Collaboration Between Schools In Preparing Students For University Medicine Applications

Governor at King's School in Macclesfield, Prof Hanley, who is also Professor of Medicine at Manchester University, has been hosting online ‘Medicine Masterclasses’ each Saturday morning to help prepare students for university medicine interviews. Pupils from King's Sixth Form Division have been joined by aspiring medics from Tytherington School, the Fallibroome Academy and All Hallows Catholic College in Macclesfield. Prof Hanley has been working with the students so that they feel well prepared for their interviews at various university medical schools across the land. Places on Medical and Veterinary courses are notoriously competitive and the collaboration between these motivated young students has been extremely useful during their preparation.

Aims

Aim: Prepare students for the selection process for medical/veterinary schools.

Need: These are highly competitive courses where students can benefit from experience as they do not routinely face anything similar at school.

Success Factors: Collaboration, utilising expertise.

Beneficiaries: Students gaining conditional offers of places to study medicine/veterinary science.

Background

King's had trialled these sessions with Prof. Hanley with it's own students for one year and they were found to be useful. We therefore invited aspiring medical students from local schools to join the sessions. Their input is also valued as pupils discuss their experience of medicine interviews with the group (once they start) to help review, reflect, and aid the preparation of others.