Graduate Entry Medicine Application Guide

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Graduate Entry Medicine (GEM) is becoming increasingly popular every year – but the application process is not as straightforward as you would hope. This is why we have created this guide to explain everything to you.

Medical School Rankings UK – Who are the Top Medical Schools?

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Have you been wondering which medical school is the best in the UK? Or perhaps you’ve seen the rankings table and need help figuring out what it all means. This guide will show you all the data you’re looking for and answer all your most pressing questions in order to help you decide your university choices.

Dentistry vs Medicine

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Dentistry and Medicine are both fulfilling and well respected careers, but which is better (if either one is) and what one should you pursue?

Common Medicine Interview Questions & How To Answer Them

Your medical school interview is the last hurdle between you and that all important offer. It’s essential you make a great impression in this relatively short period of time and persuade the interviewers that you would be a great fit for medicine at their university.

Preparing for your interview

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If you’re applying to medical school, you better be prepared to speak to people. Not just thinking of the patients and future colleagues… If you don’t know yet, the first step of gaining a spot at a medical school is to interview for the position.

Sport and Exercise: Changing the NHS to Meet Patient Demand

Whilst some specialties of medicine have been in existence since the Ancient Egyptians, new fields must arise due to a change in disease burden. The field of Sport and Exercise medicine (SEM) is a prime example of how the Health service provided to the public had to adapt to meet a change in patient demand.

Hepatitis C – The Miracle Drug

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Today we will be tackling the topic of hepatitis C drugs to give you an idea of the issues around miracle drugs, rationing and manufacturing.

The case of Ian Paterson

Ian Paterson was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Wednesday: Not only was he found guilty of performing unnecessary mastectomies on his patients by exaggerating symptoms when less invasive procedures could have been chosen, but he was also found to be performing a dangerous procedure that he invented…
Read the full article to understand the full story.

The NHS Deficit Explained

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In recent years, newspapers have been bombarded with accounts of NHS financial deficits. For those who didn’t pay too much attention to it, here is some more concrete evidence: