Our People
Dukes Medical Applications retains a wide range of education specialists in the medical sciences in order to ensure that our expertise is as broad as possible.
Our medical tutors are recruited and trained by a team of dedicated education consultants based at our headquarters in London. Our consultants also coordinate our admissions research and work with our wider team of admissions experts, who include doctors, teachers and former medical Admissions Tutors. Many of these specialists attend our courses and give support directly to students.
Our expert admissions consultants are available throughout the week.
Meet The Team
Our dedicated Medicine education consultants perform our annual research, select and train our tutors, and oversee our clients’ full applications.
Nicola Smith, MD, FRCS(Paed), MB BChir, MA Cantab
Medical Consultant & Writer
Nicola Smith is one of our expert medical advisors, who works with us to ensure we prepare our students for the life of a doctor. Nicola is a Cambridge graduate, with 18 years of clinical experience. She was a Consultant Paediatric Surgeon in Cambridge for 6 years before turning to medical education as a tutor and medical writer, living with her family in France. For 5 years, Nicola was a Clinical Director of Studies for a Cambridge College, helping and guiding students through their clinical training. In this role she was also part of the admissions team interviewing medical applicants. She brings her wide range of experience, along with a passion for teaching and mentoring future doctors, to her role with Dukes Medical Applications.
Dr Imafidon (Don) Oboh, BA Oxon MBBS Imperial College London
Dukes Medical Applications Tutor
Don has mentored with Dukes Education for the past two years. Don is undertaking his Foundation Year 1 at Watford General Hospital, having qualified from his final year of clinical study at Imperial College London, in 2017. Previously, Don graduated from Oxford in Medical Sciences. As a mentor, Don has worked on dozens of events to support students to achieve their goal of studying Medicine and becoming a doctor. He is currently exploring a range of specialisms, but is particularly interested in Psychiatry.
Dr Michael Zervos, BA Cantab, MBBS Lond.
Dukes Medical Applications Mentor
Michael graduated from Cambridge in 2015 with a BA in pre-clinical Medical Sciences and Social Anthropology, and subsequently studied clinical Medicine at UCL. While studying, Michael has worked extensively as a mentor and tutor, with a focus on science and medical school applications. He has run Oxbridge classes at top London schools and contributed several chapters to the DMA book. His interests lie in psychiatry, medical anthropology and public health, and he hopes to combine his clinical practice with involvement in medical education.
John Wilson MA, BA (Hons) Oxon, PGCE Cantab
Advisory Board
John is a graduate of the Queen’s College, Oxford, having studied Biological Sciences. John has spent a significant proportion of his career as an adviser to students in the UK and throughout the world on making the best possible university choice and the strongest possible application. Having attained a PGCE in secondary science from Cambridge University, he is also a qualified and experienced teacher of Biology and Science, specialising in Sixth Form education at A Level. John is a lay member of the university admissions panel for medical school undergraduate entry at UCL and has also performed this role at Imperial College and Queen Mary University. As such, John supports the rest of the team at Dukes Medical Applications to understand the admissions process for top UK universities and how we can support our students to succeed at interview.
Explore our online application resources...
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Pharmacy
Fundamentally, pharmacy as a discipline uncovers how drugs work, looking across several scientific disciplines.
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BMAT Study Schedule
Our downloadable BMAT Study Schedule runs through the calendar, covering the key dates for the BMAT, as well as guidance on what kind of preparation is most useful at which time.
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A Day in the Life of a Clinical Medical Student
Dr Emma Brierley take us through what a typical day as a clinical medical student might look like.
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UCAT Practice Test
We’ve provided you with a ‘mini mock’ – a UCAT practice test you can sit in 15 minutes, which gives you a chance to fit in some practice for the exam.
