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• Title:So you want to be a doctor? : the ultimate guide to getting into medical school / Stephan Sanders, David Metcalfe, Harveer Dev.
  
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• Author/Creator:Sanders, Stephan.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Dev, Harveer.
  Metcalfe, David.
  
• Published/Created:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: W18 .S215 2011
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Medical colleges--Great Britain--Admission.
  Medical colleges--Great Britain--Entrance requirements.
  Medicine--Vocational guidance--Great Britain.
  
• Medical Subjects: Education, Medical--Great Britain.
  School Admission Criteria--Great Britain.
  Schools, Medical--Great Britain.
  Vocational Guidance--Great Britain.
  
• Edition:1st ed.
  
• Description:xvi, 335 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
  
• Series:Success in medicine.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 326-329) and index.
  
• ISBN:9780199573325
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. Making the decision
  Do you want to be a doctor?
  Deciding to be a doctor
  Training to be a doctor
  Being a doctor
  Types of doctor
  cost of medical school
  2. Succeeding at A-level
  Choosing subjects
  Succeeding throughout the year
  Preparing for exams
  Private tuition
  Exams
  3. Taking a gap year
  Should you take a gap year?
  Where to go
  What to do
  How to find out more
  4. Getting a life
  Why do extracurricular activities?
  What can you do?
  few examples
  5. Work experience
  Work experience
  Arranging work experience
  Preparing for work experience
  Making the most of shadowing
  Volunteering
  Employment
  Research experience
  If all else fails...
  6. Preparing for admission tests
  use of admission tests
  Preparing and taking the tests
  Admission test strategy
  UKCAT
  BMAT
  7. Choosing a medical school
  medical school
  Types of course
  Types of university
  Summary of medical schools
  Competitiveness of medical schools
  applicant
  guide to decide
  League tables
  Performance after medical school
  How to find out more
  8. Undergraduate medical schools
  England
  Birmingham
  Brighton and Sussex
  Bristol
  Cambridge
  Durham
  Hull and York
  Keele
  Leeds
  Leicester
  Liverpool
  London - Barts and the London
  London - Imperial College
  London - King's College
  London - St George's
  London - University College (UCL)
  Manchester
  Newcastle
  Nottingham
  Oxford
  Peninsula
  Sheffield
  Southampton
  Univefrsity of East Anglia (UEA)
  Northern Ireland
  Queen's, Belfast
  Scotland
  Aberdeen
  Dundee
  Edinburgh
  Glasgow
  St Andrews
  Wales
  Cardiff
  Overseas
  Charles University, Prague
  9. Perfecting the UCAS form
  UCAS application form
  Your school reference
  personal statement
  What to include
  What to avoid
  Finishing the statement
  Personal statements
  10. Getting into Oxbridge
  Oxbridge demystified
  Oxbridge experience
  colleges
  Studying medicine at Oxbridge
  Oxbridge interview
  Inside the Oxbridge interview
  11. Graduate entry medicine
  Introducing graduate medicine
  academic requirements
  Making the most of your time
  Work experience
  Choosing a graduate entry course
  12. Graduate entry medical schools
  Understanding the profiles
  England
  Birmingham
  Bristol
  Cambridge
  Keele
  Leicester
  Liverpool
  London - Barts and The London
  London - Imperial College
  London - King's College
  London - St George's
  Newcastle
  Nottingham (Derby)
  Oxford
  Southampton
  Warwick
  Wales
  Swansea
  13. Non-traditional applications
  Non-traditional qualifications
  Non-traditional backgrounds
  Fitness to practise
  14. How to succeed at interview
  medical school interview
  Preparing for the interview
  Predictable questions
  Ethical principles
  few ethical dilemmas
  Ethics in modern healthcare
  Science in the medical interview
  Useful things to look up
  15. If things don't work out
  If you don't win an offer
  If you miss your offer
  If things still aren't working out
  16. Making the most of medical school
  So you're going to be a doctor...
  Starting university
  Learning at university
  Living at university
  day in the life of a student doctor
  importance of early career decisions
  17. Appendix
  UKCAT section 1 questions
  UKCAT section 2 questions
  UKCAT section 3 questions
  UKCAT section 4 questions
  UKCAT section 5 questions
  UKCAT answers and explanations
  BMAT section 1 questions
  BMAT section 2 questions
  BMAT section 3 questions
  BMAT answers and explanations
  18. Useful resources
  Thinking about medicine
  Application resources.