Dr Prep Ltd is an established specialist training company. The team originally ran the GETSET for GAMSAT course in 2003. We provided interview preparation as Gradprep in spring 2004 and incorporated into Dr Prep Ltd later in 2004, specialising in all aspects of medical school entry, particularly entrance exams and interviews. More than 70% of those who attended all of our courses last year were successful. The fifth edition of our book "How to get into Graduate Entry Medical School" is available, and we are equally experienced in training undergraduates.
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Dawn graduated from Cambridge University with a degree in Natural Sciences in 1997. She then worked in NHS management before returning to academia with the Institute of Cancer Research. She is now training to become a GP, having completed her medical degree in June 2006. She is a trained OSCE examiner at St George's, University of London.

In 2003 she designed and directed the GETSET for GAMSAT course, with 50 delegates and extremely positive feedback. In Spring 2004 she designed and implemented the highly successful interview course for medical school candidates. Over the last five years, she has designed and coordinated 85 courses, all with incredible feedback and great success.

She passionately believes in providing quality opportunities to all medical school candidates. She is happy to advise on all aspects of applying to medical school and co-edited ' How to Get into Graduate Entry Medical School ', now in its fifth edition.
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Adam is Consultant Neuroradiologist at Charing Cross Hospital and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Neurology and Imperial College, London. He is actively involved in education and clinical research, and has extensive interviewing experience. Adam initially trained in biochemistry and physics at Lancaster, and went on to post graduate and post-doctoral academic research in Bristol and Oxford. He then studied medicine in Cambridge, and undertook post-graduate physician posts in London before training in radiology at University College Hospitals, London. He sub-specialised in Neuroradiology at the National Hospital, Queen Square.

Although Adam gained entry to study medicine at Cambridge University before entrance exams such as GAMSAT, MSAT and BMAT were invented, he did so as a graduate. He therefore has the unusual experience of standard medical school entry in addition to an understanding of the issues facing graduates applying to graduate entry courses. He does not coach candidates to give formulaic answers, but gives personal feedback, as a senior clinician with significant interviewing experience.

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Eira has been a senior lecturer at schools and universities in the UK and South Africa and was a member of the UCAS Board of Directors from 1999-2003. As a skilled communicator with a passion for education, she works with us as both interview consultant and lecturer for the exam preparation courses. Eira is a Magistrate, works part-time for homeless students and is also a member of the Patient and Carer Network of the Royal College of Physicians.

Eira has worked with us since the first course in 2003 and she has received consistently phenomenal feedback, to the extent that we had to run her Critical Reasoning and Written Communication Courses for a third time last year. She is a very able lecturer who really focuses on the skills needed for success in GAMSAT, MSAT and BMAT. Students leave with a much clearer understanding of how these skills are tested in such medical school entrance exams.

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Pieter graduated in Nuclear Physics at Groningen University, the Netherlands, and obtained a PhD in Medical Physics at University College London, where he has worked from 1982-1991 as a Research Assistant/Fellow in the Dept. of Medical Physics. From 1991-2003 he was employed as a senior lecturer in the Department of Physical Sciences of the University of Hertfordshire, where he taught on a number of Radiography, Medical Electronics and Physics courses. He is currently an associate lecturer with the Open University where he teaches on an MSc course in Medical Imaging. His research interests are Optical Monitoring and Imaging Techniques in Medicine, and Computational Physics.

Pieter has worked with us since the first course in 2003 and he always receives very good feedback. The GAMSAT Science Weekends include 3 hours of intense Physics revision, in addition to the mock questions and worked through mock answers.
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Since graduating from Oriel College, David has taught at Magdalen College School, Oxford, (also in charge of General Studies, and Oxbridge applications) and St Paul's School, Barnes; he is currently a Chemistry master at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood. He runs a corporate quiz business in his spare time, and has appeared on more than a dozen television quiz shows.

David has worked with us since the first course in 2004. David's feedback from Dr Prep Science Weekends has included phrases such a 'that man is a miracle worker', and 'beyond awesome'. In 4 hours of intense revision during those weekends, David has an uncanny ability to not rush people, whilst covering the vast amount of chemistry material needed for the GAMSAT exam.

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Davina Hensman is currently in her third year of a graduate entry medical degree, having obtained a very high GAMSAT score. She graduated with a first class Biology degree from Oxford. She tutors Biology and Chemistry A-level, and lectured on the oringinal GETSET for GAMSAT course in 2003.

Davina has worked with us since 2003 and has received consistently great feedback. She covers non-physiological aspects of biology, explaining fundamental concepts about a range of core topics needed in the GAMSAT exam.
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Lucy is a community nurse for asylum seekers. She has a background in palliative care, including time spent in Hospice Africa, Uganda. She sits on the executive board for Medact (a UK based charity challenging global barriers to health). Last year she researched the healthcare provision for asylum seekers in London and this year has conducted a literature and policy review into the impact of immigration detention of children. She is also a member of the management committee of the Association of Somali women and children.

We have yet to meet a candidate who is not overwhelmingly inspired by this lady.

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Simon qualified in medicine at The Royal London Hospital where he won prizes in Pharmacology, Obstetrics & Gynaecology. After pre-registration posts in London, he did a Paediatric SHO job at Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children, Hackney that he loved so much that he decided to pursue a career in Paediatrics. He went to the Medical Unit in Cardiff as an SHO to take the MRCP and then became Registrar in Paediatrics at the University Hospital of Wales, before returning to London. He was Senior Registrar, first at Queen Mary's Hospital for Children and then at Westminster Children's Hospital. He then took a research post at the Royal Marsden Hospital in 1978 and was subsequently appointed Consultant Paediatric Oncologist, where he stayed for 20 years. At the same time he was Consultant Paediatrician at Queen Mary's & St Helier Hospitals in Carshalton, where he had a special interest in children's kidney and bladder disorders.

On leaving Paediatrics and the NHS, Simon studied law at South Bank University, graduating LLB with 1st class honours in 2005. He is now a postgraduate at the Centre for Medical Law and Ethics at King's College London. He is Chairman of the Rainbow Trust, a charity that supports the families of dying children. His academic interests lie at the interface of Medicine, Law & Ethics and, in particular, end-of-life issues in children.

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Phyllida graduated in Music & Theology and went on to teach for 9 years in an Independent School. She was also Head of the Careers Advice Department, overseeing all the UCAS applications. In the last five years that she worked there, every Sixth Form leaver achieved a place at their first choice of university.

She decided to retrain and graduated in Medical Biochemistry in 2000. She went straight into industry as a research scientist and has worked on a variety of projects related to gene expression or genetic sequencing since then. This year she decided to take advantage of the widening access to studying medicine and has started her studies in September 2005.

Phyllida continues to act as a consultant and a careers advisor in a variety of contexts related to university admissions processes. Her wide experience as a career's advisor, combined with her recent personal experience makes her uniquely suited to Dr Prep's service in providing feedback on candidates' personal statements and supplementary forms.
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Manoj qualified in Medicine at Bangalore University, India. After working in General Medicine in both hospital and rural communities in India, he took a sabbatical from medicine to pursue his interest in Media. He was involved as an assistant editor in the production of a television documentary examining industrial child exploitation in Southern India.

Manoj has found that his passion lies with Psychiatry. Since coming to the UK nearly 10 years ago, he has gained experience in General Adult, Old Age, Learning Disability, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and most recently in the Personality Disorder and Addictive Behaviours Specialities.

Manoj has worked with us since 2004 and students find his discussions fascinating. Using ethical dilemmas, Manoj encourages lateral thinking and maturity.

Emma graduated from Oxford University in 2000 with a degree in Archaeology and Anthropology, and stayed on in Oxford to complete a Masters in European Archaeology. She worked for a financial PR firm in London before completing the undergraduate medicine course at one of the London Medical Schools. She has just started specialist training in paediatrics.

Emma is well suited to giving advice to both undergraduates and graduates, including non science graduates. She provides a valuable and enthusiastic insight into the realities of life as a junior doctor.

Ben is a second year student on the GEP course at St. George's Medical School, University of London. He has worked at Dr Prep since 2006, and works as the on site co-ordinator, as well as lecturering in data manipulation, team-work, and personal statement use. He also wrote the finance chapter in the book 'How to Get Into Graduate Medicine' Editions 2 & 3 and co-editted edition 4, and has been known to moonlight as the peripheral neuropathy patient for the Dr Prep OSCE course. Finally, he mans the phones for Dr Prep, and is happy to give advice to any budding medics about the applications process and beyond.

He studied Biological Sciences at St. Anne's college Oxford, and had a career as a Marketing Consultant and as a public sector auditor. Having considered a career as a professional bongo player, it was clear that he just didn't have enough rhythm, so landed in medicine instead.

After a BSc in Biomedical Sciences at King’s College London, Darren undertook his medical training at St George’s Hospital. He has trained as an examiner for the Medical School and has been a member on interview panels for prospective medical students.

He completed his Foundation training in the South East before transferring to Liverpool for surgical training in Trauma & Orthopaedics.