Choosing a Medical School: An Essential Guide to UK Medical Schools (Developmedica)

Choosing which medical school to apply to is a decision that should not be taken lightly. It is important that you do your homework and consider carefully the many factors that differ between each institution. This comprehensive and insightful guide, written by medical students, for medical students, covers everything you need to know to enable you to select the best medical school for you. The book is designed to help school leavers, graduates and mature individuals in applying to medical school, as well as parents and teachers. The first part of the book covers what to expect from life at medical school and things to consider prior to applying. The second part then features chapters covering each individual UK Medical School. Each chapter is written by current medical students at the institution and is broken down into sections on the medical school, the university and the city finishing with the views of pre-clinical and clinical students. Choosing A Medical School; Contents; About the Publisher; Reaching your Goal; Free Companion Material; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Abbreviations; Preface to second edition; Foreword by Sir Liam Donaldson; Forewords by Professor Ian Gilmore; Foreword by John Black and Professor Mike Larvin; Chapter 1 Choosing Medicine; Is Medicine the right choice?; Choosing a medical school: things to consider; Getting in; Pre-medical/Foundation and access courses; Graduate entry courses; International students and mature students; Chapter 2 Life at medical school; What to expect; Medical career structure An example dayClinical placements; Intercalating; Finances; Travel; Chapters 3-34 The guide to UK medical schools; 3 Aberdeen; 4 Belfast; 5 Birmingham; 6 Brighton and Sussex; 7 Bristol; 8 Cambridge; 9 Cardiff; 10 Dundee; 11 Durham; 12 East Anglia; 13 Edinburgh; 14 Glasgow; 15 Hull York; 16 Keele; 17 Leeds; 18 Leicester; 19 Liverpool; 20 London: Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry; 21 London: Imperial College; 22 London: King's College London; 23 London: University College London; 24 London: St George's; 25 Manchester; 26 Newcastle; 27 Nottingham; 28 Oxford; 29 Peninsula Choosing a Medical School is a comprehensive guide written by medical students, for medical students, which covers everything you need to know to select the medical school best for you. The book is designed to help school leavers, graduates and mature individuals apply to medical school. This book is best used in conjunction with Becoming a Doctor Choosing which medical school to apply to is a decision that should not be taken lightly. It is important that you do your homework and consider carefully the many factors that differ between each institution. This guide offers the information you need to know to enable you to select the best medical school for you. 30 Sheffield31 Southampton; 32 St Andrews; 33 Swansea; 34 Warwick; Chapter 35 Quick comparison table; Chapter 36 Appendix; Student organisations; Further reading; Glossary Title from PDF title page (viewed on Oct. 4, 2011).