United Kingdom
I am an aspiring medic, and currently hold conditional offers at 3 of the UK's top 10 medical schools (QS '27). I scored 2400/2700 in the UCAT '25, and, through tutoring, I'm aiming to help others achieve strong scores to maximise their chances of securing medical/dental school places. Please DM me for more info.
• supervise Y7-11s during lunchtimes • work in a team to ensure safety of students, and a litter-free school
• supporting a Y7 buddy in reading, in order to improve their enjoyment, fluency and comprehension of the crucial skill • adapted to my partner's abilities to help them understand the texts, and encourage their interest in reading by creating a friendly, safe learning environment
• STEM Diploma: fine-combing through many research papers to summarise into a scientific literature review on chosen topic (mine being "Understanding Burns: the Pathophysiology and Clinical Management of Thermal Injuries") • presented scientific poster on same topic at my school's Y12 STEM Conference in July • incredibly exciting project that let me delve into research on my current clinical interests • required high level perseverance in understanding and summarising a large volume of complex literature containing concepts previously novel to me • furthered my scientific knowledge by attending STEM seminars given by University of Sheffield academics and researchers, on a wide range of topics
• 3 day Royal Hallamshire and Northern General Hospital placement • day 1: Sheffield Hand Centre, shadowed plastic/orthopaedic surgeons in ward rounds and OPD clinics. observed a range of injuries (fractures, stab wounds) and conditions (necrotic fasciitis, arthritis), and learned about how crucial diagnostic scans are. • day 2: shadowed burn specialist nurses in clinics, and burn surgeons and anesthetists in the pre-op phase. observed range of partial to full-thickness burns, deroofing of blisters, cleaning and dressing wounds, split/full-thickness skin graft follow-ups, discussions around anaesthetics and pain management. • day 3: shadowed skin cancer surgeons in OPD clinics. observed diagnosis/check-up of BCCs, SCCs, melanomas, skin graft follow-ups, discussions about next steps of treatment (biopsies, diagnostic scans, minor ops, surgeries, split/full-thickness skin grafts, chemotherapy creams, sun protection recommendations).
• shadowed ENT specialist surgeons in London, for 4 days • observed their jobs in outpatient clinics (GP-referred issues, Head & Neck clinic, GP-referred cancer pathway, hearing impairments, and post-op follow-up), ward rounds, minor-ops (cysts, skin cancers, keloid scarring, ear piercing infections and earlobe tears), and several surgeries in theatre • highlighted how important skills like effective communication, sensitivity and compassion are in medicine
• visited NHSBT centres in Bristol (including the Blood Donor Centre, Southmead Hospital Clinical Biochemistry Department, Clinical Biotechnology Centre at NHSBT Filton) • learned about journey blood takes from donors' veins to the recipients'. • learned details about donor medical screening and needle insertion (on plastic mannequins) • learned about the many, thorough biochemical tests and filters that blood goes through before being transfused into patients. • tested blood samples for ABO groups and Rh antigens (using reagents containing antibodies), and also using a HemoCue machine to test haem levels • learned that it's a large, multidisciplinary community keeping critically vulnerable patients safe from transfusion-related harm
• 2 day insight programme for aspiring medics • interactive demonstrations of every-day medical scenarios - learned basics of collecting a SimMan patient's medical history and ascertaining what the problem and appropriate therapeutic pathway may be • practically, learned how to take blood pressure, scrub in, suture and tie square knot on synthetic skin, use sonograph, basic first aid for choking • interviewed real patients on their conditions - including spinal injury, stroke and polycystic kidneys - to understand their experiences, both with their medical conditions and with the healthcare system • watched a video of a craniotomy • exercised empathy and sensitive inquisitiveness