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New: MMI Station for National Careers Week #NCW2018 #BAD2018

Aspiring Medical Students, Becoming A Doctor / By

 Interview station : Understanding the Profession You have one minute to read this abstract: Studying at medical school is the first step towards becoming a doctor. Discuss the following with your interviewer: 1)     As a doctor, who will you work with in your team? 2)     Why is teamwork an important part of clinical medicine? You

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Non-traditional routes to medical school: BSc (Hons) Medical Sciences

Aspiring Medical Students, Becoming A Doctor / By

When most people think of medicine, they have the idea of a standard five-year course at a medical school and at the end of it they’re doctors… easy right? wrong. Medical applications are currently at one of the highest they’ve been yet the number of spaces available have remained the same, so what happens to

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Elliot

Elliot is a St George’s graduate currently working as an F1 Doctor in East London. As the first in his family to apply to university, Elliot is well aware of the barriers that can be faced in trying to get to medical school. He is passionate about widening access to medicine for underrepresented groups.
 
 He was the representative for St George’s on the BMA Medical Students Committee, and has done lots of work with local schools and colleges to raise awareness of medicine as a career, as well as working on admissions policies with the widening participation team St George’s. Elliot is part of the @BecomingaDr outreach team and National Health Careers Conference Team.