[Oh It's The Sunxx]

(Original post by cute_wish)
Wil there b any difference between the standard of studying at newcastle n durham ?

There are bound to be differences wherever you go, but the standard of teaching is pretty much the same, it really depends more on you as a person. I was told by Durham that by the time we hit clinical rounds in year 3, Newcastle know more drugs than we do, but we have better people skills, and then by the time we graduate we are evens again. All medical schools follow the standarised course structure from the GMC so all schools will teach you the same thing. From my experience the quality of teaching at durham is simply brilliant and I would recommend it to anyone.

Best of Luck

[fairy spangles]

(Original post by Oh It's The Sunxx)
There are bound to be differences wherever you go, but the standard of teaching is pretty much the same, it really depends more on you as a person. I was told by Durham that by the time we hit clinical rounds in year 3, Newcastle know more drugs than we do, but we have better people skills, and then by the time we graduate we are evens again. All medical schools follow the standarised course structure from the GMC so all schools will teach you the same thing. From my experience the quality of teaching at durham is simply brilliant and I would recommend it to anyone.

Best of Luck

Whoever told you that was speaking a giant pile of streaming horse dung.
Newcastle students know the same as us about drugs. Definately not as much as us about physiology. They dont do two projects in second year either. I think its the community placement. Otherwise its the same.

Oh that link is so old gave me a good giggle at the comments

[Oh It's The Sunxx]

(Original post by fairy spangles)
Whoever told you that was speaking a giant pile of streaming horse dung.
Newcastle students know the same as us about drugs. Definately not as much as us about physiology. They dont do two projects in second year either. I think its the community placement. Otherwise its the same.

Oh that link is so old gave me a good giggle at the comments

I don't remember who it was, but it was when I was here for interview and thats what they told me :/ It might have been from their experience at some point.

[bagelbe]

Is PBL good, do you have any idea of what it's like compared to non PBL?

[Oh It's The Sunxx]

No not really, since they are contrasting Ideas and Durham delivers a middle ground between them I honestly couldnt say x

[hoonosewot]

(Original post by fairy spangles)
Whoever told you that was speaking a giant pile of streaming horse dung.
Newcastle students know the same as us about drugs. Definately not as much as us about physiology. They dont do two projects in second year either. I think its the community placement. Otherwise its the same.

Oh that link is so old gave me a good giggle at the comments

What do you mean by projects? We do do 2 pieces of coursework in the second year, a Patient Study and an SSC.

Anyway, you can't put much stock in what students from the two schools say about differences between each other, everyones too biased. I've heard Durham students say Toon students lack personal skills and Toon students say Durham students knowledge is patchy. Most of it is based on nothing more than hearsay and a couple of anecdotes.

Plus they have fairly little crossover until 4th/5th year anyway (in 3rd year a lot of the Durham students take all the places in Tees base unit, whilst the Toon students tend to fill the others).

[fairy spangles]

(Original post by hoonosewot)
What do you mean by projects? We do do 2 pieces of coursework in the second year, a Patient Study and an SSC.

Anyway, you can't put much stock in what students from the two schools say about differences between each other, everyones too biased. I've heard Durham students say Toon students lack personal skills and Toon students say Durham students knowledge is patchy. Most of it is based on nothing more than hearsay and a couple of anecdotes.

Plus they have fairly little crossover until 4th/5th year anyway (in 3rd year a lot of the Durham students take all the places in Tees base unit, whilst the Toon students tend to fill the others).

I did the patient study SSC and community placement.
What year are you in??

[hoonosewot]

(Original post by fairy spangles)
I did the patient study SSC and community placement.
What year are you in??

Right, so when you said "don't do" you meant "only do" i guess? We don't do the community placement thing no, what does it entail out of interest?

I'm a 3rd year.

[fairy spangles]

(Original post by hoonosewot)
Right, so when you said "don't do" you meant "only do" i guess? We don't do the community placement thing no, what does it entail out of interest?

I'm a 3rd year.

Probably meant that - i get a bit muddled like that sometimes!!
Its a project throughout first and second year where you do something in the community.

For example some people go to prisons / social workers / work on projects for example youth projects in deprived areas. Its a good learning experience then write up a project on the organisation, social issues and reflections!

Have you just finished third year? I know its a very long year!!!

[hoonosewot]

(Original post by fairy spangles)
Probably meant that - i get a bit muddled like that sometimes!!
Its a project throughout first and second year where you do something in the community.

For example some people go to prisons / social workers / work on projects for example youth projects in deprived areas. Its a good learning experience then write up a project on the organisation, social issues and reflections!

Have you just finished third year? I know its a very long year!!!

Oh wait, it sounds similar to the community visit we do as part of the patient study. We have to go find a non-doctor led organisation that could help out your patient, then assess it and write it up. Do you have to do that in your PS, maybe that's the Newcastle version of it? I didn't count it as a separate project, but it does have a separate word count and stuff.

Naa just going into 3rd year. I'm anticipating a difficult year, i've got an hour and half commute each way which is gonna make it even longer lol.

[fairy spangles]

(Original post by hoonosewot)
Oh wait, it sounds similar to the community visit we do as part of the patient study. We have to go find a non-doctor led organisation that could help out your patient, then assess it and write it up. Do you have to do that in your PS, maybe that's the Newcastle version of it? I didn't count it as a separate project, but it does have a separate word count and stuff.

Naa just going into 3rd year. I'm anticipating a difficult year, i've got an hour and half commute each way which is gonna make it even longer lol.

Are you in tees by any chance?? Im guessing thats the only place thats an hour and a half commute from newcastle.
If so you must be freaking insane third year is hard graft!!

[hoonosewot]

(Original post by fairy spangles)
Are you in tees by any chance?? Im guessing thats the only place thats an hour and a half commute from newcastle.
If so you must be freaking insane third year is hard graft!!

Naa Sunderland, but i don't have a car and all of my medic mates that do are in different hospitals. Got a 20 minute walk to the metro, ~45 minute ride to Sunderland then 15 minute walk on the other side, sucks to be me lol.

[fairy spangles]

(Original post by hoonosewot)
Naa Sunderland, but i don't have a car and all of my medic mates that do are in different hospitals. Got a 20 minute walk to the metro, ~45 minute ride to Sunderland then 15 minute walk on the other side, sucks to be me lol.

You'll find people to car share with i met loads of people who have become good friends this way aswell. Bonus of third year you will speak to people you never knew existed!!

So glad i didnt choose wear now it seems like such a flipping trek and expensive!

[hoonosewot]

(Original post by fairy spangles)
You'll find people to car share with i met loads of people who have become good friends this way aswell. Bonus of third year you will speak to people you never knew existed!!

So glad i didnt choose wear now it seems like such a flipping trek and expensive!

Yeh that's what i'm planning on. At least we get a bursary that covers the cost of a year-long metro pass.

[Blorcyn]

A question about Durham. What's the situation like concerning newcastle medics?
I'm not expecting weekly meetings but is there any sort of awareness of each other before fourth year, or is that like a freshers week again for the smaller Durham group?

[hoonosewot]

(Original post by Blorcyn)
A question about Durham. What's the situation like concerning newcastle medics?
I'm not expecting weekly meetings but is there any sort of awareness of each other before fourth year, or is that like a freshers week again for the smaller Durham group?

There's basically no interaction in the first two years, some crossover in the 3rd year when you're in hospitals, then you're all together in the 1st semester of 4th year. Second half of 4th year is all SSCs and elective so you won't spend much time with the year group.
5th year you're all in hospitals again and there will be more crossover than 3rd year because the Durham guys won't mostly be in Tees base unit.

I dunno what it's like for Durham guys at the start of 4th year, i'd be surprised if they had a freshers week attitude though. Everyones settled and got their friend groups by then, and they're only really in for 12 weeks of lectures, probably just carry on as normal but take advantage of Newcastles social scene.

[Girl.]

Anyone going to the open day on friday?

[Girl.]

It's tomorrow!
What is the 'medicine practical'? What does it involve?
I haven't got a clue!
Thanks

[histephenson007]

What would be a standard for a high enough UKCAT score to apply here??

[Girl.]

(Original post by histephenson007)
What would be a standard for a high enough UKCAT score to apply here??

A high UKCAT score. Over 650 but the cut off is likely to be around 700 this year. That's just a guess though.