Medicine Summer School
Applying to a UK medical school? Join our one-week residential medicine summer school. Gain skills, insight and experience from our medical school staff.
Make your application stand out
Our medicine summer school is rich with skills, which will supplement your medical school application. You will receive practical training in basic life support, automated external defibrillator use, suturing and more. You will also complete mock interviews and receive feedback on your personal statement. This will give you the confidence you need for a successful application to our medicine courses.
Connect with aspiring medical students
During our medicine summer school, you will stay at our Westlakes Campus. You will get the opportunity to build relationships with other students near the stunning Lake District. You'll help and learn from each other as you progress through the course. There will be plenty of social activities including a BBQ evening.
Practical skills
Our medicine summer school gives you hands-on, practical training in a range of areas. This will make your medical school application stand out.Interview practice and feedback
Complete a mock interview and receive feedback from medical school staff. This will help to identify areas for improvement.Create connections
Make friends with other aspiring medical students, who can provide support and encouragement during summer school and beyond.Beautiful setting
Our medicine summer school is based in West Cumbria, near the Lake District. Learn whilst enjoying all the beauty and charm this setting has to offer.
Medicine Summer School
Are you interested in attending our Medicine Summer School in July 2024?
What to expect from our Medicine Summer School
When you arrive in Preston, transport will be provided to our Westlakes Campus. You will have time to unpack and settle into your own en-suite bedroom.
Then, we will begin our medicine summer school schedule. That includes:
- Physical examination
- Airways workshop
- Suturing and venepuncture workshop
- Basic life support (BLS) and automated external defibrillator (AED) training
- Introduction to anatomy and practical workshop
- Introduction to professionalism
- Communication skills with simulated patients
- Virtual patient scenarios using VR technology
- Personal statement advice and feedback
- Mock Multiple Mini Interviews (MMIs) and feedback session
- Visit to a Mountain Rescue Centre
- Evening guest lectures
- Hear from former UCLan medical student and qualified staff
- Tour of the School of Medicine
Social events
We will also schedule in social events, including:
- Guided visits within the local area
- Excursions to local tourist attractions
- BBQ evening
- Celebration evening including an award ceremony
What does the Medicine Summer School include?
- Accommodation included
- Meals included
- Practical workshops and lectures
- Clinical skills
- Group activity sessions
- Advice from medical students
- Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) mocks, guidance and practice
- Exciting social programme
- Comprehensive Summer School insurance
Check out your accommodation
You will stay in Summergrove Hall whilst you attend the medicine summer school. This modern accommodation has its own gardens where you can relax in the evening. Take in views of the beautiful English countryside in all directions.
The halls are only a short walk from our Westlakes Campus. All rooms are single-occupancy and en-suite. Meals are included.
Where is Westlakes?
Our picturesque Westlakes Campus is in the tranquil surroundings of West Cumbria, near Whitehaven. It's on the doorstep of England's Lake District National Park.
Explore Westlakes Campus
Our School
Our School of Medicine and Dentistry has been successfully training doctors since 2015. We have over 200 places each year for international students on our Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) programme.
- The School of Medicine and Dentistry is accredited by the General Medical Council (GMC) and recognised by the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS).
- Our MBBS course offers early patient contact from Year 1 in the UK NHS. You'll get taught by an expert team of practising clinicians, scientists and recently qualified doctors.
- We have a diverse and multi-cultural student population. Our support services are there to help and guide you.
Our campuses
The School of Medicine has UK campus sites in Preston, Burnley and Westlakes, near the English Lake District National Park in Cumbria.
The Medicine Summer School will take place at our Westlakes Campus near Whitehaven, Cumbria. You will also get the chance to visit our Preston Campus on the day of arrival and tour the facilities prior to travel to Westlakes.
Medicine Summer School
Are you interested in attending our Medicine Summer School in July 2024?
Meet the team
- Professor Alison Carr
- Professor Cathy Jackson
- Professor Stuart Maitland-Knibb
- Elizabeth Chaplin-Brice – National Centre for Remote and Rural Medicine Manager / Safeguarding Lead
- Dr Tim Smith – Academic Lead, Westlakes Campus
- Dr Antonio Villarivera – Lecturer in Physician Associate and Medicine Programmes
- Charlotte Thomas – Outreach and Widening Support Officer / Safeguarding Lead
Alison is the School Dean since April 2023 and was previously Head of Medical School since April 2022. Alison has held a number of education leadership roles in England over the last 20 years in undergraduate medicine, postgraduate medicine and in developing national policy. Alis…
Prof Stuart Maitland-Knibb has worked extensively in urgent care, emergency medicine and pre-hospital emergency medicine. After working in the military for 12 years, as clinical director, he created an out-of-hospital remote centre to deliver urgent and emergency care to be deliv…
Antonio teaches across a range of pre-clinical and clinical topics with particular emphasis on anatomy, surgery, and simulation-based activities.
Tim leads on delivery of our MBBS and Physician Associate Programmes at Westlakes Campus.
Dates: 14 July - 21 July 2024
Price: £2750 (fee excludes spending money)
Location: Primarily at our Westlakes Campus in Cumbria. Transport will be provided from Preston.
Preston Campus
Address: School of Medicine, Harrington Building, Victoria Street, Preston, PR1 7QS, Lancashire, UK
Telephone: +44 (0)1772 201201
Westlakes Campus
Address: Samuel Lindow Building, Westlakes Science and Technology Park, Moor Row, Cumbria CA24 3JY
Telephone: +44 (0)1946 517200
You will be expected to travel to and from the start and end point of Preston either independently or with assistance from a parent, a UK-based guardian or chaperone service. We will provide onward travel to Westlakes Campus as part of the programme as well as return travel back to Preston. You'll also get the opportunity to visit our Preston Campus and tour the facilities on the day of arrival.
Preston has excellent transport links to Manchester International Airport via road and rail links. The fee does not include travel to and from the UCLan Preston Campus.
All applicants must
- Be in their 12th or 13th year of education (e.g. 1st or 2nd year of A Level/IB)
- Be aged 16-18 for the duration of the summer school
- Be able to evidence a level of English language competency that will enable you to fully participate in the summer school, regardless of your nationality or country of residence. Equivalent to iGCSE Grade B / GCSE Grade 5, as a minimum.
Please note:
- Fees don't include spending money
- Private health/travel insurance is a condition of attendance (if you're an international student)
- Participants must secure their own travel visas if necessary and as required
UK-based guardian for under 18s
If you are under 18 at the start of the programme, your place is subject to the completion of the Under-18 Student Form with signatures from your parent/guardian and a nominated UK-based guardian.
Where the parents of an international student remain abroad, and there is no relative or family friend in the UK who can be appointed guardian by the student’s parents, the University requires that the student provide details of a guardian based in the UK. Preferably this should be someone who is in or near to the University. The guardian should be an adult who the University can contact in case of emergency and can act in loco parentis.
If you are unable to provide for a suitable person to act in such a capacity, then a list of accredited agencies can be obtained from:
The Association of Educational Guardians for International Students (AEGIS)
Telephone: +44 (0)1453 755160
Email AEGIS UK
Privacy policy and conditions of offer
- All staff are DBS checked and trained in safeguarding.
- There will be two Safeguarding Leads who will be trained to Level 3 in Safeguarding: one will be responsible for day cover and the other for overnight.
- All students will be supervised throughout the Summer School and will have their own personal single en-suite bedroom with secure key card access.
- Staff will be available on site at the accommodation at Summergrove Hall and students will be registered each evening.
Frequently asked questions
Medical summer school is usually a short course which takes place in the summer holidays for Year 12 and 13 students. It gives students a taste of what studying medicine would be like.
Our medicine summer school is a week-long residential programme. You will learn practical medical skills like basic life support and automated external defibrillator. You will also practice mock interviews and receive feedback on your personal statement. This will enhance your future medical school application.
Attending a medical summer school can help your application stand out. It shows that you are committed to learning more about medicine. Medical summer school teaches you a variety of practical and professional skills, which other applicants may not have. It also gives you the opportunity to network with other aspiring applicants, who may be able to help you through the application process.
Medical summer school is a great way to make your application stand out. It shows you are committed to learning about medicine. You will gain practical and professional skills which other applicants do not have. This can make a great talking point in your personal statement or interview.
At our medicine summer school, you will also practice mock interviews and receive feedback on your personal statement. This will make you feel more confident during the application process.
Our medicine summer school costs £2750. This excludes any additional spending money you may wish to bring.
It is your responsibility to travel to our Preston campus.
We will provide transportation from Preston to our Westlakes Campus.
We will also provide transportation from our Westlakes Campus back to Preston at the end of the summer school.