What's the best medical school?

Neither, my cousin is training to be a surgeon.

Nobody has actually addressed my points... all people have done is facepalm. Who bases a decision to pick x medical school purely on employment prospects? Everybody is slating off Cambridge saying "it has the worst employment prospect", yes it is tied with the likes of Nottingham and Warwick. Overall, Cambridge is ranked second behind Oxford this year... nobody is looking at the bigger picture. The thread is about which medical school is the best, in my original post I clearly said the "best" applies to various areas such as graduate prospects [of which Cambridge is usually the best if you look at statistics] but this year it isn't the best

Nobody has actually addressed my points... all people have done is facepalm. Who bases a decision to pick x medical school purely on employment prospects? Everybody is slating off Cambridge saying "it has the worst employment prospect", yes it is tied with the likes of Nottingham and Warwick. Overall, Cambridge is ranked second behind Oxford this year... nobody is looking at the bigger picture. The thread is about which medical school is the best, in my original post I clearly said the "best" applies to various areas such as graduate prospects [of which Cambridge is usually the best if you look at statistics] but this year it isn't the best

All people do is facepalm is because you're a bloody idiot.

You are ignoring absolutely everything everybody is saying. THE RANKINGS DO NOT MATTER AT ALL - none of them. IT DOESN'T MATTER. The best medical school is personal. IT DOESN'T MATTER ABOUT THE RANKINGS.

You are the epitome of why random people who have no idea who they are talking about should stop coming into the medicine forum and giving advice to applicants. What is worse is that you're trying to defend it.

Stop posting.

When you're trying to decide on a medical school (or narrow down choices), there are lots of things to consider. The main one is obviously the course structure, the location, the accommodation, the city, etc. but the prestige of the medical school is not something that you need to consider, at all. The consensus is that it makes no difference on what job you get at all. As has been said, all medical schools are GMC accredited which means when you graduate, you're a doctor. The only difference is the way they teach.

If you're a independent self-learner who doesn't like lectures, Oxbridge will be the worst medical school while somewhere like Manchester will be the best, for example.

You're a hypocrite. Why quote the rankings if they don't matter "at all"? No doubt you won't answer that or come up with "because you said Cambridge was the best", if you look at the statistics then yes, Cambridge is usually the best in the UK for employment prospects...

Read the QS rankings for the last 5 years
Is there any need for caps btw :rollseyes:?

Well, that's unless if you plan to work abroad, in which case prestige can have a considerable impact.

All people do is facepalm is because you're a bloody idiot.

You are ignoring absolutely everything everybody is saying. THE RANKINGS DO NOT MATTER AT ALL - none of them. IT DOESN'T MATTER. The best medical school is personal. IT DOESN'T MATTER ABOUT THE RANKINGS.

You are the epitome of why random people who have no idea who they are talking about should stop coming into the medicine forum and giving advice to applicants. What is worse is that you're trying to defend it.

Stop posting.

People have been facepalming because of your arguments "which are wrong) and who you decide to lecture about medicine - you do realise that at one point you were arguing with an SHO working in London right?

Anybody who knows anything about medicine will know that it doesn't matter which medical school you attend regards job prospects - it's getting GMC registration that counts, all UK medical schools grant GMC registration - and that's all they count for. The things that get you jobs are intercalated degrees, finishing in a certain quartile, writing/contributing to scientific articles, performing audits and so on, also good creative writing skills can come in handy.

Cambridge has as gooder employment prospects as Oxford, Dundee, UCL, Cardiff or Barts. Statistically it's slightly less than some (which are 100%) but if one person in a year decides to leave medicine, or maybe the other is waiting to start a Phd then it will be 98% - providing they pass, they should get a foundation post - and the posts they get won't have anything to do with the university (which is blanked on applications to foundation posts).

Cambridge medical school wouldn't be my first choice, neither would Oxford. I picked my medical schools on personal preference; the course, the city and so on. It suits some medics and not others, but attending it has no bearing on job prospects.

Why do people do this? I don't give people advice about law schools, or investment banking - because I don't have a ****ing clue. Why do minsformed people feel the need to spew out crap to questions that have an easy, and to any reasonably well-informed person - obvious, answer.

Jesus Christ, have you read my first post where I mentioned teaching quality and other aspects of "what makes a medical school good?". Why would anybody pick a Uni based purely on a league table? They wouldn't. I simply said Cambridge usually has the best employment prospects and everybody is slating it off based upon one the Guardian's 2011 league table... without looking at previous statistics.

Well, that's unless if you plan to work abroad, in which case prestige can have a considerable impact.

Apparently there is a need for me to capitalise things because still, you don't understand. What is wrong with you?

I didn't quote the rankings, I discredited your (granted, already ****) argument by saying that Cambridge don't have the best graduate employment like you said they did. It is blatantly obviously that you just pulled one of Oxbridge out of your ass and said it was the best.

There is no "best" medical school. The fact you're trying to argue that Cambridge is the best by quoting rankings then that proves, beyond all doubt, you have no idea what you're talking about.

You quoted the rankings you idiot "The Guardian has Cambridge at 98%, which as I said, is the lowest % employment for graduates.

My point is that using % employment as a measure of success for medical school is stupid"

No, Cambridge doesn't have the best employment this year but based on stats from the last 10 years it does on average.

Jesus Christ, have you read my first post where I mentioned teaching quality and other aspects of "what makes a medical school good?". Why would anybody pick a Uni based purely on a league table? They wouldn't. I simply said Cambridge usually has the best employment prospects and everybody is slating it off based upon one the Guardian's 2011 league table... without looking at previous statistics.

I take that as no, you don't know what the straw man fallacy is.

I also said "My point is that using % employment as a measure of success for medical school is stupid."

Why do you think Cambridge having a high % employment makes it a good medical school? Does it mean it's easier to get an F1 placement when applying through MTAS?

It's funny because he's arguing, still, that he's right and the rest of the medicine forum is wrong.

I mean, he does know somebody that is training to be a doctor. That must count for something, right?




Do you know what the straw man fallacy is bro?

To be honest, haveing a British medical degree is more than likely enough. There's a reason why people pay £28K per year to do medicine here. People from Islamabad and Lagos medical school practice in the UK, USA, Dubai, Australia.

You quoted the rankings you idiot "The Guardian has Cambridge at 98%, which as I said, is the lowest % employment for graduates.

My point is that using % employment as a measure of success for medical school is stupid"

No, Cambridge doesn't have the best employment this year but based on stats from the last 10 years it does on average.

You quoted the rankings you idiot "The Guardian has Cambridge at 98%, which as I said, is the lowest % employment for graduates.

My point is that using % employment as a measure of success for medical school is stupid"

No, Cambridge doesn't have the best employment this year but based on stats from the last 10 years it does on average.

I really dont wnat to get into this argument, but over the last 10 years ALL the medical schools have had 98% to 100% graduate employment for medicine, i dont think anyone of the medical schools has a higher grad employment than the other, they are all the same.