Interview help!!

[hannah_whitt]

Hey.. ive got an interview coming up soon and was wondering if anyone could answer a few questions please?

1. Does anyone know what the interview style is i.e. how many people interview you? or the type of questions asked such as ethical scenarios etc. ?

2. How do you find living in Aberdeen? is it quiet for students or is there plenty to do??

3. Does Aberdeen use cadavers?

4. What kind of clinical attachments are there in the first year?

any replies would be kindly appreciated thanks

[Kensei]

oh dear... I don't mean to be an a*se, but have you tried looking at other threads before you posted? The first three questions were asked repeatedly by your potential classmates...

For the interview structure, I recommend the interview thread (I'll just say that you're likely to get 2 interviewers)

The Aberdeen student and night life topics were covered in multiple threads, but applicants/interviews are good for general knowledge like that

Dissection question -> no, it's all prosection (search 'dissection' in this forum if you'd like to know why )

The clinical attachments question - it's difficult to get that information from School prospectus, so I'll answer it for u.
It all depends on how you define 'clinical attachment' - they like to use the term 'patient contact' here, cuz it's much fuzzier. You will encounter patients in a variety of settings, first of all you can expect to see some of the GPs patients with your tutorial group during the community course tutorials and have a wee chat about the history of their disease/problem - that's a rare treat tho and you probably won't see more than 3 in total. Secondly, there are some patients to be seen during your hospital teaching block (I presume this is what you were mostly interested in) - these encounters will be way more interactive and you'll get to practice your examination and history taking with the pre-selected representatives of the hospital population. Hospital teaching doesn't start until February though. Lastly, I guess you could classify the community course family visits as 'patient contact' - these people are usually in good health (mother and a young baby) and you'll get two of those visits, arranged so that you go and meet the family at their home.

I hope this helps (and that you'll be able to find the rest of the answers yourself - it sometimes takes time, but imagine how chaotic and uninformative this forum would look like if each of the applicants started their own thread to ask about popular stuff like that )

Kensei

[david1104]

i think just answering the questions without the lecturing would have been a bit more appreciated by the poster

[Kensei]

I'm well aware of that, thank you david

There are few people on this forum who do their best to help others (but have no obligation to do so) - all that we can ask for in return is that applicants show a bit of self-reliance. As you can see in the post above your own, I'm more than happy to answer questions the answers to which can't easily be found here or in the on-line course prospectus. There's even a separate thread filled with useful facts about the admission process to answer the most frequent applicant questions so that people can help themselves if they require information. If you don't think my reply was helpful to the OP, then I guess we have different views on how a forum should work. I realize this is a stressful time for all of you, but please understand that we too have lives and we're students with other commitments - we can't answer the same question 50 times.

[david1104]

lol... i was just messing with you but with all due respect, if youre so busy, and im sure you are, why dont u just not answer when u see someone asking something thats been answered a million times. As u said, let them do their own research!

[Kensei]

cuz I'm a genuinely nice guy nah just kidding :P

hannah - let me know if u found whatever u're looking for, it should be in all the places I mentioned. Sorry for not answering u directly, but I'm sure u know these are not yes/no answers u're looking for good luck with ur interview

[MedicineBoy]

cuz I'm a genuinely nice guy nah just kidding :P

hannah - let me know if u found whatever u're looking for, it should be in all the places I mentioned. Sorry for not answering u directly, but I'm sure u know these are not yes/no answers u're looking for good luck with ur interview

hey sorry about this but i cant seem to find the answer anywhere!
see the MBCHB programme from 2009, its more integrated in terms of basic science teaching and clinical teaching. Does basic science teaching mean lectures?? and clinical teaching mean case studies and perhaps patient contact?
thanks for your attention!

[Kensei]

lol, seriously no need to apologize for asking questions ( I'm glad you did your research tho :] )

I think what they mean by 'more integrated basic science teaching' is that whenever you learn what could be defined as basic science (anatomy, physiology, biochemistry), it's integrated into a specific system-themed block. For example, you'll learn the lung-related physiology within the respiratory block (in contrary to what we did in 2008, i.e. all basic science was a big chunk of the 1st year, and in 2nd/3rd year we're re-visiting each system to learn about its pathophysiology, management of disease and so forth)

so yeah, basic science is those three subjects I mentioned above, and clinical teaching is pretty much what they mean by hospital teaching ("rounds") + clinical skills sessions which are held at the suttie centre (pronounced 'sAHttie', as in sarge or large) - they certainly do not encompass the content of the whole course, there are various bits and pieces which are neither 'basic science' nor 'clinical' as such - e.g. above-mentioned pathophysiology or communication sessions. I understand this is all very confusing, but 'clinical teaching', practical aspects and theory (i.e. lectures) are all just tags which they throw around loosely, and the borders between categories are pretty fuzzy.