Jaya

Hello I am Jaya, a 4th year medical student at the University of Edinburgh. I applied to Oxford, Edinburgh, St Andrews and Aberdeen medical schools, and received offers from the latter three. I understand that applying to medicine can be a stressful time and complicated to navigate. As your mentor, I will be there to support you throughout the process, and help you develop and showcase your skills most effectively.

I am a friendly and hard-working individual with great organisational and leadership skills. My teaching experiences include one-on-one mentoring and school-visits, where I have created teaching materials and taught on admissions tests, interviews, personal statements, strategic applying and university preparation. I have been helping medical school applicants for the last four years through which I have gained a good understanding of the expectations of medical school admissions and ways in which applicants can stand out from the crowd.

My passion for teaching is reflected in work I do at university. I am the Events Coordinator for Edinburgh University Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery, an Anatomy Tutorials Coordinator for Accessibility in Medicine, and I am on the committee for the British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin Young Doctors and Medical Students Forum. I am a student ambassador for SimPat and also pursuing an Undergraduate Certificate in Medical Education at the University of Edinburgh. I have organised and hosted career insight events, podcasts and conferences primarily with a focus on cardiology. I am involved in neuroscientific research and I am currently working towards publishing a paper on the development of an online living evidence summary tool to help the scientific community in carrying out systematic reviews of research.

I hope to work with you soon!