Welcome to I_AM Medical Mentoring
A mentoring programme supporting Y13 students applying for medicine from London state secondary schools.
About the programme...
Being a doctor involves talking to and caring for the full range of the population. However, many parts of the population are poorly represented in the medical workforce. Preparing for and applying to medical school is complicated and highly competitive. More advantaged schools, students and families will be more familiar with the process and are more likely to be successful in their application.
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At I_AM, we have gathered together a group of doctors keen to redress this balance. In particular, we focus on the medical school interview. These interviews will often be a particularly unfamiliar element of the application process for which the school may struggle to assist. Yet performance at interview will strongly influence the offer of a place. We work weekly in small groups with Y13 applicants in the 3 months leading up to the interviews, exploring relevant medical content and undertaking practice interviews. We have been running for 3 years and currently have 16 doctors working with >150 students from 18 state schools across central London.
Programme Leads
Dr Clare Turnbull
Dr Aileen O'Brien
Dr Katie Snape
Professor Clare Turnbull is a Professor of Translational Cancer Genetics at the ICR and a NHS Consultant in Clinical Cancer Genetics at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. Professor Turnbull also works as a Consultant in Public Health Medicine for Public Health England.
Dr Aileen O'Brien is an honorary consultant Psychiatrist at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust. She is also the Dean for students at St George's University of London, and education lead for the National Association of Psychiatric Intensive Care Units
Dr Katie Snape is a senior lecturer at St George's University of London and a Consultant in Cancer Genetics at St George’s, University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. She also jointly leads the cancer genetics unit of the South West Thames Regional Genetics Service, and works in undergraduate teaching.
Administrative Team
Sophie Allen
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Nancy Turnbull
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Sophie is a data manager and part-time PhD student at the Institute of Cancer Research
Now retired, Nancy has previously worked for NICE as chief executive of their National Collaborating Centre for Primary Care and in other prior roles in Public Health
