So you want to be a doctor?: the ultimate guide to getting into medical school ; [updated for 2015 applicants]
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| adam_text | Contents
Becoming a doctor
xvi
1
Making the decision
3
Do you want to be a doctor?
4
Deciding to be a doctor
6
Training to be a doctor
8
Being a doctor
10
Types of doctor
13
The cost of medical school
15
2
Succeeding at A-level
19
Choosing subjects
20
Succeeding throughout the year
22
Preparing for exams
24
Private tuition
26
Exams
28
3
Taking a gap year
31
Should you take a gap year?
32
Where to go
34
What to do
36
How to find out more
38
4
Getting a life
41
Why do extracurricular activities?
42
What can you do?
44
A few examples
46
5
Work experience
49
Work experience
50
Arranging work experience
52
Preparing for work experience
54
Making the most of shadowing
58
Volunteering
60
Employment
62
Research experience
64
If all else fails...
66
6
Preparing
for admission tests
69
The use of
admission tests
70
Preparing and taking the
tests
71
Admission
test strategy
74
The UKCAT
78
The BMAT
82
7
Choosing a medical school
85
The medical school
86
Types of course
88
Types of university
89
Summary of medical schools
90
Competitiveness of medical schools
91
The applicant
92
A guide to decide
94
League tables
98
Performance after medical school
103
How to find out more
104
8
Undergraduate medical schools
107
Understanding the profiles
108
England
Birmingham
112
Brighton and
S
ussex
114
Bristol
116
Cambridge
118
Durham
120
Exeter
122
Hull York
124
Keele
126
Lancaster
128
Leeds
130
Leicester
132
Liverpool
134
London
—Barts
and The London
136
London
—
Imperial College
138
London
—
King s College
140
London—St George s
142
London
—
University College (UCL)
144
Manchester
146
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148
Nottingham
150
Oxford
152
Plymouth
154
Sheffield
156
Southampton
158
University of East
Anglia (UEA)
160
Northern Ireland
Queen s, Belfast
164
Scotland
Aberdeen
168
Dundee
170
Edinburgh
172
Glasgow
174
St Andrews
176
Wales
Cardiff
180
Overseas
Charles University, Prague
184
9
Perfecting the
UCAS
form
187
The
UCAS
application form
188
Your school reference
190
The personal statement
192
What to include
194
What to avoid
196
Finishing the statement
198
Personal statements
200
10
Getting into Oxbridge
203
Oxbridge demystified
204
The Oxbridge experience
206
The colleges
208
Studying medicine at Oxbridge
210
The Oxbridge interview
212
Inside the Oxbridge interview
214
11
Graduate entry medicine
217
Introducing graduate medicine
218
The academic requirements
220
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Making the most of your time
222
Work experience
224
Choosing a graduate entry course
226
12
Graduate entry medical schools
229
Understanding the profiles
230
England
Birmingham
234
Bristol
235
Cambridge
236
Leicester
237
Liverpool
238
London
—Barts
and The London
239
London
—
Imperial College
240
London
—
King s College
241
London
—
St George s
242
Newcastle
243
Nottingham
244
Oxford
245
Southampton
246
Warwick
248
Wales
Swansea
252
13
Non-traditional applications
255
Non-traditional qualifications
256
Non-traditional backgrounds
258
Fitness to practise
260
14
How to succeed at interview
263
The medical school interview
264
Preparing for the interview
266
Predictable questions
268
Ethical principles
270
A few ethical dilemmas
2 72
Ethics in modern healthcare
274
Science in the medical interview
276
Useful things to look up
278
15
If things don t work out
281
If you don t win an offer
282
If you miss your offer
284
If things still aren t working out
286
16
Making the most of medical school
289
So you re going to be a doctor
... 290
Starting university
292
Learning at university
294
Living at university
298
A day in the life of a student doctor
300
The importance of early career decisions
302
17
Appendix
305
UKCAT section
1
questions
306
UKCAT section
2
questions
308
UKCAT section
3
questions
3 12
UKCAT section
4
questions
3 14
UKCAT section
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UKCAT answers and explanations
318
BMAT section
1
questions
324
BMAT section
2
questions
326
BMAT section
3
questions
328
BMAT answers and explanations
329
18
Useful resources
335
Thinking
abou
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medicine
336
Applicationresou rces
338
Index
341
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