Aberdeen Medical School Applicants 2012

The ECC cranes? At this rate I'm gonna get lost when I come visit!

You spend the vast majority of your time in Suttie during the first 3 years. All lectures are split between Suttie and the Polwarth Auditorium with all tutorials in Suttie.

Suttie also houses the Clinical Skills centre on the first floor where you will pratice clinical skills....

Community course is not so much about clinical teaching, there are separate GP placements for that. It is mainly geared towards public health and the psychology behind patients' actions. As you have mentioned, it is concerned with how illness affects patients and how their relationship with healthcare professionals can influence their outcome. That is a pretty simplistic explanation, but I'm sure you get the gist.

Thanks for explaining! How frequent are these GP placements that involves clinical teaching and when do students start going to them? Also am i right to say that students start having teaching sessions at hospitals only in clinical years?

I have no idea when/how often GP placements are...presumably some time after second year

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. One of the major 'selling points' (for some people) of Aberdeen is that you get Clinical Teaching from the first term. This will start on volunteer patients in the clinical skills centre and then progress to weekly ward sessions in the Hospital after Christmas and throughout 2nd and 3rd year

Oh dear

It sounds as if they went to town on you The questions they asked you seem to have deviated from the norm....though that won't be much consolation.

I suppose they were only doing their job really, it is a very unusual career change. Upon reflection, there are a couple of positives I can take from it: 1. I answered all of the questions (some answers were ok), 2. I did my very best and I am proud to have been offered an interview and 3: preparation paid off for why Aberdeen.

It just obviously wasn't meant to be, I'm most disappointed in the fact that I didn't get a chance to show passion. I guess eveything happens for a reason. C'est la vie!


Just got to figure out where my life is going now...that'll be fun.


Oh and for those still waiting, I overheard the woman in the office saying to someone on the phone that they were giving out interviews until the start of march, so there's still plenty of time!

I suppose they were only doing their job really, it is a very unusual career change. Upon reflection, there are a couple of positives I can take from it: 1. I answered all of the questions (some answers were ok), 2. I did my very best and I am proud to have been offered an interview and 3: preparation paid off for why Aberdeen.

It just obviously wasn't meant to be, I'm most disappointed in the fact that I didn't get a chance to show passion. I guess eveything happens for a reason. C'est la vie!


Just got to figure out where my life is going now...that'll be fun.


Oh and for those still waiting, I overheard the woman in the office saying to someone on the phone that they were giving out interviews until the start of march, so there's still plenty of time!

woohoo! Interview for Aberdeen!

woohoo! Interview for Aberdeen!

150-200 more interviews to be given out according to admissions today! She said that interviews are given out as soon as the applications have been scored by the selectors and not to get worried until about mid march.

Thanks for explaining! How frequent are these GP placements that involves clinical teaching and when do students start going to them? Also am i right to say that students start having teaching sessions at hospitals only in clinical years?

Interview so relieved

Interview so relieved

congratulations!
okay here goes the questions lol:
What Gcses did you get?
What predicted/achieved a level grades have you got?
and what was your ukcat?

would be muchly appreciated

congratulations!
okay here goes the questions lol:
What Gcses did you get?
What predicted/achieved a level grades have you got?
and what was your ukcat?

would be muchly appreciated

are you a grad/ school leaver? Congrats!