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Choosing the right medical school can be challenging – there are so many choices.
Much will depend on your predicted academic grades, your willingness to travel away from home, what you want personally from your medicine programme, and naturally, the influence of the various conversations with friends, family members and colleagues.
Here are some of the key factors to consider when choosing your medical school:
You will be at medical school for five years of your life, so location is important. Some students prefer the smaller university towns, while others enjoy the city life. London of course is a popular and exciting option, which also offers rich clinical placement opportunities in world-renowned hospitals.
Brunel students benefit from access to a diverse patient population, which gives them challenging learning opportunities and the experience needed to become a successful doctor, wherever they wish to practice medicine in the world.
Make sure that you research the learning and teaching approaches of the medical schools so that your choice is fully informed, right from the start of the course.
Although most medical schools offer an integrated programme with clinical contact with patients and skills training starting in Year 1, there are generally three types of learning approaches – traditional lecture-based, problem-based learning (PBL), and the one we use at Brunel, Team-based learning (TBL).
TBL at Brunel is a modern and innovative approach to teaching. Students learn in small groups of six, facilitated by clinicians and content experts. TBL at Brunel is complemented by a programmatic assessment approach with feedback and support provided by your House Tutors throughout the year.
As well as the medical school, it is important to look at the university itself, i.e. reputation, student life and overall campus experience. Find a university where you think you will feel safe and at home, and which has the social structures (clubs and societies) you need as a diversion from your studies.
Students at Brunel enjoy our diverse, one-site campus environment where over 150 different nationalities are represented. The majority of medical students at Brunel opt to live on campus for the first two years of the course, with well-established support structures and an active student union to cater for all your extra-curricular activities.
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