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Updated: Jan 25, 2023
Southampton medical school is welcoming and friendly.
It is an integrated course with a heavy focus on pre-clinical knowledge for the first two years but still gives opportunities for clinical placements. They do this via the medicine in practice (MIP) course which helps you develop history from the get go.
The medical school is very big on acting on feedback and also provides great pastoral support via Personal academic tutors and senior tutors.
Ensure you are very familiar with your personal statement and able to talk about it.
Look at what the university course is like by using the southampton website-which parts of the course do you like?
Ensure you know the four pillars of medical ethics and be able to apply it to scenarios.
A Southampton medicine interview typically contains a group activity which involves around eight candidates sitting around a table discussing a certain topic.
Make sure you demonstrate that you possess abilities like respect for others, good listening, teamwork.
Don’t forget to speak up – but don’t dominate the discussion!
Southampton medical school has pre-prepared prosected cadavers with expert anatomy lecturers. Southampton has early clinical placements and opportunities to spend time on GP placements from first year. There is also an element of humanities and creativity via the student selected modules in the first few years where creative mediums such as art and drama in medicine is explored.In your second year you train to become a health care assistant to experience hospital life in a different role. In 3rd year all students carry out a research project and there is an option of an intercalated degree.
The lecture theatres, research labs and practice rooms are located in the South Academic Block of a large teaching hospital. The hospital is to the north of the city centre, with great transport links to all parts of the city Social life. Southampton is a vibrant city with lots of green spaces from the main common to lots of other smaller parks. There is lots to do in the local area from exploring the docks to visiting the museum that explores the history of the titanic. At Westquay shopping centre there is many shops and activities such as bowling and the cinema. The nightlife is excellent with bars and clubs spread out across the city. On campus there is lots of sports and societies that all students can join.
At Southampton in your first year you are usually at halls of residences meaning you get to mix with medics and non medics. There are common rooms in some accomodations, sport facilities and a gym at Mayflower halls. There’s plenty of societies which range from sports, charities, academic, performing arts and more. There’s a mixture of activities to suit everybody and you can get involved as much or as little as you like. Both the Southampton Student Union and the MedSoc are very active with 100s of societies and sports teams to join. Rich in history, but full of lively and modern art, culture, restaurants and nightlife, it’s a safe, friendly and walkable place.
Soton medsoc is very supportive and runs great events. In normal times there is events such as a medics BBQ and a medics ball. Southampton pairs freshers up with older medical students so freshers can ask any questions they may have and receive advice from those who have already been there.