1. Studying Medicine or Dentistry
Aylesbury High School
Sia Lord dentist
Joseph Hamson

2. Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health
Dates back to 1828 (so older than the University which was founded by royal charter in 1905!)
Consistently achieves top scores for student experience
Undertakes world-leading research
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3. Research specialisms Medicine Dentistry Integrated BioScience
Person-Centred and Population Oral Health
Bio-engineering and Health Technologies
Cardiovascular Science
Human Metabolism
Infection & Immunity
Neuroscience
Oncology
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4. Location 5 minutes’ walk to the university campus
Co-located with Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Weston Park Hospital, Charles Clifford Dental Hospital and Sheffield Children’s Hospital
Close to student residential areas (Broomhill, Broomhall and Crookes)
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5. Medicine at Sheffield Integrated course structure
Opportunities to start developing your clinical skills from the very start
Less lectures and more placements as you progress
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6. Course content Phase 1 – mainly physiology
Phase 2 – pathology and basic clinical skills
Phase 3,4 – clinical medicine (rotate through disciplines in small groups and have support through lectures and seminars)
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7. The Best Bits Dissections Early patient contact (CAS and Early Years)
Experience in Sheffield's teaching hospitals
ILA’s
MedSoc socials
Community Attachment Scheme
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10. Dentistry Dissection Lectures Early patient contact
Continues progression
Outreach
ELECTIVE!!!!
And Socials too!
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11. Entry requirements A-levels A, A, A AS-levels A, B, B, B GCSEs
Medicine
Dentistry
A-levels
A, A, A
(inc chemistry and another science)
(inc chemistry and biology)
AS-levels
A, B, B, B
GCSEs
Minimum 6 A’s (English, Maths and Science must be C or better)
Minimum 6 A’s
(inc English, Maths, Science)
UKCAT
Required
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12. Application timetable
Register for UKCAT; take test
Submit UCAS form by 15 October
- 4 medicine or dentistry + 1 other course
Interviews mid-November to late-March
Choose Firm and Insurance choices by May/early June
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13. UKCAT
You cannot revise for this test although you can do sample questions.
It tests your verbal, quantitative, and abstract reasoning skills .
It also tests your decision analysis and situational judgement.
Most of the sections are multiple choice
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14. Verbal reasoning
This element of the test assesses your ability to read and think carefully about information presented in passages and to determine whether specific conclusions can be drawn from information presented.
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15. Quantitative reasoning
The test assesses your ability to use numerical skills to solve problems. It assumes familiarity with numbers to the standard of a good pass at GCSE. However items are less to do with numerical facility and more to do with problem solving.
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16. Abstract reasoning
The test assesses your ability to identify patterns amongst abstract shapes where irrelevant and distracting material may lead to incorrect conclusions. The test therefore measures your ability to change track, critically evaluate and generate hypotheses and requires you to query judgements as you go along.
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17. Decision Analysis
The test assesses the ability to make decisions in situations of uncertainty, where information may be incomplete, complex and ambiguous. The associated confidence rating for each item asks you to rate confident you feel about the response you have provide so it measures your awareness of your own decision making.
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18. Situational Judgement
The test measures your capacity to understand real world situations and to identify critical factors and appropriate behaviour in dealing with them
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19. Personal statement Must include
- work experience in a caring environment (keep a diary and record what you did and what you learnt; use the best examples in your statement)
- motivation to be a doctor/dentist
- awareness of your chose profession
- personal qualities that will make you a good doctor/dentist
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20. Personal statement
Positive personal qualities: caring attitude; conscientious; courageous; determined; diligent; versatile; have initiative; humility; teamwork; communication; leadership; long-term commitment; organised; responsible; self-directed study skills; time management; trustworthy; public performance; and many more!
Please emphasise that this list is not exhaustive, the qualities in the list are not ranked (ie the ones that come first in the list aren’t necessarily the ones we prioritise over others), and we are not looking for someone to cover off all these qualities. The list is purely indicative of some of the qualities that they may want to demonstrate in their personal statement.
The qualities shown in yellow are not more highly valued than those in white, we’ve just used colour to make the list easier to read.
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21. Interviews
Dentistry: 15 minute panel interview with 2 academic staff and 1 senior student
Medicine: MMI (multiple mini-interview); 6 interviews with 8 different people
Interview format varies between universities
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22. Interview prep Why medicine/dentistry?
What do you know about the role of a doctor/dentist?
What do you know about the profession (key breakthroughs, contemporary issues etc)?
Which skills do you have to be a good doctor/dentist?
What have you learnt from your work experience?
Be prepared for ethical and scenario-based questions
What else do you do? (sports, hobbies etc)
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23. Competition Dentistry: 900 applications for 75 places
Medicine: approx 3,000 applications for 158 places
There are not enough places (even for high achieving students)
If you secure one offer to study medicine or dentistry you have done well.
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24. Thank you for your attention
Good luck!
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