MB ChB Admissions 2014/15

Dr Gail Nicholls

Director of Admissions

MBChB Selection

Aim of Admissions Process

To select students academically able to complete the MBChB degree course and to practise as a Foundation Year doctor

To select students that will make the best doctors

To use a fair and equitable process to achieve this

Facts and figures

UK picture

In 201213

41,422 medical students studying at 32 medical schools in the UK

More than half of all medical students in the UK were female

Medical school application competition

Leeds 17.1 applicants per place

RAF pilot: 450 applicants per place Leading UK employers: 85 applicants per place

National 10.6 applicants per place

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Applicants

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2013 entry

3515 applicants First year total: 237

Male: 76, Female: 161 (68% Female)

219 home and 18 international 20 transfer Bradford Foundation Year in Clinical Sciences 1 Interdisciplinary Science Foundation Year 3 repeating year 1 14 international students (part of the quota of 20 places

for international students others admitted in 3rd year) 4 international students from the International Science

Foundation Year (2 Kuwaitis + 2 Saudi students) outside the quota of international students

MBChB Selection

What makes a good doctor?

GMC 2011

MBChB Selection

The selection system takes a look at:

Academic criteria

Better of GCSE or AS results (if cashed-in)

A levels (or equivalent)

BMAT

Non-academic criteria

Personal statement

Interview

MBChB Selection

3750 + UCAS received

Triaged for minimum criteria

Academic scoring

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BMAT

Non-academic attributes

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the personal statement

Top 1000 forms Scored 2 assessors

3rd assessor if difference

Better of (GSCE or declared AS) + A2 + Aptitude Test

VERY few rejected

Minimum criteria well advertised

Academic Criteria

GCSE At least 6 grade Bs must be offered including:

English

Maths

Dual Science/Double Science, or Chemistry and Biology

IGCSE English curricula vary

Admissions policy has full details

For school leavers predicted 3 As, 40% had perfect academic scoring last year i.e. 9 A* at GSCE or 3 As at AS

Academic Criteria

AS-level Three AS-levels.

Same subject restrictions as A-levels.

We look at your best 3 AS-levels if declared cashed in after the first year of study. We do NOT accept undeclared AS-levels or AS-levels cashed-in later, nor do we regard A-level results as equivalent.

If the total is higher than your GCSE total, we will use your AS score

We use either your GCSE score OR your AS score you cant add one declared AS to 8 GCSEs.

If your school doesnt declare AS levels, we will use your GCSE score.

We do NOT accept module scores or predicted or undeclared grades.

Academic Criteria

A-level

Three A-levels no advantage to having 4

Chemistry at Grade A is mandatory

General Studies, Critical Thinking and the Extended Project are not used in academic scoring

No Chemistry with Biology and Human Biology

No Chemistry with Maths and Further Maths

Standard offer is AAA no advantage to A*

Predicted/achieved treated equally

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Aptitude Test

Between 2008 and 2013, we used UKCAT

For anyone applying after January 1st 2014, we will be asking for BMAT

No alternatives will be accepted

UKCAT will not be accepted as a substitute

Aptitude testing

A score based on BMAT performance will be combined with a score based on GCSE/AS/A2 performance or prediction

A high academic score can help compensate for a low BMAT score and vice versa

There will not be a pre-determined cut-off score

BMAT

Subject specific admissions test for applicants to medicine, veterinary medicine

2 hour pen and paper test, local centers

3 sections test of skills and knowledge that you are already expected to have

Aptitude and skills

Scientific knowledge and application

Writing task

BMAT sections

Section 1: Aptitude 35 MCQ or short answer questions Problem solving, understanding argument, data analysis

Section 2: Scientific knowledge 27 MCQ or short answer questions Scientific knowledge up to Key Stage 4 Biology, Chemistry, Maths and Physics

Section 3: Writing One essay from choice of 4 A little learning is a dangerous thing (Alexander Pope)

BMAT preparation and registration

Papers available to download

Section 2 based around the national curriculum studied by the majority

Cost 44

Register from Sep to Oct

Test early Nov

Results late Nov

This is how we find out about applicants..

Communication

There are around 4000 applicants

There are 5 of us

IF YOU WANT US TO KNOW SOMETHING PLEASE PUT IT ON THE FORM!

Please do not provide us with supplementary information by phone, email or letter

Non-Academic Criteria

Evidence will be sought from all sections of the UCAS form and at interview

1.Personal Statement

2. Interview

Writing a Personal Statement

Motivation

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Insight

Interests

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Achievements

Responsibility

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Leadership

Social

Awareness

Mitigating circumstances, Access to Leeds

What evidence do you need?

How have you looked into a career in medicine?

Have you taken positions of responsibility?

Do you know a bit about the world outside your friends and family?

Do you know how to relax and de-stress?

A typical applicant at interview

A typical applicant who gets to the interview stage would have all of the following:

Excellent GCSE or AS grades

Predicted or achieved 3 As at A level (or ABB for A2L)

A good BMAT score

A good personal statement

What does the interview do?

MMI (Multiple Mini-Interview)

Assesses further non-academic attributes

The candidates who perform the best at interview will be offered a place

We aim to interview 512 applicants

32 batches of 16 over two weeks

Interviews are currently scheduled for January 2015

Our MMI

8 stations, 4 groups per day, 64 candidates per day

Each stations- 1 minute reading, 7 minute task

Each station tests 1 or more attributes

Includes: communication skills, UCAS statement, ethical reasoning, negotiation, current affairs, situational judgement test, written station.

Alternative Routes

"We have always believed that anyone with the talent and ambition to succeed should be able to come to Leeds...

Vice-Chancellor Professor Michael Arthur

Access to Leeds Bradford Partnership

Interdisciplinary Science Foundation Programme Access courses

Alternative Access Routes

Access to Leeds Alternative admissions scheme that allows us to

identify applicants who have the potential to succeed but who may not be able to demonstrate their talents through grades alone

Realising Opportunities Operated by the charity Brightside in collaboration

with 12 universities and enabling increased access

Work alongside standard UCAS application Typical offer 2 grades lower if university modules are

passed

Interdisciplinary Science Foundation

CFGO

Full-time, 1 year

Enables students who may have been disadvantaged in their preparation for tertiary education to prepare for degree level study and gain the necessary academic competence required for entry to the degree programme

Criteria for transfer: at least 70% in Chemistry, successful interview

Clinical Sciences BSc

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CLINICAL SCIENCES AT BRADFORD AND THE MBChB COURSE AT LEEDS

FOUNDATION

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YEAR 2

YEAR 3

BSc (Hons) Clinical Sciences

Bradford

40 intake

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YEAR 2

YEAR 3

YEAR 4

YEAR 5

MBChB Leeds

223 intake

20 transfer

20 transfer

20-40 intake

20-40 output

250-270 output

Access to Medicine Courses

College of West Anglia

Sussex Downs Adult College

They have to reach a certain standard in these courses: overall mark 70% and 70% in Chemistry

Plan B.

Feedback

We will provide limited feedback to unsuccessful applicants

This will take the form of a ranking, showing position in relation to the rest of the cohort in

Academic performance (all applicants)

Aptitude performance (all applicants)

Personal statement (if scored)

Interview performance (if interviewed)

Second time/re-sit applications

Assessed in competition with all the first-time applications

Examination re-sit results are only accepted in exceptional circumstances

Evidence of circumstances is needed

If you want to reapply: WHY was the application rejected? Any feedback? We do provide some feedback but we wont rewrite

an application!

Think about what can be done to make the necessary changes MAKE THEM!

Alternative Access Routes

UCAS Closing Date for Medicine is earlier than for other programmes Institution Code: L23 Course Code: A100 BMAT registration deadline is different from the UCAS deadline.

LOOK AT THE WEBSITES!!

Other sources of information

NHS Careers Website - www.nhscareers.nhs.uk/ General Medical Council Website - www.gmc-uk.org/ Medical Schools Council Website -

www.medschools.ac.uk/ BMAT-http://www.admissionstestingservice.org/our-

services/medicine-and-healthcare/bmat/about-bmat/

Leeds Medicine Admissions website - www.leeds.ac.uk/medicine/admisisons/

How to make an application successful.