The Oxbridge Medicine Interview
Interviews are a vital step in any Medical School application, and for those applying to Oxbridge it is all the more important. In this guide we’ll go over all the advice you need to do well in your Interview.
Consent: patients and doctors making decisions together
Let’s take a look at decision making, many times it does not only concern one person, but must be discussed with someone to see their viability, the same goes for doctors when giving a diagnosis, it is necessary to discuss it with their patient to know which course to take.
Structuring your interview answers
Interviews can be stressful. You can predict what some of the questions may be when being interviewed for your medical school place, but you cannot prepare for each and every question which is thrown at you.
5 Things To Do Before Your Medical School Interview
The medical school interview is an experience you probably won’t forget. It is also the first time you find yourself out of your comfort zone during your medical school application, but you can certainly prepare for it.
That’s why we’ve put together some tips that are sure to help you.
Where do you think the future of Medicine is going?
With exams and interviews piling up, applicants often overlook the importance of recent medical news. What if you were given this question “Tell me about where you think the future of Medicine is going.”, a rather popular question among interviewers? Let’s see how one could potentially show the interviewers that.
4 Tips To Prepare For Your Medicine Interview!
Before commencing this article, an obvious but important point to make would be that all medical schools have different ways in which they conduct their interviews, and the combination of medical schools that you have applied to will determine the type of preparation you will have to do.
This article will give you four ways that my friends and I went about researching and preparing for our interviews!
‘Fat but fit’ – From Theory to Myth
Findings from University of Birmingham presented this week provided evidence to suggest that the possibility of being ‘fat but fit’ is all but a myth.
The findings, presented the European Congress on Obesity in Portugal, suggested that people who are obese are at an increased risk of heart failure and stroke without the prior warnings of hypertension and diabetes.
Functional vs Preventive Medicine
Preventive medicine. It seems to be a buzzword in the 21st century healthcare world. But do we really know what we are talking about?
Human Rights: Should We Be Fighting For Healthcare?
But what is not clear is what a right is. Human rights are those that are undeniable and equal for all human beings, regardless of their individual composition (sex, race, creed, colour, etc.). Let’s talk about this topic, its importance and its history.
Confidentiality
The duty to maintain confidentiality is important, but not absolute.
Patients can see their own records and, according to the Data Protection Act (1998), these data must be accurate, kept for defined purposes, be relevant, and not kept longer than necessary or disclosed to unauthorised persons.
