Medicine Summer School
On our residential medicine summer school you will gain skills, insight and experience from our medical school staff and students.
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 spend time 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. There will also be an opportunity to visit our other campus sites.
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 will predominantly be based in West Cumbria, near the Lake District. Learn whilst enjoying all the beauty and charm this setting has to offer.
What to expect from our Medicine Summer School
Our medicine summer school schedule includes the following sessions (subject to change):
- 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:
- Excursions to local tourist attractions
- Free social time
- Sports activities
- BBQ evening
- Celebration evening
What does the Medicine Summer School include?
- Accommodation included
- Partial catering
- 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.
You will also spend time on our Preston and Burnley campuses. Details are yet to be confirmed but accommodation at Preston/Burnley will be on a self-catering basis.
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. Each year we have 50 home places and over 200 places for international students on our Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) programme.
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, predominantly, at our Westlakes Campus near Whitehaven, Cumbria with the opportunity to visit our other campus sites.
Meet the team
- Charlotte Thomas – Medicine Summer School Lead / Outreach and Widening Support Officer
- Elizabeth Chaplin-Brice – National Centre for Remote and Rural Medicine Manager
- Professor Alison Carr – Dean of the School of Medicine and Dentistry
- Dr Tim Smith – Academic Lead, Westlakes Campus
Dates: July 2025
Price: TBC
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.
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 supervising staff are DBS checked and trained in safeguarding.
- Staff will be available on site at the accommodation and students will be registered each evening.