Medicine supercurriculars

kmaze

I'm in year 10, what supercurriculars can I do as someone who wants to study medicine at oxford

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thegeek888

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by kmaze

I'm in year 10, what supercurriculars can I do as someone who wants to study medicine at oxford

Links:
Suggestions for super curriculars.
[https://oxfordsummercourses.com/articles/extracurricular-activities-for-medicine/]
Free courses with certificates
(https://www.futurelearn.com/)](https://www.futurelearn.com/) [(https://www.bmj.com/)]https://www.bmj.com/](https://www.bmj.com/) [https://www.open.edu/openlearn/free-courses/full-catalogue]
BSMS program for virtual clinical experience + a list of resources compiled by the medical school itself. The youtube playlist are a list of lectures you can watch to boost your CV.
[https://bsmsoutreach.thinkific.com/enrollments] [(https://www.futurelearn.com/)]https://www.futurelearn.com/][https://www.bsms.ac.uk/_pdf/about/useful-resources-feb.-2021.pdf] [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfElstNTWKJ7HD2VndZdFZfiMNuqFqF9w] [https://www.bsms.ac.uk/_pdf/about/reading-lists-incl.-booksdocs.websitessept-20.pdf]
Live surgeries and medical procedures
[youtube.com/c/Brainbook/about](http://youtube.com/c/Brainbook/about) [(https://brainbookcharity.org/)]https://brainbookcharity.org/](https://brainbookcharity.org/)

List of books ripped off TSR:

Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole, Ropper & Burell

The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat, Sacks

Unnatural Causes, Shepherd

Your Life in my Hands, Clarke

This Is Going to Hurt, Kay (obligatory )

The Nightshift Before Christmas, Kay

Phantoms in the Brain, Blakeslee & Ramachandran

Seven Signs of Life, Abby

Being Mortal, Gawande

10.

A Fortunate Man: The Story of a Country Doctor, Berger

11.

When Breath Becomes Air, Kalanithi

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The Prison Doctor, Brown

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War Doctor, Nott

14.

Shapeshifters and Adventures in Human Being, Francis

15.

The Idiot Brain, Burnett

16.

The Emperor of All Maladies, Mukherjee

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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Skloot

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Adventures in Human Being, Francis

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Fragile Lives, Westaby

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Critical, Morgan

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Life at the Extremes, Ashcroft

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The Logic of Life, Boyd & Noble

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Conversations with Neil's Brain: The Natural Nature of Thought, Ojamann & Calvin

24.

Microbe Hunters, De Kruif

25.

Elegance in Science, Glynn

26.

Bad Science, Goldacre

27.

Do No Harm, Marsh

28.

Blood of the Isles, Sykes

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The Knife’s Edge, Westaby

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The Lady Doctor, Williams

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The Bad Doctor, Williams

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One in Three, Wishart

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I Contain Multitudes: the Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life, Yong

34.

The Emperor of All Maladies

Reply 2

McGinger

Useful Mooc - short free online Uni course - even if you are not applying to Glasgow its a good overview of the process : Applying for Medical School - Online Course - FutureLearn

Online webinars coming up from Uni of Leicester, some specifically for those in Year 10 and 11 :
Outreach | Leicester Medical School | University of Leicester (under Virtual Events)

Brunel Medical Summer School, August 2026 - and online webinars March to July 2026 : Brunel University of London Event | Brunel Medical Summer School & Online webinars, August 2026

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Q.Grace

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by kmaze

I'm in year 10, what supercurriculars can I do as someone who wants to study medicine at oxford

You can do something to represent your interest in sciences, since that's something they focus on more: try essay competitions, research etc. The ASHG DNA day prize could be good, or some competitions with Biolympiads could be good as well, I recommend the Brain Bee or the Medical Diagnostics Olympiad. Good luck!

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