a lot and understand the
Personal Statement 8 Example Personal Statements - Graduate Entry Medical School We have collected a few Graduate entry personal statements for you as many of you have asked. The personal statements are from students who all received offers at medical schools
Dentistry How I Wrote My Dental Personal Statement Hi everyone! I’m Talia and I’m a 1st year Dental student at Birmingham University. Sitting down to write my personal statement seemed like the impossible task. I remember
Dentistry Dentistry Example Personal Statement - Birmingham, Bristol, Liverpool, QMUL This personal statement was used by a current dental student to apply to dental school at: the University of Birmingham, the University of Bristol, University of Liverpool, and Queen Mary
Dentistry Tamara’s Top Tips for Personal Statements Writing a personal statement may seem like a daunting experience. Trying to fit your entire high school achievements and accolades in 4000 characters, plus work experience, volunteering and so forth
UCAT The UCAT Broken Down The UCAT is an aptitude test used by every dental school (and most medical schools) in the UK as part of the application process. It consists of five sections: verbal
