Medicine in Plymouth

Sunsri

I am going to apply medicine in plymouth,want to know pros and cons of studying medicine

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University of Plymouth

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Original post by Sunsri

I am going to apply medicine in plymouth,want to know pros and cons of studying medicine

Hi Sunsri,

Great question! While I'm not a medicine graduate, I did study at the University of Plymouth. There are some great pieces of information I can give you about the Medicine course. For example:

- Plymouth is the leading centre in Europe for pioneering research into low-grade brain tumours

- Two-thirds of our research is recognised as being world-leading or of international quality (REF 2014 – the most recent framework!)

- 100% of our 2017 medicine graduates have achieved employment.

- Plymouth is the largest provider of healthcare education in the South West

- Our courses are developed in partnership with professional bodies and employers to ensure you have the skills to follow a range of exciting graduate career pathways

Of course, you can always read the opinion of current students and alumni. Here are some profiles here:

Current student: Timothy Poulton - https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/bmbs-bachelor-of-medicine-bachelor-of-surgery/timothy-poulton

Alumni: Dr Sabeel Saleem - https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/alumni-friends/alumni/meet-our-alumni/medicine-dentistry/sabeel-saleem

We also have a range of stats from UNISTATS:

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- 97% of students agreed staff are good at explaining things

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- 94% of students agreed staff made the subject interesting

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- 98% of students were satisfied overall

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- 95% of students agreed they got sufficient advice and guidance

From my personal experience, here were the pros and cons of studying here:

Pros:

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- Living by the sea, local beaches and Dartmoor National Park was hugely beneficial. There were so many places to visit with friends and let off steam – I feel very connected to nature so it was important I wasn’t in a total concrete jungle!

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- I was able to take advantage of the hefty list of societies and clubs – I joined sailing having had no previous experience and I loved every minute of it.

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- There are always so many opportunities here – as an English undergrad, I wrote for a lot of different publications which boosted my CV. I also had access to Santander Scholarships; I applied and won a £4,200 scholarship to learn Spanish in Spain!

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- I received so much support when I suddenly fell very ill through my second and third year. My faculty was incredibly accommodating and understanding which is how I thrived and achieved firsts in my modules.

Cons:

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- It’s quite far from major cities like London (but in my opinion, the location is worth it and we do have good transport links to negate this)

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- I genuinely can’t think of any other cons!

We have a range of student blogs to help potential applicants learn more about the city and studying here – you can find them at www.mylifewithplym.com – my blog is www.mylifewithplym.com/serens-blog but I really recommend Nina and Ankitha too!

I hope this helps – please do feel free to ask any more questions and I will try my best to respond, or point you to a person who can J There is always our Medicine webpage: https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/bmbs-bachelor-of-medicine-bachelor-of-surgery and you can sign up to receive a prospectus here: https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/prospectus/request

- Seren, University of Plymouth Student Rep