Medicine offer holder days (Medical School arrival)
As part of your offer holder day at Sheffield, you'll be spending some quality time getting to know the Medical School, the Medical Teaching Unit and your chosen course.
Arriving at the school
You will have booked to visit us 10am to 12.30pm or 2pm to 4.30pm on your offer holder day. Please arrive in good time for the start of your booked session, as we'll need to scan the QR code from your booking to register you.
Your arrival location is: The Medical School, reception area.
Get directions via Google Maps / Apple Maps
Our recommended route for getting to The Medical School is Glossop Road -> Beech Hill Road.
There will also be lots of open day staff and ambassadors around campus to assist you.
If you arrive late for your booked session, please report to the general information stand on the Students’ Union concourse, where event staff will be able to help.
When booking, you'll be able to reserve a place for yourself and one guest at the department activities. To ensure safe venue capacities, the department will be unable to accommodate any additional un-booked visitors.
However, you're welcome to bring additional guests to accompany you on the day, and we would encourage these guests to take part in our range of central exhibitions and tours while the department activities are running.
Medicine offer holder timetable
You will have booked to visit the school 10am to 12.30pm or 2pm to 4.30pm on your offer holder day. Here's what to expect from your time with us. Timings are approximate and are subject to change, and so we recommend checking back prior to the event.
| Duration | Student activity | Supporter activity |
|---|---|---|
| 60 minutes | Activities: A variety of Teaching Demonstrations | |
| 30 minutes | School talk and Q&A | |
| 15 minutes | Short walk to the Medical Teaching Unit | |
| 45 minutes | Tour and Demonstrations in the Medical Teaching Unit | Supporter Networking and Q&A |
For the rest of the day, you'll have time to take part in the central tours and exhibitions detailed in our offer holder day guide.
Activities
You'll have the chance to take part in a variety of activities related to Medicine to give you a real taste of what it's like to be a student at Sheffield.
We run a range of activities on our applicant days and the below examples will give you an insight into what you could be doing on the day.
Activities: A variety of Teaching Demonstrations
Our Teaching Demonstrations will be delivered across a number of breakout rooms in the Medical School. You'll have the chance to move around these breakout rooms at your own pace, so you can explore, learn and chat to current students and staff without rushing.
The various Teaching Demonstrations will provide you with an advanced opportunity to try your hand at physical examinations which are taught on the course, find out more about our different teaching styles and assessments, speak to our current students, learn about primary care and understand more about our student support offerings. Our senior team members will also be available to chat to.
Tour and Demonstrations in the Medical Teaching Unit
You'll have the chance to visit the Medical Teaching Unit, see our new state-of-the-art anatomage tables, high-quality plastic models, real bones and skeletons, plastinations (which are prosections that have been imbued with a plastic-like polymer to keep them lifelike) and the radiology and surgical procedure tutorials on our large touch-screen monitors.
How to book
Please book your place on the offer holder day via the link in your invitation email.