Applicants should read up on current health-related stories before they go for their interviews. The interviewer may ask the applicant to talk about a specific current health topic of their choosing, so applicants should make sure that they know about one area in detail. Applicants should think of the pros and cons of common ethical dilemmas such as abortion, euthanasia, etc. and be able to weigh up both sides of an argument. Good sources of information are New Scientist magazine, the Student BMJ and the health/science pages of broadsheet newspapers:

www.brightjournals.com/
www.library.nhs.uk/
www.guardian.co.uk/science/latest
www.medicalnewstoday.com/
www.bbc.co.uk/health/
www.student.bmj.com/
www.newscientist.com/home.ns

Personal Statement

Applicants may get asked about information from their UCAS personal statement, so they should make sure that they can intelligently discuss anything that they have claimed to have done or have an interest in. It is therefore very important for the applicant never to cite an interest in the personal statement with which they are not very familiar. Applicants should make sure that they have looked at the website or the prospectus of the university that they are being interviewed at so they can talk knowledgably about their specific course.