Preclinical
Year 1 Guide
Advice from students who have already done first year, for the one you're about to start.
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Year Group Guides
Practical advice for each stage of medical school, year by year.
Pick your year
A guide for each stage
Find the year you're in and start there. Each one covers the study, the faith side, and looking after yourself.
Preclinical
Year 2 Guide
The step up to case-based learning and the S2 exam, then your first ISCEs and Progress Tests. Written by students who did Year 2 before you.
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Year 3 Guide
Placements and sign-offs, the SSC and Progress Tests, plus side-quests and how to keep your faith in view on the wards.
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Year 4 Guide
Placements, the SSC, intercalation, Progress Tests and ISCEs, and how past fourth years handled the stress.
Open guide →Clinical years
Year 5 Guide
Bursaries, placements, UKMLA and PSA prep, the UKFPO application and your elective, from students who have just been through final year.
Open guide →Placement resource
Surviving placement
An interactive guide to getting the most out of clinical placement, made by a medical student at Cardiff University as part of their elective.