The following advice has been offered by Medics, Medical Students and pupils applying for Medical School:

• Volunteer (evidence of community involvement) – a variety is recommended eg brownies/scouts/etc, care home, hospital, nurse,   (also see Future pathways advice on volunteering)

• Ensure you conduct research                                                                       Find documents and professionsal organistions eg – General Medical Council, Promoting excellence standards for medical education and training (previously Tomorrow’s Doctors), news paper/website.  You must show an interest and understanding of current  medical issues and developments.

• Work Experience – gain a variety of work experience opportunities eg different hospitals/wards.  Not all work experience has to be medical, you could show how well you interact with people.

• Prepare WELL for the UCAT (previously UKCAT) – all applicants to Medical School must sit a University Clinical Aptitude Test.  This is booked and sat prior to UCAS application
•  See  UKCAT   for advice, video clips, etc
• follow @UCATest on twitter as they have sample questions and advice on a regular basis
• There are a number of UCAT books available with sample questions to practice for this examination.  (all available via search engines)
• there are also a number of UCAT courses and more online practice tests available.  These range in price, availability and duration.

 Other opportunities:

Medic Insight – this is a one week course in either Glasgow, Edinburgh or Dundee for S5 pupils.  Applications open for one week in February.

See Medicinsight pages on Facebook

 Other advice:

Medical Schools Council – Click here