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PAST & FUTURE HANGOUT TOPICS
6th June 2020
- What is happening to the UCAT this year?
- When can students sign up/when will the exam be?
- How should you prepare? Preparing early but not so early that you forget!
- What are the different question types in the UCAT?
- An example question for each question type
- 6med top tipfor each question type
- More detail for verbal reasoning only as an example
- Q&A at the end
4th July 2020
- Quick summary of the previous session intro
- What does situational judgement mean?
- How can they ‘learn’ situational judgement?
- How does this fit into medicine as a whole?
- Quick run-through of the pillars of medical ethics, guidelines for making decisions etc…
- Discussion of interesting or unusual scenarios/real case studies
- Responses to questions
1st August 2020
- What is a personal statement?
- What is it used for?
- What sections might be included in a personal statement?
- A 6med ‘top tip’ for each section which might be included
- Some things to avoid (common errors)
- Responses to questions
5th September 2020
- What is the BMAT?
- Are there any changes due to covid?
- How to balance preparation for the BMAT
- What are the question types in PS/CT?
- 6med ‘top tip’ per question type
- How to approach essay writing
- Top tip + common mistakes
- Link back to UCAT situational judgement
- Answer questions
3rd October 2020
- Quick summary of the previous section
- What does the BMAT science involve?
- How to prepare/revise for BMAT science?
- 6med ‘top tips’ for maths/bio/chem/phys
- More detail for BMAT section 2 maths - the other 3 are covered in lots of detail on the course/in the book etc….
- Common mistakes
- Answer questions
7th November 2020
- What to expect in panel interviews?
- Common questions
- Good/bad answers
- Stuff you ought to know about the NHS/being a doctor/the difficulties of the job/current topical case studies
5th December 2020
- How are MMIs different?
- How have MMIs/interviews been affected by covid?
- Example MMI stations - common
- Run through a handful of common MMIs in more detail (the rest are covered in the book/course etc…)
- Weird and wacky MMIs tutors have been asked
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