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Medsim Overview

Competition for places at medical school is intense, as medicine draws from society's most committed and talented young people. Medism has been designed to give students the rich experience they need to strengthen their UCAS application to medical school.

*** NEW THIS YEAR ***  At Medsim you will be able to take an entrance exam for a top European medical school and, if successful, will be offered a place before you take your A2 exams!

See brochure for more details: Click HERE for Medsim brochure.

Testimonial from Emma - Medsim July 2010

In July 2010 I attended the Medsim course at the University of Nottingham. For me, Medsim helped to confirm that Medicine was what I wanted to do. The chance to have a go at taking blood from a simulated arm and using a model to experience Key Hole Surgery was a unique opportunity to take a look at the practical side of medicine.  The chance to meet and talk to other applicants from around the country, as well as current Medical Students, was also a valuable opportunity.

I was able to discuss my experiences at Medsim in my personal statement and interview. I felt that I had had the opportunity to discover the many different aspects of medicine. I also practised key communications skills, since I had to work well in teams of people I had never met before in order to be successful, much like in Clinical Practice.

Overall, Medsim deepened my knowledge and understanding of Medicine as a career and strengthened my application to Medical School. I would recommend the course to anyone who is considering a career in Medicine. I am now studing medicine at Nottingham Medical School.

Delegates MUST be at least 16 yrs old on the first day of the conference.

View some of the highlights from Medsim and hear from some of our past students.


 

Everything You Need To Know About The Medsim Course


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Dates

Medsim 1 CORE 7th July 2012

Medsim 1 PLUS 7th-8th July 2012

Medsim 2 CORE 8th July 2012

Medsim 2 PLUS 8th - 9th July 2012

Advanced Rapid Response 7th OR 8th July 2012

Venue

The University Of Nottingham Read More

Prices

Medsim CORE, £85

Medsim PLUS, £200

Advanced Rapid Response, £99

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Get Ahead-Work Experience Opportunities


Clinical Presentations- Expand Your Knowledge



The Clinical Presentations: These consist of a series of short presentations intended to guide and prepare you for the extensive practicals that are the essential feature of Medsim.


+ Case History: How and what information to take from a patient prior to examination.


+ Surgical Techniques for Keyhole Surgery: Essential surgical procedures described.


+ Patient Rounds: Step by step guide to making a diagnosis of the patients that you will meet.


+ Medsim Clinical Preparation: Extra time for those who have not attended Medlink or Medisix Plus.




Clinical Training Sessions- Experience Life As A Medical Student

Clinical Training Sessions: These sessions will give you direct experience in using some of the important tools of medicine, with special relevance to your future experience in Casualty. Working in small groups, the purpose is to provide you with actual hands on practice in these essential areas.


+ Suturing: The techniques and skills of suturing will be practised and applied.
+ X-Rays: Learn how to use and interpret X-Rays from a variety of different perspectives and sources.
+ Ultrasound: Examine and view the actual heart of a patient as part of your training and experience.
+ Using the needle: Giving injections, watch, learn, then perform for yourself.


Clinical Experience-Mentored By Medical Students And Doctors

Clinical Experience: These sessions are a superb opportunity for prospective medical students to obtain valuable experience of employing their newly acquired skills to diagnose actual patients and to treat others through simulation. Further, these clinical events (the Emergency Call-out in particular) require skills and techniques to be applied in real-time and under pressure. Not only are these opportunities designed to add valuable experience to the student’s UCAS form, they come as close as possible to the actual excitement and experience of being a doctor. Possibly more than any other aspect of the course they confirm a young person’s choice of medicine as a career and provide them with the motivation to pursue their future as a doctor.


+ Emergency Call out: Difficult to describe and has to be experienced. Called from bed in the early hours of the morning or in the middle of the afternoon be taken by actual ambulance to the scene of a simulated emergency. Working in real-time and under pressure the aim is to save a life, but of course there is more…


+ Palpation: A harmless cyst or cancer? The principles of touch in diagnosis are taught and then applied.


+ Patient Case History: Prior to examination of your patient, essential information is required. Often these skills will be required in the quiet of the ward, at other times…

 

+ Keyhole Surgery: As you look through the laparoscopic camera, you perform a genuine s u r g i c a l task in real-time, working through simulated blood and tissue that is hard to distinguish from the genuine thing.


+ Emergency Tracheotomy: Your patient is choking; using the latest surgical simulator cut through the trachea and insert a breathing tube - simple? Visit, for example, www.ehendrick.org

 

+ Patient Diagnosis: Several real patients will confront you and your small group of fellow medics. Your goal will be to diagnose their condition, both personally and in emergency situations.


+ Resuscitation: Prepare for a high-tech analysis of your timing and skills as you resuscitate your patient.

 

 

 
 

Who Attends The Medsim Course?

  • Students wanting to enhance their application
  • Those seriously considering a career in medicine
  • Students interested in studying abroad
  • Find out how to gain work experience

Benefits Of Attending Medsim

  • Enhance your application form
  • University experience
  • Gain work experience
  • Have a medical school interview
  • Gain clinical experience

Medsim Practicals


Medsim Testimonials

'I cannot describe the boost to my confidence'

'I left the conference with a firm offer to read medicine'    

'The whole experience has been great fun'

'It's so different to anything else I've been on'

'It's been an amazing experience'

'I really enjoyed every aspect of Medsim'

'The atmosphere was amazing'

'It's been so useful for interview techniques'    



'It took my confidence to a whole new level'
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