Once I got over the initial shock of getting through to the interview stage I needed to start thinking about the tasks. We were told that we would participate in group activities, have interviews and we would have to do a short informal presentation on a topic of our choice and that we would have to bring an object or a photo relating to the topic. The group activities couldn't be prepared for and very little could be done to prepare for the interviews, the thing I needed to concentrate on was the presentation.
At first I didn't have a clue what to do it on,. I thought of many ideas which were very varied. After a lot of consideration and changing my mind I decided to combine my love of volunteering, my interest in medicine and my role model Dr Drake. I also decided to take 2 photos. One of Dr Drake and a former patient of his and one of a group of people at my school, Dr Drake and a cheque that we were presenting for a charity that he was involved in (The Northern Cleft Foundation) after raising money as a school for it.
The story can be found here: http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/863/news/19740
At first I didn't have a clue what to do it on,. I thought of many ideas which were very varied. After a lot of consideration and changing my mind I decided to combine my love of volunteering, my interest in medicine and my role model Dr Drake. I also decided to take 2 photos. One of Dr Drake and a former patient of his and one of a group of people at my school, Dr Drake and a cheque that we were presenting for a charity that he was involved in (The Northern Cleft Foundation) after raising money as a school for it.
The story can be found here: http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/863/news/19740
This was one of the photos used. This was one of the occasions that changed my idea of what I wanted to do with my life. Dr Drake has A Job at Morrinston Hospital as aAMB Cleft and Maxillofacial Surgeon in South Wales, but he volunteers to travel to destinations such as India to perform surgery on children. Without the kindness of people such as Doctor Drake the children either wouldn't have the surgery at all or have it later on in life after suffering for years. This inspired me to want to be a doctor and also to start doing more volunteering.
