Professional Guidance: Medicine
We believe that Concord is the very best place to gain insight into the medical careers. In a world of ever-growing competition for studying medicine, we are committed and confident in guiding and preparing our students for medical school. Every year, students leave Concord to study medicine, dentistry, veterinary studies other careers in the medical field.
Concord’s Medicine Support Programme provides students with support to make a successful application, gain insightful work experience and develop the core skills essential for a career in medicine.
150+ Medics, Dentist and Vets in the last 5 yrs
Annual Medical Futures Conference
Annual day of dissection with Post Mortem Live
Weekly lectures from staff and professionals
Work Experience
Work experience for medicine encompasses many possible activities and is an important way to showcase that a student knows what a career in medicine entails. Concord students keep a reflective diary to document all of their work experience and draw upon this during their medicine application process.
Our programme aids students in gaining valuable work experience, including a MedSoc London Residential to the Middlesex Clinical Skills Suite, a day at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and a plethora of practical hands-on workshops throughout their time studying here.
Volunteering
Concord is committed to kindness and providing service to the community is a great way to nurture this. Medical schools value students who have engaged in volunteering as it helps them to build skills that are essential for a career in medicine. Popular forms of volunteering for Concord students include working in care homes for the elderly, orphanages or schools.
We provide many opportunities for students to volunteer in different ways, including joining Outreach Society- where Concord students raise money for worthwhile charities through direct action, or training to be a lifeguard at our College pool. Students might also choose to be a subject mentor/student listener, directly helping and supporting peers within the Concord community.
The Kenya Medicamp
Concord works closely with The Moving Mountains Trust to deliver the biennial Medical Society trip to Kenya, a perfect blend of medical work experience and volunteering.
Students spend over a week shadowing doctors in both private and public hospitals, attending and supporting health clinics in local schools and in communities. They have the insightful opportunity to teach health related topics in schools and experience different systems of healthcare.
Students can then undertake a physically challenging trek to the summit of Mount Kenya, which requires teamwork and resilience. The experience provides students with many examples to draw upon in their medical interviews, where they might be asked to provide evidence of their character and personal qualities.
Visiting and working in Embu was extremely heart-warming. It solidified my aspirations to be a doctor and gave me further inspiration to try and help people”
—Aurel, 6.2
Admissions tests and interview preparation
Admissions tests focus on assessing whether candidates have the range of mental abilities and behavioural attributes considered important for a career in medicine. Those who are successful at this stage must then negotiate interviews. At Concord, we recognise the crucial importance of both tests and interviews, so we provide a comprehensive programme of preparation and support. This includes BMAT and UCAT exam training and regular testing, as well as interview training (including a 30-minute recorded 1:1 mock interview with a GP, where students are provided with detailed written feedback and scores).
last meal with the 23-24 medsoc committee 😢🫶
#offtouni 😱
Our sign up sheets were all filled up at the enrichment fayre! Hoping to see all the aspiring medics, dentists and vets at our upcoming discussions groups and sessions held by some of our 6.2s and teachers!
Our sign up sheets were all filled up at the enrichment fayre! Hoping to see all the aspiring medics, dentists and vets at our upcoming discussions groups and sessions held by some of our 6.2s and teachers!
MedSoc Committee 22-23 😍
Last committee meal 😢
Old Hall restaurant MedSoc
Team Kenya 6.2 training walk on the Long Mynd. Cooling down!
As we are coming to the end of the school year, we would like to thank Mr Brown and everyone in Med Soc for making our last year in Concord so much more enjoyable. We hope that our weekly discussion groups and conferences provided you all with insights to various aspects in medicine as well as the application processes and admission tests preparation etc.
It’s been an honour to be your med soc committees this year and we wish you all the best in the future!!
Best Regards,
Med Soc Committee 2022-2023
As we are coming to the end of the school year, we would like to thank Mr Brown and everyone in Med Soc for making our last year in Concord so much more enjoyable. We hope that our weekly discussion groups and conferences provided you all with insights to various aspects in medicine as well as the application processes and admission tests preparation etc.
It’s been an honour to be your med soc committees this year and we wish you all the best in the future!!
Best Regards,
Med Soc Committee 2022-2023
To Med Soc 2022-2023:
- Good luck to all the 6.1s applying and wish the 6.2s all the best for the future and thank you everyone for making our Concord Experience so much more enriching and fun🩺🦷🐾
To Med Soc 2022-2023:
- Good luck to all the 6.1s applying and wish the 6.2s all the best for the future and thank you everyone for making our Concord Experience so much more enriching and fun🩺🦷🐾
today on caer caradoc! ⛰️⛰️
team bonding & training for kenya!!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Team Kenya on the way up Caer Caradoc
Wonderful to have amazing alumna Leanne as our tour guide to China Town!
