Support And Guidance

Support and guidance

Throughout your studies at WMS you will have access to a great deal of support and guidance. Familiarity with the learning environment and assessment methods allows personal tutors and clinical educational supervisors to provide guidance and support to help prepare for the challenges of life as a junior doctor and into speciality training.

From the beginning of the course you will have a personal tutor (who can offer both academic and pastoral care), the WMS staff (some of whom you will have met during the Open Day and admissions process), your small learning group and peer support from the later years.

As you move into the clinical-based years you will meet regularly with a clinical educational supervisor with whom you will review your progress and who will help you set your learning targets.

While out in the Trusts, you will be additionally supported by the Undergraduate and Speciality Co-ordinators, the consultants you are attached to, the Clinical Teaching Fellows, Speciality leads and Trust Education leads.

Digital support

Moodle is Warwick’s Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) a web-based platform designed to support teaching, learning, and assessment. It provides a central space where staff and students can share resources, including lecture recordings, quizzes, case-based resources, and check-lists to keep your learning on track.

Each student will receive an IPad mini and Apple pencil which you will have on loan for the four years of your studies (returnable at the end of the course).

Here are just a few examples of the digital resources available to medical students:

Sofia is our curriculum mapping software that allows students to revise and track learning outcomes, add notes and attachments and filter content, aligned to Outcomes for Graduates and the MLA.

Clinical Key provides electronic access to all the textbooks you need, plus thousands of questions to make your own question bank.

NHS e-Portfolio is your own personal development record where you will log your experiences and competences, track your progress and reflect on your own learning experiences.

Student Advice and Wellbeing Services

In addition you are able to access all the student support systems in place for a student at the University of Warwick which include:

• A careers consultant dedicated to supporting our medical students
• Disability services
• University Counselling Service
• Students' Union Advice Centre
• University Mental Health and Wellbeing service