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Yeah, i heard about the open day aswell, i was going to wait for the paperwork, i figured that there would be info about it in that. I think i'm going to be house over halls, think it's easier, and...

Well if you go about it the right way it can help.... Its more about what you gained from it not necesarily how long you have been doing the volunteering. I spoken to a few people and med schools...

Thank you so much. But one question. I've been advised by a friend to do volunteer work at Cancer research shop (i'd be working as an assistant), and use that (among other experience) in my med...

Hi and thanks ! Well, the general rule with the course is that you get interviewed by both Perth and St Andrews (hence the need for a St Andrew's representative at the Perth interview) so that if...

Yes your on the right track. I personally would say thats an ample amount of work experience how ever the more the merrier. Get in touch with the NHS careers and ask them for contact information...

Last week I noticed a deep sense of calm in me. I was smiley happy all week from a combination of small things: the fact my shoes click when I walk in the office (when I was little I couldn’t wait...

An ABG is where a needle is stuck into the wrist at a steep angle to go and pierce the radial artery (the one you can feel with your fingers at your wrist). This is needed to see the levels of...

Crash call! Here is the start of my latest blog... On friday (two weeks ago!) had the most awesome ward round ever! Literally! Reading the title of this blog you might think I'm a bit weird for...

Last week at work went really quickly. Partly because I was looking forward to my interview (perhaps looking forward to is the wrong word, more anticipating the interview) and my boyfriend coming...

Hi, Ok, so my first week on my medicine rotation, which is based around the GI system (top to bottom, including associated organs such as liver, pancreas etc.) and I get back to the 'proper' hands...

The human body contains 10 times more microbes than the human body has cells. Further study of gut bacteria has shown that these bacteria contain 3.3 million genes in comparison to just 23,000 human...

Aggressively treating HIV infection before symptoms become apparent could improve patient outcomes and control the spread of the disease. The studies conducted in both developing and developed...

A big step forward has been made in understanding how polymorphisms in a region of junk non-coding DNA (an intron) can affect the risk of heart disease. The intron in question is located on...

The usefulness of mice as animal models in hepatic research has taken a great leap forward. One of the most commonly cited problems with animal models is that they are different and respond...

At the London nightclub Pacha, the Department of Health and Alzheimer's Society launched a new campaign to inform the public about dementia. The launch featured people with dementia ballroom dancing....