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The Medical Student Starter Pack - my recommended essentials
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items As a medical student, these are some of the things that helped/ are helping me along my journey to doc status, including books, products, and more :)
Really great insight into the realities of being a doctor
This Is Going to Hurt [TV Tie-in]: Secret Diaries of a Young Doctor
Brilliant docuseries that enhanced my understanding of a lot of aspects of the human body
Watch Human: The World Within
The book I used to score 2880 in my UCAT entrance exam for medicine
Get into Medical School - 1300 UCAT Qs
The website that helped me with my Medicine interviews, and personal statement writing
Medic Mind
Super underrated UCAT practice website, couldn't have gotten my 2880 score without it
Passmedicine
So if you can get into this programme, they do this competition called the HE+ project, and run loads of mock seminars which is really good to talk about on the personal statement and all that
HE+ - Undergraduate Study - University of Cambridge
They upload loads of articles and stuff on medical advancements, really good coz they can ask you in the interviews about your knowledge of recent medical advancements, and medical current affairs
Medical Xpress
Sooo these are the most reliable stethoscopes, but I do recommend waiting till freshers because apparently you can get discounts and stuff
3M Littmann Classic III Monitoring Stethoscope
So when preparing for the UCAT people seriously overlook the actual UCAT website itself, it has TONS of practice questions on there for free
Practice Tests and Question Banks
6med is the BESTTT!! The articles on there are super helpful and prepared me for my interviews
6med
So I do recommend getting a squishmallow like Carmichael because he's a great pillow and very nice to hug when you're stressed out, and there will probably be instances where you're stressed out in med school
Original Squishmallows Plush Carmichael the Green Cucumber ...
DK does some amazing books on the human body and this one was honestly such a good one, if you're looking into the neuro side of medicine or are just interested in all things anatomy in general, GET THIS BOOK
How the Brain Works: Facts Visually Explained
They have soooo many courses on here that you can do for free, (and some paid ones if you want), that really help with your personal statement and interviews. I did this course called ‘Vital Signs’ that taught me so much within a few hours
Coursera
This one may seem a bit silly, but get yourself some kind of cloud storage and turn it into a digital diary where you keep track of articles you've been reading, courses you've been doing etc. It helps so much
Google Drive: Sign-in
Read the GMC guidelines, it's a bit boring but it has pretty much 95% of the stuff you need to know for interviews
Good medical practice - professional standards