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Where can you do core surgical training and speciality training in the UK after MBBS?
After 5 years in uni for MBBS, do you not go to a uni afterwards at all, and is it just working at a hospital

its how the UK training programme works. After medical school you apply to enter the FY1 and FY2 training posts (the internship years). Then only, can you apply at the end of F2. You're working and earning money at the same time prepping your portfolio for speciality applications.

its how the UK training programme works. After medical school you apply to enter the FY1 and FY2 training posts (the internship years). Then only, can you apply at the end of F2. You're working and earning money at the same time prepping your portfolio for speciality applications.

hi Are you aware of that is it easy to get into GP training after finishing FY2?

Hi, thank you for making this post, it’s been really helpful. I was wondering about your first year or both preclinical years actually. Do you only depend on lectures or do they like give you books/tablets like other medical schools with e-access to books and like what resources did you use during those years.

Does university prestige matter later on, like when you apply for competitive specialist training?

what do you think are the stuff Buckingham medical students miss out on, when compared to med students from unis like oxbridge

There are lectures. Workbooks for each module with plenty of case studies, revision lectures.

In addition to this as with any other medical school all over the world, the onus is on you- how much depth you want to read on a subject. The library has several medical textbooks and some youtube channels like Osmosis and Armando are invaluable to medical students. Also, flashcards if you are more of a visual learner with question banks like passmedicine.

Like i have said before in this thread. I am a visual learner. Several of my peers retained their habits of note taking and typing lectures out + adding their own notes which is good. I never made notes. I used flashcards (anki and brainscape) and the technique of spaced repetition + active recall which is an evidence based method of revision.

There is a theory that your work expands to fill in the time you have. With this theory, you could argue that the same work taking you 6 hours could potentially take no more than 2 hours if you know you had to get it done (in a pressure scenario). You will have so much available time at medical school to take up other roles if you apply this theory practically. Make a timetable, stick to it and all the best.

Once again I want to reiterate these were my methods, please use methods of revision which work for you.

There are lectures. Workbooks for each module with plenty of case studies, revision lectures.

In addition to this as with any other medical school all over the world, the onus is on you- how much depth you want to read on a subject. The library has several medical textbooks and some youtube channels like Osmosis and Armando are invaluable to medical students. Also, flashcards if you are more of a visual learner with question banks like passmedicine.

Like i have said before in this thread. I am a visual learner. Several of my peers retained their habits of note taking and typing lectures out + adding their own notes which is good. I never made notes. I used flashcards (anki and brainscape) and the technique of spaced repetition + active recall which is an evidence based method of revision.

There is a theory that your work expands to fill in the time you have. With this theory, you could argue that the same work taking you 6 hours could potentially take no more than 2 hours if you know you had to get it done (in a pressure scenario). You will have so much available time at medical school to take up other roles if you apply this theory practically. Make a timetable, stick to it and all the best.

Once again I want to reiterate these were my methods, please use methods of revision which work for you.

Hey if you don’t mind asking what is space repetition? How did you incorporate into your study ?

Hi. Spaced repetition is a revision technique which is exactly what it sounds like. SPACED REPETITION. For instance say you revise something today like anatomy of the upper limbs in 1 hour. You do the same thing tomorrow in the same amount of time and repeat it until you have a reasonably good grasp of the topic. More info can be found here https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30670661/

You know the phrase 'practice is perfect'. This is exactly what it refers to in the context of spaced repetition. The more you study something/ remind yourself of it, the higher the chances of retention into your long term memory.

I would use this tecnhique with flashcards, passmedicine questions and lectures. Constantly revising the same topics every day/ every other day in order to consolidate it into my memory. This was accompanied by solid youtube videos by OSMOSIS, ARMANDO HASUDUNGAN, KHAN ACADEMY.

Thanks. Just to confirm, So basically if I want to review topic, I do today, then do same time tomorrow and next day and week after I do again on same day ? It works like that right.

it does not have to be the same time everyday sorry, i meant allocate the same amount of time for the same task each day. You need not do it forever but over a week and it should find its way into your long term memory

I know anatomy in bucks is done 3D in the preclinical phase, did you or people from your cohort find it difficult or disadvantaged when you had to go into clinical placements compared to those students who have done dissections in real cadavers

What could be some of the NHS Hot Topics for an interview this year? And could you recommend some resources for hot topics, ive only found topics from 2019/2018.
(the only 2020 one I'm aware of is covid-19. idk what other topics to focus on, there isn't much on the news either apart from this. thanks)