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Get into Medical School Guide
The ultimate guide for career advisors
Our guides
Undergraduate
For Medical School
Interviews
For Medical School
For undergraduate medicine
300+ pages covering all UK medical schools accepting undergraduate applicants
Find out if medical school is the right choice How to choose a medical school
Competition ratios & Academic Grade requirements per school
How to perform well in the UCAT, BMAT and GAMSAT
How to prepare for personal statement and interview Individual chapters per school
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Undergraduate guide overview
The first version of the Graduate entry guidebook was created by Dr Dibah Jiva 11 years ago, making it the longest running product in theMSAG’s repertoire. Since then, she has co-written and published over twenty books related to medical school admissions and was recently a finalist for the 2018 Women in International Education awards. This guidebook, tailored to Undergraduate entry, was co-authored by Mr (soon-to-be Dr) Gerens Curnow - winner of 2 medical education grants, he has completed his MSc in Medical Education and is currently becoming an Academic Clinical Fellow during his Foundation Years as a doctor.
Why use this guide?
The nice thing about having a physical copy of a book is it’s easy to lend, so your students can read through relevant sections on a case-by-case basis. If there is more of a demand, this book can also be used as a group teaching resource: the foundation for running advice sessions for your students on “how to choose a medical school.” It’s great for tackling any tough or unique questions and is currently being used by over 500 career advisers across the UK.
For medical school interviews
360+ pages including summarised chapters on the NHS, Ethics and duties of a doctor
135+ sample questions, worked out in detail with sample answers which would score highly
DOs and DONTs from an interviewer’s point of view
Practical aspects of interviews, including what to wear and how to prepare day-of
How to prepare for personal statement and interview Individual chapters per school
Strategies to approach both panel and MMI based interviews
Interview guide overview
theMSAG Interview preparation guidebook was written and revised by three doctors. Dr Hannah Pierce has a masters degree in Medical Education and sat in the interview panel for MMI at Keele Medical School. She is currently an Obstetrics and Gynaecology trainee doctor. Dr Hrush Vyas has experience sitting on the interview panels for MMIs at the University of Birmingham. The guidebook was edited by Dr Dibah Jiva, a leading expert in medical school admissions with 7 years of experience running medical and dental school interview courses.
Why use this guide?
This guidebook is a great tool for specifically preparing your students for their medical school interviews. It gives you access to 135 practice questions - worked out in detail - to work through with your students in mock interviews, and best of all, we offer it at a discounted rate for schools. Students who take our courses have a 98.5% success rate getting into medical school.
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Career Advisors love our guides
“I have found this guidebook extremely useful; I am a careers advisor in a secondary school, and am fairly new to the role. When one of my students expressed an interest in becoming a doctor, I was very pleased to have received my copy of the guide book just a week beforehand! The guide is concise and is written in blocks that made it easy for me and the student to pick out which bits apply to her now, and which bits she can look at during her post-16 education. I found the university guide section particularly useful, as it contains all the information you would ever need to know about applying to those establishments. I would highly recommend this guidebook!”
Imogen Humphries, Careers Advisor
Kingsdown School, Swindon
"Get into Medical School - is a must for Careers Leaders and students. I used this book to help advise a student in 2017/18 who wanted to get to Medical School. It contains useful hints and tips for personal statements and a piece for each university on what to expect. It is like a little piece of insider knowledge! Just so that you know, she was successful in getting to the University of Bristol"
Laura Bellerby, Careers Advisor
St Catherine’s School, Twickenham
"Get into Medical School - is a must for Careers Leaders and students. I used this book to help advise a student in 2017/18 who wanted to get to Medical School. It contains useful hints and tips for personal statements and a piece for each university on what to expect. It is like a little piece of insider knowledge! Just so that you know, she was successful in getting to the University of Bristol"
Maria Arkell, Careers Advisor
Plympton Academy, Plymouth
“Very useful for the students here at St Margaret's. Extremely helpful resource.”