History Taking Tips | Establishing Rapport
This article provides a valuable collection of tips on how to approach establishing rapport with a patient when taking a history.
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Top Tips for the Prescribing Safety Assessment (PSA)
This article explains how the Prescribing Safety Assessment (PSA) is structured and provides some useful tips for performing well on the exam.
The Next
We often get caught up in the next. The next deadline. The next exam. The next rotation. The next clinic. The next patient. The next… the next… the next.
Dealing With Death
A medical student reflects on their first crash call and how it feels to encounter death in the hospital.
Top Tips for Junior Doctors (FY1)
A collection of tips for medical students making the transition to being a first-year junior doctor (FY1).
It’s ok to not be ok; a call to action on mental health
A call to action from one healthcare professional to another, emphasising the importance of open communication about mental health issues in the medical community.
Top Tips for OSCEs
A handy collection of tips to help you prepare for the dreaded OSCEs.
Top Tips for Getting into Medical School
We’ve all heard how difficult it is to get into medical school – the process can seem really long and daunting. Having made it through the other side, here are my top tips!
Top Tips for Writing a Great Personal Statement for Medicine
When it comes to writing your personal statement for medicine, having a clear focus and message is key. You’re trying to stand out from hundreds of other applicants, whilst being completely honest and true to yourself.
This article provides several tips to improve your personal statement.
Top Tips for the Situational Judgement Test (SJT)
The Situational Judgment Test, or SJT, is one of the most important exams you will sit in medical school. We’ve compiled our top 10 tips to excel in the SJT, taken from several high scoring applicants in 2018.
Life Lessons from Medical School: You are Enough. There is Enough.
One medical student’s experience of medical school, including advice for fellow students.
Top Tips for the UKCAT
We’ve gathered together a bunch of useful tips for the UKCAT with the aim of helping to improve your chances of getting a great score on the UKCAT! All of our tips are written by medical students who obtained high scores on the UKCAT.
