Why SOUTHAMPTON?

Question 1

3 MAIN REASONS WHY I CHOSE TO APPLY TO SOUTHAMPTON

Answer 1

• close to home
• early patient contact
• year 3 research project

Question 2

Close to home

Answer 2

• very family orientated
• i can visit home easily, or my family can visit me due to SH location
• love spending time with them, great way to relax and to have a break
• personally really good for my mental health, knowing that their support is so close being able to see them would be a great stress relief
• incredibly important due to medicine being such a academically rigorous and demanding course

Question 3

Early and sustained patient contact

Answer 3

• MEDICINE IN PRACTICE MODULE
• meet patients and practice clinical skills within first weeks of the course!
• able to apply and consolidate newfound knowledge IMMEDIATELY

Healthcare support worker shifts would also allow me to become familiar and emerged within a healthcare setting
- the sooner the better to learn an appropriate way to interact with patients

Question 4

Year 3 research project

Answer 4

16 week research project
- give exposure to the behind the scenes of medicine so many people forget about
- great experience to conduct my own research
- Evidence based practice HUGE
- give me a deeper appreciation of the different research that i would apply in so many facets of every day life as a doctor