The GeMS Course
The one-day Oxford-based GeMS Course has been designed to give you a thorough understanding of the UK medical school application and short-listing process, and teach you those methods and techniques that can most effectively further your goals. With established careers in medicine, your tutors are the ideal people to help you understand what short-listers are looking for and, perhaps more important still, what they are not looking for.
Your application is covered in the morning, before breaking for lunch and a tour of Oxford. The afternoon is spent focusing on interview skills. The number of participants is strictly limited so that there is enough time for the tutors to give you a full-length mock interview, followed by detailed feedback on your strengths and weaknesses.
A unique feature of the GeMS Course is the facility for you to later send in a draft of your personal statement, on which the tutors are typically able to make a number of suggestions for improvement.
In addition to the year-round GeMS course, Get into Medical School also hosts seasonal UKCAT/BMAT and interview skills workshops for those wishing to hone in or brush up on these especially challenging aspects of the admission process.
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Feedback from previous courses
- The tutors were refreshingly honest about the pros and cons of a career in medicine. Information on the NHS and on recent changes to specialist training and medical regulation was very useful.
- The course was both extremely useful and extemely enjoyable. It covered all aspects in great detail and I have learned a great deal. The mock interviews in particular were very informative, despite also being very nerve racking!
- A very helpful day run by people with an in-depth knowledge of the application process. The mock interview was very helpful and the feedback I received very thorough.
- Very small groups, no vague talk, no gimmicks. Did exactly what it says on the tin, and then some.
- I just wanted to drop you a message to express how much I enjoyed the course. The practice interview, although somewhat daunting, was especially useful, and gave me a clear idea of the work that still needs to be done.
- I had my interview at X a few days ago and it went very well (...) One of the interviewers phoned me back a few hours later to offer me an unconditional place. She also complimented me on my interview performance, which I feel I owe to your excellent teaching.
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