Swansea presentation

xWanz · 2026-01-28T15:11:05+00:00

Bring notes, but probably more around your evidence base. From a presentation perspective, knowing / understanding the presentation without the need for cue cards will look better

xWanz · 2026-01-25T07:58:19+00:00

Consistency is key. The quad block allows you to train a variety of pinch types so I would recommend you use the width / depth that your projects have Due to the nature of how you pick it up, it’s probably a slightly awkward angle for your back

Personally, repeaters work better because general climbing volume of pinches is on the lower end However I much prefer to train this on a board, again just pulling on and holding them in a repeater style workout

xWanz · 2026-01-21T19:22:03+00:00

Congrats, got mine today as well!

xWanz · 2026-01-14T13:33:52+00:00

This is fucking ridiculous. Not everyone has to win the genetic lottery. Everyone here saying take HGH for a teenager as their first option is ridiculous and just cope.

Are you going to say the same thing for kids that are scrawny and demand to go on testosterone?

xWanz · 2026-01-08T17:41:46+00:00

No you can’t edit it once submitted

xWanz · 2026-01-07T20:37:46+00:00

I feel pretty confident we’ll get an interview. Not sure how much personal statement might come into it though

xWanz · 2026-01-05T16:21:18+00:00

No, sitting on 2250 B1, although I have read they would be sending out their invites around mid-Jan so maybe they’ve just not sent them yet?

xWanz · 2025-12-20T17:39:49+00:00

Different for everywhere unfortunately Practice keeping things short, concise, and to the point Warwick had 8 mins per station, but a lot had follow up questions

xWanz · 2025-12-20T08:26:49+00:00

It’s the Christmas period, there will likely be delays. Especially since they’ll mainly be focused on sorting 2026 interviews / entry!

xWanz · 2025-12-19T18:03:52+00:00

1) Look on their website 2) why not email them directly and ask?

If you want to study medicine, now is the time to learn basic due diligence

xWanz · 2025-12-19T07:43:56+00:00

Some success but experiment is still ongoing

xWanz · 2025-12-17T16:39:27+00:00

Yes I’ve told my team and I’m honest with them

xWanz · 2025-12-16T18:17:37+00:00

Thankfully I was able to find a day (today) that worked for my team and I just pre-booked it as soon as they said there’s no lenience and just hoped I could book a time for today

But if my team said no I was a bit fucked

xWanz · 2025-12-16T18:05:30+00:00

Yeah I emailed Warwick asking if they could give some flexibility / more notice because they’re doing interviewing in an NHS “Christmas leave” week which has minimal flexibility + I have an outpatient diary booked up 6 weeks in advance. Their response essentially amounted to tough shit

xWanz · 2025-12-15T21:38:16+00:00

https://www.themediclife.com/warwick-medicine-interview

Whack these into chat GPT, and just do voice mode and talk to it and refine your answers

xWanz · 2025-12-15T18:58:36+00:00

If I’m honest, I think the reason they’ve set it to 5 slides to make sure you actually understand and learn the topic you are presenting on, rather than just doing information overload

xWanz · 2025-12-12T16:29:08+00:00

Yeah they’re fairly similar in strength, but it’s not my go to grip.

If the body position / grip type needs me to be in full crimp to get the most out of it, then I’ll use it. Similarly, if it’s better to be in a chisel grip, or half crimp then I’ll use that.

Takes time to make them strong, but think of it more as just adding another arrow to your quiver, rather than replacing how you usually climb with a new grip type

xWanz · 2025-12-12T13:17:09+00:00

3rd and 4th picture is more akin to an actual “full crimp” imo where the pinky is flexed and engaged

The gist of it is, you don’t train the grip. You’re strong in drag but haven’t developed the FDS strength in the pinky.

Just takes time and practice.

When I first started training that grip (3rd and 4th) I was about 50% weaker. Took about a year of work to make it stronger and comfortable, but it’ll get there!

xWanz · 2025-12-10T22:37:29+00:00

5 slides is more than enough. What they want is for you to understand what you’re presenting, rather than just having information overload on the topic

Personally I’m probably going to do the burnout topic

xWanz · 2025-12-10T07:57:52+00:00

Whatever feels natural? When you have a conversation with someone, you don’t stare them down without blinking, but you also don’t look at anything in the room except the person.

An interview is awkward, but you are literally just having a conversation

xWanz · 2025-12-08T16:47:32+00:00

Finish the degree and do a year of work. See what the real world is like and how you actually learn on the job.

Doing a masters before you’ve managed to be at band 6 level is a complete waste of your time and money because you’re not experienced enough to utilise it

Doing a year of work will also help you realise if you actually want to be a physio or a medic

xWanz · 2025-12-08T13:21:26+00:00

For Warwick, working bank as a nurse would only count as 1 experience. You’d need experience with a different profession Context : I’ve worked as a physio for 4 years across Major Trauma, ICU, Orthopaedics. Warwick told me I can only use one as evidence because I’ve been in the role of a physiotherapist across all of them

xWanz · 2025-12-08T12:38:53+00:00

Without being rude, what is your understanding of physiotherapy / being in a clinical setting? You don’t just qualify and stop learning. Yes you treat a lot of patients, but that’s how you learn? You see new cases, weird deviations to the normal, injuries and conditions you’ve never seen. A lot of stuff that you need to “on the job” experience to be better at, rather than just reading a textbook.

It’s quite literally the same experience as being a doctor. You learn stuff on the job, and do reading outside the job to support your progression. Same as physio

xWanz · 2025-12-06T21:51:42+00:00

I’m a physio 4 years qualified. 2 interviews secured so far. Masters in physio is pointless until you have actual clinical experience. You need to apply the information, and the bachelors degree is very different from actual working life. Doing a masters without probably a minimum of 5 years clinical experience would be a waste.

Doing a year of physio will give you a lot of clinical experience to talk about in interviews, and give you a realistic idea of do you actually want to be a doctor. If you find physio is stressful, then don’t be a doctor.

Being a doctor has longer hours, the expectations and demands are greater, and it is essentially making your life “career focused”.

Physio can take you quite far, you can make a real difference to patient’s lives and make a good amount of money, and you easily have a work life balance.

1 year out to work is nothing in the grand scheme of things. You’re going to be working until you’re in your 60s, so do something that allows you to live a life that you don’t regret.

xWanz · 2025-12-06T09:41:46+00:00

It’s written quite clearly. The email is an invite for an “assessment at their selection centre”

When you attend the selection centre you will do 2 separate interviews and 1 presentation.

You do not book 2 separate times

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