MEDICAL STUDENT TIPS
LEARNING ANATOMY
Anatomy mobile apps that are good for visualising the body and testing yourself on different body organs:
TMA: Teach Me Anatomy
Complete Anatomy 2021
Anatomist
SurviveMed
FUNDING
Scholarships and bursaries are easily unnoticed and not promoted so having a look at the available ones may be useful.
Travel costs for relevant conferences/programmes can be reimbursed so be sure to apply for anything appropriate.
STUDENT SOCIETIES
Societies help with networking and meeting a large range of people
MSA specific ones also help with networking with people related to your career
Sport societies are a good way to start habitually exercising and gaining close friends for life
EXTRA-CURRICULARS
Summer programmes, conferences and research projects are a good way to spend holidays while gaining experience
Better to apply for specific specialties you are interested in
Volunteering can be a good way to show interest in specialty, although not considered as a point in score system for applications
Essay competitions
National prizes are awarded points in scoring system for interviews
Plenty to go round related to medicine (RSM, MWF etc.)