Real Clinical Experience

A clinical work experience with UK doctors, from anywhere in the world.

A 10-week online internship led live by practising NHS doctors. You'll take patient histories, work through real clinical cases, and learn to think like a doctor. You'll gain the hands-on experience top medical schools look for, made accessible to international students.

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About This Event

This is your chance to step inside the NHS and experience what being a doctor is really like. Over 10 weeks, you'll work through real patient cases, take histories from trained actors, and make the clinical decisions doctors make every day, all led live by practising NHS doctors. It's the hands-on medical experience top universities look for, and for most international students, the only way to get it.

DURATION

10 weeks

FORMAT

Live online, Zoom

SCHEDULE*

Sundays, 1 hr/week

RECORDINGS

Always provided

AGES

13–18 (Yrs 9–13)

COHORT SIZE

Limited

TIME ZONES (*this may be subject to change)

UAE 1pm · Hong Kong 5pm · UK 10am

NEXT COHORT

November 2026 to January 2027

Bursaries and access places are available. If cost is a barrier, contact us directly at info@medefine.org before applying. We will always try to find a way

Why it matters: What medical schools look for

Almost every UK medical school expects clinical work experience. For international students, it's one of the hardest things to get: placements are scarce, competitive, and often impossible to access from abroad. This internship solves that, bringing the clinical thinking, ethics and real practice of the NHS to you, wherever you are in the world.

WHAT MOST APPLICANTS WILL HAVE

Observational shadowing, watching from the sidelines

Generic online courses with no live interaction

Pre-recorded videos and quizzes

A certificate that looks like everyone else's

WHAT THIS INTERNSHIP ADDS

Live simulated consultations with trained patient actors

Problem-Based Learning, the method used across top medical schools

Practising NHS surgeons, consultants, and GPs teaching you directly

A Certificate of Excellence signed by NHS doctors

Your First Patient

You're a medical student in the emergency department. Mrs Smith, 79, arrives with worsening chest pain. Her antacids have stopped working, she's noticed black stools, and this morning she vomited blood. She's frightened. What do you do first?

This is an example of a real case you'll work through in the internship.

Instead of watching medicine, you're placed inside it, asking the questions, weighing the clues, and deciding what happens next, with an NHS doctor guiding your reasoning at every step.

We believe that this is the most engaging and effective way to learn how to think like a doctor: not by memorising, but by doing.

This is an example of a real case you'll work through in the internship.

Instead of watching medicine, you're placed inside it, asking the questions, weighing the clues, and deciding what happens next, with an NHS doctor guiding your reasoning at every step.

We believe that this is the most engaging and effective way to learn how to think like a doctor: not by memorising, but by doing.

The Experience

Every week takes you deeper into the work of a doctor, building the exact skills medical schools look for, and the confidence that comes from using them for real.

YOU WILL:

Take patient histories: interview trained patient actors, the same kind used in UK medical schools, and learn the questions that lead to a diagnosis.
Work through clinical cases: diagnose, prioritise investigations and build a management plan as a team, guided by NHS doctors.
Experience medical school teaching: through Problem-Based Learning, the exact methods used at top medical schools.
Explore medical ethics: work through the difficult decisions doctors face, using the principles the GMC holds them to.
Present to a panel: deliver your case to clinicians and medical students, building real confidence in speaking and clinical reasoning.

YOU WILL:

Take patient histories: interview trained patient actors, the same kind used in UK medical schools, and learn the questions that lead to a diagnosis.
Work through clinical cases: diagnose, prioritise investigations and build a management plan as a team, guided by NHS doctors.
Experience medical school teaching: through Problem-Based Learning, the exact methods used at top medical schools.
Explore medical ethics: work through the difficult decisions doctors face, using the principles the GMC holds them to.
Present to a panel: deliver your case to clinicians and medical students, building real confidence in speaking and clinical reasoning.

Who this programme is for

Built for students in Years 9–13, whether you're certain about medicine or still working out if it's for you.

I'm set on medicine.

You'll arrive at interviews with clinical experience to draw on, genuine NHS insight, and the confidence of having reasoned through real cases with real doctors.

Oxford

Cambridge

UCL

UCAS

I'm still deciding.

There's no better way to find out than to experience it. You'll get an honest feel for what clinical medicine involves, so your next decision comes from informed understanding.

Medicine

dentistry

heatlh sciences

I want to stand out.

Most applicants have grades and shadowing. Few can say they've worked through live cases with NHS doctors, presented to a clinical panel, and earned a certificate signed by them.

personal statement

work experience

What you walk away with

By the end, you'll have more than a certificate. You'll have worked through real clinical cases, presented to a panel of doctors, and earned a Certificate of Excellence signed by NHS clinicians.

Most importantly, you'll have genuine experience to draw on in your personal statement and interviews, and a clearer sense of whether medicine is the path for you.

By the end, you'll have more than a certificate. You'll have worked through real clinical cases, presented to a panel of doctors, and earned a Certificate of Excellence signed by NHS clinicians.

Most importantly, you'll have genuine experience to draw on in your personal statement and interviews, and a clearer sense of whether medicine is the path for you.