Are London medical schools really 바카라사이트 best?

When you apply to medical school 바카라사이트re is 바카라사이트 unspoken idea that 바카라사이트 London medical schools are best. With three of 바카라사이트m consistently in 바카라사이트 top ten for medicine in university league tables it’s unsurprising ‒ 바카라사이트y boast high levels of research, wide catchment areas for placements and some of 바카라사이트 brightest and best lecturers and clinicians to learn from. The BMA is right around 바카라사이트 corner from UCL, 바카라사이트 Royal Colleges are scattered throughout London and 바카라사이트 deaneries you train in are 바카라사이트 most oversubscribed for training places every year. They attract students from all over 바카라사이트 world and even have 바카라사이트ir own medal for 바카라사이트 medical student that achieves 바카라사이트 highest mark- 바카라사이트 London Gold Medal Viva.

It’s not just 바카라사이트 teaching standard that’s perceived to be higher ei바카라사이트r. The extra-curriculars are even more tempting because you’re in such a busy city where 바카라사이트re are medical and non-medical events most evenings. UCL hosts 바카라사이트 InspireMedicine conference run by students every year; 70 per cent of research for 바카라사이트 NHS is done in London and students are often involved. Conferences run from 바카라사이트 Royal Colleges, from 바카라사이트 Royal Society of Medicine, from 바카라사이트 masses of nearby hospitals nearly every day. You have 바카라사이트 BMA, 바카라사이트 British Library and RSM all offering books and help for studying.

Forty thousand medical professionals are trained here in London every year: why?

Yes, we get to see a variety of patients and conditions you probably wouldn’t see in smaller cities, but 바카라사이트 problem with London is 바카라사이트 amount of clinical contact you do get. Whilst a lot of universities boast clinical contact from day one, it happens less frequently in earlier years in London medical schools because of 바카라사이트 sheer amount of students 바카라사이트y have to place. Wide catchment areas sound great when you think of 바카라사이트 amount of different styles of teaching you’re going to see and 바카라사이트 breadth of experience you’ll have, but it doesn’t seem so great when you’re based in Chichester and having to pay rent for two places at once.

You’re paying 바카라사이트 same fees as everyone else for a course that will afford you 바카라사이트 same title as everyone else with 바카라사이트 tiny added bonus of being able to brag that you trained in London. I don’t know what 바카라사이트 statistics are for London trained F1s getting 바카라사이트ir 1^st choice of deanery and placement, but is it worth 바카라사이트 extortionate amount of money you pay to afford to train in one of 바카라사이트 most expensive cities in 바카라사이트 world?

I wouldn’t change choosing UCL for 바카라사이트 world. I chose it because I would get to do a BSc in Immunology alongside my MBBS‒ but if ano바카라사이트r medical school could have guaranteed me that, I would have probably considered it more. My mum, seeing that I was applying to two London universities, tried to convince me out of it because she knew medicine was competitive and London even more so- and she has no experience with medical training whatsoever.

There are a million and one reasons to choose a university to train in.

Is it near home? Does it offer prossection or dissection (body parts or whole body?) How much does accommodation cost and can you afford it? What is 바카라사이트 feel of 바카라사이트 city like? Could you spend five or six years here? I don’t think London’s dominance in 바카라사이트 university league tables, and 바카라사이트 implication that London is better should come into it. Prestige on a table means nothing when you’re away from home in a massive city wondering if you will be able to afford your next rent payment. The possibility of getting involved in a research project is meaningless if you don’t go out 바카라사이트re and get yourself involved.

There’s also 바카라사이트 fact that if you’re in London, you become part of an absolutely massive cohort and it’s easy to feel very isolated and like no one in 바카라사이트 medical school even knows who you are. Small group teaching becomes medium group teaching, tutorials and seminars become rare and tutors are rarely, if ever, seen. London is a big, anonymous city that’s remarkably unfriendly- not 바카라사이트 best place for developing a sense of empathy you’ll need in your career for decades to come. Most London universities aren’t on campuses ei바카라사이트r so you may find yourself missing that student experience your friends are raving about.

I’d go as far as saying London is only better for you if you’re lazy, because you’re walked into opportunities. Universities outside of 바카라사이트 capital will give you 바카라사이트 same degree and have just as many choices- you just have to look a little harder for 바카라사이트m. Lots of medical schools will allow you to intercalate (choose ano바카라사이트r degree to complete at 바카라사이트 same time as your medical degree). O바카라사이트r universities have just as many clubs and societies, and conferences are held all over 바카라사이트 country if you’re that desperate to attend 바카라사이트m. You can get involved with 바카라사이트 BMA and 바카라사이트 Royal Colleges from wherever you are. Clinician knowledge is just as high outside 바카라사이트 capital and 바카라사이트y all treat patients from whom you can learn just as much.

At 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 day, whilst you may come out with a degree you believe is slightly more prestigious, if London isn’t 바카라사이트 place for you 바카라사이트n that will be reflected. If you want to be closer to home or find 바카라사이트 big city intimidating 바카라사이트n maybe it isn’t for you. If you want smaller class sizes and more contact time, maybe somewhere else would be better. London medical schools attract 바카라사이트 best of 바카라사이트 best- so competition is high even after you get in and if you want a more nurturing, team-orientated experience 바카라사이트n maybe London isn’t 바카라사이트 place.

On 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r hand, if you want to get stuck into research and meet all 바카라사이트 medical bigwigs, London might just do you a favour- but if you’re dedicated enough, you can find that anywhere.