Medicine / Clinical

Applications
Around a dozen Form 7 pupils apply for clinical courses - mainly medicine - each year and we currently have Old Oakhamians training to be doctors and vets at, for example: Bristol, Cambridge, Keele, Nottingham and Peninsular. We run sessions to help applicants, typically beginning in Form 6:

Work Experience
You can use the following links to read about the latest Medical Work Experience in Costa Rica, with more pictures and information in the Costa Rica 2012 PDF ( 11 MB ). You can also read about the Costa Rican Ambassador's visit to Oakham.

You can read more about the recent Royal Society of Medicine careers day at Oakham, here.

Events arranged in a typical year

Autumn Term
Preliminary meeting at first BioSoc Lecture  
One day courses at Peterborough or through ISCO 
Careers Fair  

 

Spring Term of Form 6 
Introductory lecture
Quantitative Biology
Ethics
UKCAT
Personal statements and application strategy (Headmaster)
RSM Careers Day, London
Leicester Hospitals work observation programme
Pre-med course

 

Summer Term
Meet the Seventh Form
Philosophy of science for BMAT
Practice interviews with Interview Guru
Open day, Leicester Medical School
Mock UKCAT and BMAT
OO Medic session
Lecture, University of Leicester
UKCAT

 

Autumn Term of Form 7

Pre term workshop with Future Doctors and Dr Rhona Knight

Applications on UCAS Apply
Application session with Med Force
BMAT
Formal interview practice


There were approximately 50 hours of tuition available for clinical course applicants 2010-11, in addition to BioSoc and other events in and out of school

Links

We have good links with our two nearest Medical Schools, Leicester and Nottingham, as well as with Peterborough Hospital. Historically, applicants from this school have done well, but competition is increasingly fierce and good UKCAT / BMAT scores are now an absolute requirement. (see www.ukcat.ac.uk and www.admissionstests.cambridgeassessment.org.uk/adt/bmat  ) Single mindedness and determination are the characteristics which make our successful applicants stand out

Medical offers for 2012
Medical offers for 2011 

 

Contact Us

Careers Department mail_icon

Head of Careers
(& medical)
Dr Andrew Nicoll  mail_icon

Careers Administrator
(& HM Forces)
Mrs Chris Neale  mail_icon  Mon to Fri 8.30-5.00
Tel. 01572 758580

Work Experience Officer
Ms Rebecca Myatt  mail_icon

UCAS and Oxbridge
Mr Roger Williams  mail_icon

USA applications
Contact Miss Kathryn Saxton 

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