Virtual Medicine Work Experience
Safe virtual and in person NHS work experience placements with Dr. Abdul Mannan fully qualified doctor and medical school tutor 🎓
See what it is like working as a doctor in the NHS and see real patients 😷 Learn real surgical, life support and practical skills supervised by NHS medical school tutors.
Reflect on the clinical experience that you will undertake and use this in your application to medical school 👁 In 2023 we are also offering you the opportunity to run your own GP surgery with your own patients ! 👩🏼⚕️
Why should you choose Dr. Abdul Mannan for your Medical School admission training?
Fully qualified experienced medical school tutor at university training practice NHS Hazelvalley Surgery 🎓
Over 5000 students secured medical school places 🏆
Over 200 medical students and 20 foundation doctors trained 💎 Over 25 specialist GP trainees trained
Trusted to teach at top UK schools at all levels, state and independent as well as 3 medical schools in the UK 🤝
Proven evidenced based training that gets results – Over 98% of students obtain at least one offer after our Medical School Interview Course (n>1000) ✅ Record number of students with UCAT Score 2800 + and SJT Band 1 after our UCAT Course
Teaching Medical School Interview Skills since 2001 ⭐️
Our Team includes members of the BMA, RCGP, Health Education England, Primary Care Networks trained at Masters level in Medical Education 👑
Virtual and In Person Work Experience Placements for Aspiring Medics
We offer hands on in person clinical work experience placements suitable for students wishing to study medicine or an allied healthcare profession supervised closely by fully qualified NHS doctors ✅
For 2023 we are offering weekend placements in London, Manchester as well as student surgeries in own GP Practice Hazelvalley Surgery in Lancashire ✂️
We also provide clinical placements during the week at Hazelvalley surgery - these are available all year round. Please email us (support@bluepeanut.co.uk) with your dates and we will see if we can fit you in 📚
Why should you attend our medicine clinical work experience placements?
All placements are taught and supervised in person by Dr. Abdul Mannan. Dr. Mannan leads the COVID19 response in East Lancashire and here is talking to ITV about remote consultations during the pandemic 📺
Medical schools require applicants to have an insight into working as a doctor in the NHS, even during the COVID19 pandemic 🔎
They want you to be aware of (and have some) of the skills and qualities required to be a doctor and study 5 years through a tough medical programme 📚
It is not satisfactory to just observe healthcare being delivered, but to also reflect and talk about your own experience 🪩
Dr. Mannan and Dr. Khan supervise and provide pastoral care to all students in person during the placement 🏆 We do not compromise on the quality of your training.
The patients you will see will be from our own NHS practice (with consent) and will be chosen to offer you challenging cases just like you will see at medical school 🔎
We bring all our surgery equipment and the patients to you in a COVID19 safe environment 😷 We bring our own NHS GP Surgery and patients to you.
We will provide students a certificate of attendance following successful completion of the placement 🏅
What do you teach on the medicine work experience placement?
You will learn patient clinical history taking, communication and diagnostic skills. Teaching mirrors Years 1 and 2 at medical school 🗣
You will see patients with diseases that cover respiratory medicine, cardiology, oncology (cancer care) and paediatrics 🫀
We will then ask you to be the doctor and start the consultation with the patient. You will come to a management plan in partnership with your patients 📋 Not every patient will want to go to hospital ⚠️ You might also have to take a history from a mother or relative.
You will decide what diagnostic tests you want to do (these could include blood pressure readings, oxygen saturation and arranging an ECG) and interpret them 🧪
We will teach you any cardiology, anatomy, pharmacology, or any other clinical knowledge you may need to help treat your patient 📚
We will also teach you medical ethics and good medical practice guidance from the General Medical Council.
You will need to provide holistic care to your patients. Don’t forget the caring side of medicine!
Once you have seen your patient, you will need to write an accurate clinical entry in the medical records 💾
The clinical experience is hands on on both days. We expect all students to engage with the tutor and other students as part of a simulated medical team ⚠️ There are no boring lectures.
What practical skills and experience will I gain from the medicine work experience?
We pack your placement with medical and surgical practical skills that you can use in your medical school application as well as in real life ✂️🩼
We provide full training on Basic Life Support (BLS) on our weekend placements in Manchester ⚡️ We bring all our manikins and resuscitation training equipment. Learn how to resuscitate an unresponsive adult and how to respond in emergency scenarios.
If you are on a virtual placement, we will teach you the skills and then practice using clinical case based discussions rather than on clinical equipment.
Learn basic life support and defibrillation skills on our weekend placements ❤️⚡️
We teach you basic surgical training skills including suturing. This is done with the same methods we use with doctors, with real sutures and simulated wounds 😷
You will also learn about and undertake practical tasks such as phlebotomy (how to take bloods samples) as well as learn about how to use medical diagnostic equipment (such as stethoscopes, pulse oximeters and blood pressure monitoring) 🩸💉
We will provide full PPE (masks, gloves, aprons) and infection control measures will be in place ☣️
We will provide and incinerate all disposables and sharps after the placement 🔥 Students must adhere to our infection control protocols.
Clinical Work Experience in a GP Surgery
New for 2023 - Run your own GP surgery with your own NHS patients in Hazelvalley Family Practice. You will enjoy the experience but also expect challenging patients 👩🏻🎓
Learn consultations skills just like students in Years 1 and 2 at Medical School 📚
Your educational supervisors will be Dr. Mannan and Dr. Khan as well as our practice clinical team 🏆
Take a history, conduct a clinical examination, and write a (simulated) NHS prescription. This is not shadowing - you are the doctor 😀
Experience what it is like working as a doctor in our platinum rated NHS University Teaching Practice 💎
We will simulate the pressures of NHS primary care 🔬 You will be on call and must deal with emergencies in between your patients and answer phone calls from reception just like a real GP 🚨
Complete a reflective diary of your experience, so that you can talk about it on your UCAS personal statement and in your Medical School Interview.
Example Programme for Day 1 of the Work Experience Weekend (subject to revision).
Example Programme for Day 2 of the Work Experience Weekend (subject to revision). BLS is undertaken on Manchester placements.
Learn and practice your suturing skills with Dr. Mannan. Our work experience placements are in small groups and personally supervised by fully qualified doctors.
📽 You will see patients that are unwell and undertaking specialist treatment. You may have to see these patients using video consultation (another skill we will teach you).
🔎 You may also see patients in person and this requires you to pick up non verbal cues as well as well as dealing with angry or upset patients. ⚠️ Note photo is pre COVID - we now require use of PPE.
In person placements are in a top venue with a top lunch and all refreshments included. We want our students to gain new skills but also enjoy the placement.
Students are taught in small groups to ensure personal care and attention. See what it is like working as a doctor and gain skills that you can use in your medical school application.
COVID19 safe environment. Practice surgical skills with full PPE, as we do in a GP practice. All tutors are fully vaccinated against COVID19 and undertake regular NHS lateral flow testing.
Why should you book a medicine work experience placement with us?
🩺 Your supervisors are fully qualified medical doctors that practice in their own NHS practice in Lancashire – Hazelvalley Family Practice. You can be assured that the tutors that teach you are appropriately qualified and experienced in what they do.
🏆 Dr. Abdul Mannan, as well as being a top doc, also looks after students from UCLAN, Manchester and Lancaster medical schools. You may meet him again – this time as your uni supervisor!
🙋🏻 Dr. Mannan is friendly and approachable (watch his YouTube Channel) and can help you if you lack confidence or get stuck. If you come to an in person course you can network during breaks and over lunch.
🙋🏻Ask for help if you are stuck and don’t understand any concept or question. Our training programmes are designed to be challenging but also delivered in a friendly and open environment.
🏆 The practice also looks after Foundation Year (FY1) and GP Specialist Training (GPST) doctors. If you want to learn to be a GP in East Lancashire (which is a top clinical rotation by the way) we could meet again!
👨⚕️ The training and its delivery are designed in house by doctors. This is not a boring lecture – expect to be challenged.
🎙 You will develop your communication skills, confidence as well as gain some clinical skills. This in a secure friendly environment.
😀 We welcome anyone that aspires to become a doctor. Those that are in Years 11 (final year of GCSE) and 12 (first year A-level) and postgraduate entry students will gain the most.
👁 We are open and transparent. We have posted photos of our previous experience days (pre COVID) and testimonials from previous students who have come to our courses.
What does my course fee cover in the NHS work experience placement?
🏨 Your fee covers the cost of the venue and all the equipment required to make it safe (including gloves, masks and all sterilisation equipment. It covers the cost of disinfecting any clinical premises at the end of your placement.
🔥 It also covers the cost of any disposable medical equipment (such as suturing kits), the sharps box and green clinical waste bags. It also covers the cost of disposing of these using incineration.
🏆 We only pick top venues with excellent reviews and those that have a conducive atmosphere for training. We want our students to work hard during the placement but also enjoy themselves.
🍨 We include all refreshments and a top lunch on both days. We aim to provide vegetarian and halal options. We don’t compromise on the quality of food and refreshments.
🩺 It covers the cost of the patients giving their time up for you to practice with them, as well as any extra doctors we may need to hire to teach you.
⚠️ It does not include any accommodation or travel costs. We will try and get our venue to get our students a good deal if you wish to book with them.
Meet your educational supervisors on your Medicine work Experience
Dr. Abdul Mannan MBChB, DFSRH, PG Cert, MRCGP
🩺 Dr Mannan qualified in Medicine in 2000 from the University of Manchester Medical School. After a brief stint as a junior surgeon, Dr Mannan decided he wanted to be a GP.
🎓 He is trained at Masters level in Medical Education and helps supervise medical students from local medical schools. He is also a GP trainer and educational supervisor for foundation doctors and GP specialist trainees.
Dr Mannan, as well as running a successful NHS university GP training practice for many years, is also the Medical Director of the local Primary Care Network (PCN). He is currently helping with the COVID vaccination role out in Rossendale. You can see plenty of his public health videos on Hazelvalley Practice Facebook Channel.
Dr Mannan is an excellent public speaker and a talented tutor, having helped thousands of students into medical school and hundreds of junior doctors realise their dreams. He records many of our video tutorials and teaches in person on all of our courses.
Dr Mannan designs the UCAT courses as well as the highly successful NHS work experience placements. He also helps the local NHS Deanery with postgraduate training assessments for the MRCGP exam.
In his spare time, Dr Mannan maintains his fitness by mountain biking 🚴♀️ and has a keen interest in food, particularly of the Thai and Indian varieties.
Dr. Imran Khan MBChB, LLM, DFSRH, FRCGP
🩺 Dr Khan qualified with Dr Mannan in Medicine back in 2000 at the University of Manchester. Dr Khan initially wanted to be a physician and spent a considerable amount of time in cardiology, coronary care and oncology in hospitals in Northamptonshire, Cheshire and Merseyside. He then decided to become a GP.
🎓 He is trained in Masters level in Medication Education and also has a Masters degree in Medical Law and Ethics from the University of Edinburgh. He has also trained as a GP expert witness at the University of Cardiff but tends to spend most of his time in the NHS.
Dr Khan works as a GP with Dr Mannan in Hazelvalley Family Practice in Rossendale, Lancashire. He is the safeguarding and clinical lead there, as well as supervising medical students and physician associates. He has held several leadership roles in the NHS over the years including providing a Lead GP role in GP out of hours to over 200 doctors.
He has previously worked as a clinical lead in the local Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) as well as been a district representative for the Royal College of General Practitioners.
Dr Khan designs the highly successful Medical School Interview Courses as well as training for Situational Judgement.
Dr Khan has a keen interest in IT and looks after the Blue Peanut website and social media as well as looking at all the magic that makes all our online courses highly effective. At home, he also has a rather curious cat called Lizzy 🐈.
We recently held an Easter ‘Medical Work Experience during COVID19’ Workshop to help students discuss how to locate work experience. For students who could not make it, you can watch the recording below. Follow and subscribe to Dr Mannan’s Youtube Channel and get updates on medical school admission tips and also what is happening in the NHS.