Kenny

friend · in 5 sources (2017)

Speaks in 4 sources; this page lists what is said about them.

Sources by year: 2017: 5

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University of Cambridge (5) · Medicine interview (3)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2017

2017-10-15 · Interview Tips - How to answer "Why Medicine?" — Kenny says his choice of medicine was a build-up of decisions: at GCSE he wanted engineering but did not get the grades, then took to human biology in year 12 and saw himself as a driven people person. — 00:09:48
- Kenny says work experience, when he eventually got it, solidified his choice to pursue a career in medicine. — 00:10:42
2017-11-08 · Medicine Interview Tips - Talking about Work Experience — Kenny says the work experience he learned most from was a year as a healthcare assistant at a local hospital, helping patients with hygiene, toileting and feeding and monitoring vital signs. — 00:09:23
- Kenny says his 12-hour day and night shifts as a healthcare assistant gave him a sense of doctors' shift patterns and of living your life while working. — 00:10:03
- Kenny says working with nurses, doctors, physiotherapists and phlebotomists taught him the other hospital roles and life in a multidisciplinary team, where everyone brings something different but all care is patient-centred. — 00:10:03
- Kenny says being in hospital is probably one of the worst times of a patient's life, and his work taught him to see a patient as a person rather than a disease or a task. — 00:10:50
2017-11-29 · Medicine Interview Questions - How to answer "Why should we choose you?" — Kenny: In his mock answer for Birmingham, Kenny says his degree in medical physiology from the University of Leicester gives him a science background to build on in the medicine course. — 00:11:33
- Kenny says he plays squash and badminton and knows Birmingham's medical society has societies for them, so he can bring extracurriculars to the university. — 00:11:33
2017-12-06 · Medicine Interview Questions - How to answer "What's your biggest weakness?" — Kenny: In his mock answer Kenny sums up his biggest weakness with the phrase "if you want something done well, do it yourself": he likes to do everything, thinking he might do it quicker or his own way. — 00:07:38
- Kenny says he must work on wanting to take on every role, because in a hospital doctors, nurses and healthcare assistants each have their own role but all work together. — 00:08:08
- Kenny says that as chairman of a school committee filling an hour of his year group's time every other week, he found he could not do all the liaising himself and learned to delegate. — 00:08:59
…and 4 statements more in 2017 — all statements of 2017

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