<aside> 💡 The personal statement is a single A4 document. It’s aim is to help you demonstrate to medical schools that you are aware of the skills required in a doctor. You now have to show that you’ve demonstrated these skills in your own life and link them to scenarios you’ve witnessed where you’ve seen the skill in play. It’s not possible to do this for every skill but you should cover a decent number of the main ones (listed below).
Writing your personal statement may feel like a daunting experience. However, we’ve broken it down into a series of steps that will help make it manageable.
Most universities want to see the same 5 domains covered in a personal statement.
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Notion - Personal Statement - 3 October 2022.mp4
Example Mark Scheme from University of Bristol
<aside> 👣 Go through this page step-by-step. By the end you will hopefully have an excellent personal statement ready to submit onto UCAS!
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There’s two main parts to the personal statement:
<aside> 💡 This is an important question that you must answer in your personal statement. You’re also highly likely to be asked it during the interview stage.
You do not need to give an elaborate story from your childhood to stand out. You simply need to show interviewers that you have made an informed decision to pursue Medicine. The key is to show a structured and reasoned approach.
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Firstly, we strongly recommend you read this fantastic article on Medmentor. We’ll be using it to base our answers below.