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Impact

Q. Before/After attending the OD at the Uni, how likely were you to apply to the UoE Medical School?Q. If the likelihood of you applying to the University of Exeter Medical School has changed after attending the Open Day, why is that?

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92% of April visitors to the Open day were likely to apply to the UoE Medical School after attending the Open Day which shows the impact of the event; only 67% were likely to apply before attending.

Before After

17%

63%

50%

29%15%

19%6%

Undecided

Very unlikely

Quite unlikely

Quite likely

Very likely

The facilities and the campus building were far more

developed and nicer than I previously thought.

The facilities were outstanding, especially the new Forum at Streatham campus, and the staff

and students were friendly and helpful throughout the day. The most influential part of the open day which changed my mind was the Medicine presentation, which covered almost

everything

Really good accommodation and

lecture facilities.

The students were very optimistic about the university

and the course was very appealing. The students were

incredibly helpful and informative in their views.

I wasn't sure about the PBL course type before and thought a systems

based course would be the one for me, but I've now realised how key PBL is in

developing skills like self directed study/teamwork you'll use as a doctor

We visited because we did not think it was a PBL school. We are looking for traditional/integrated. When we discovered on arrival it was PBL, Exeter went from

"possible" to "no". But as we had come 200 miles we had a look round anyway. The PBL demo made us think much harder. On reflection afterwards, the decision is

that at its best, PBL could be very good indeed.

Applying

Q. When deciding which universities to apply to, please identify the most important factors in your decision:

Entry requirements are the most important consideration when applying to university, followed by the location of the university.

The NSS results factor as the least important.

Other

National Student Survey results

Position in league tables

Type of university (eg, campus, or city)

Reputation of university

Reputation of the course

Location of university in country

Entry requirements

15%

15%

21%

35%

46%

46%

50%

60%

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First find out & why come?

Q. How did you first find out about the UoE Medical School Open Day?Q. Which of the following reasons best describe why you visited the UoE Medical School Open Day?

79% of all respondents initially found out about the Open Day via the UoE website.

The primary reason to come to the Open Day was to visit the

campus (69%), and then find out more about the course (56%).

Other

To explore the City in more detail

To speak to academics

To view the learning facilities that will be available

To view the student accommodation

To find out more about being a student at Exeter

To find out more about the University

To speak to current students

To learn more about the course in detail

To visit the campus

0%

4%

13%

21%

25%

31%

35%

42%

56%

69%

Google search

Other website

Higher Education Fair / UCAS event

Your school or college

Somewhere else

University of Exeter website

2%

2%

4%

4%

8%

79%

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Overall impressions & Staff

Q. How helpful were the staff and students you met during the Open Day? Q. What were your overall impressions of the campuses you visited?Q. Please rate the following aspects of the Open Day:

Across the board, staff and students were viewed positively, with the majority of visitors rating them as very or quite helpful.

Overall impressions faired well overall; Streatham Campus impressed the most.

St Luke’s Campus

Atmosphere on the St Luke’s Campus

Organisation of the day

Overall impressions of the Medical School

Atmosphere on the Streatham Campus

Overall impressions of the University

Streatham Campus

44%

54%

75%

75%

77%

77%

90%

38%

25%

19%

23%

17%

21%

8%

Very good

Quite good

Average

Quite poor

Very poor

Did not visit / Don't know

Staff in academic areas

Staff at the Information Fair

Student marshals

73%

75%

85%

23%

17%

15%

4%

8%

Very helpful

Quite helpful

Not very helpful

Not at all helpful

Don't know / not applicable

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General Tours & Fairs

Q. Please rate the general talks/sessions/presentations that you attended during the Open Day

Generally the talks, sessions and presentations were well received by the visitors that attended them.

The Information Fair was the most positively rated, followed by the St Luke’s accommodation tour.

Streatham campus tour

Research exhibition

Student Life presentation

St Luke's campus tour

St Luke's accommodation tour

Information Fair

33%

28%

31%

21%

26%

40%

13%

21%

19%

35%

34%

40%

2%

6%

6%

10%

10%

52%

43%

44%

33%

34%

8%

Very good

Quite good

Average

Quite poor

Very poor

Don't know / did not attend

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Academic Sessions

Q. Please rate the academic talks/sessions/presentations that you attended during the Open Day:

The Medicine presentation and Clinical Skills demonstrations were well attended and well rated by the majority of respondents.

However, the other three sessions were not so highly attended.

Medical Sciences presentation

Small group learning session

Life Sciences Resource Centre demonstrations

Clinical Skills demonstrations

Medicine presentation

20%

28%

8%

48%

77%

7%

6%

4%

70%

70%

56%

19%

4%

0.25

0.271

0.191

Very good

Quite good

Average

Quite poor

Very poor

Did not visit / Don't know

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Usefulness & Improvements

Q. What were the most useful elements of the Open Day for you? Q. How do you think the University of Exeter’s Medical School Open Day could have been improved?

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‘Overview of the degree programme’, followed by ‘Speaking to students’ were deemed the most useful aspects of the Open Day.

Suggestions for improvement included: Other

Learning Skills Resource Centre demonstrations

Clinical skills demonstrations

Experiencing a small group learning environment

Campus tour

Accommodation tour

Speaking to staff

Speaking to students

Overview of your chosen degree programme

8%

0%

6%

25%

35%

38%

42%

63%

73%

The tours were fantastic, however it may have been

helpful if the tour guide studied medicine themselves,

however they were very helpful and pleasant.

Dual campus meant that information appeared spread

out and disjointed. A lot of time was spent travelling

between the two. Information was available but for instance finance took a while to find.

The lunch facilities were poor. Huge queues at Costa

Coffee and no hot food available at Streatham

campus.

It was difficult to plan our day because the timetable of presentations, shuttle bus times, maps etc were not

available on the website well ahead.

Pre Open Day

Registering to attend and the information pack received ahead of the Open Day were both rated very highly by visitors; at least 96% rated them very or quite good.

Q. How would you rate each of the following aspects, prior to the Open Day?

Booking your place on the Open Day

Open Day brochure

77%

67%

21%

29%

2%

4%Very good

Quite good

Average

Quite poor

Very poor

Don't know / Not applicable

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Any Further Comments

Q. Do you have any other comments about the Medical School Open Day at the University of Exeter?

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The staff and students were very helpful and informative. All

the speakers in the lecture on medicine were excellent.

Will definitely apply, and has given me a goal - now I have to get the grades.

Overall, very good. I'm looking forward to visiting again in the future, and hopefully studying

with you!

Excellent University and excellent Medical School. Would be so pleased to do my training

there.

Would have liked to see: a) taster lecture(s) in something difficult (eg biochem) to see if medicine was the right choice; b) labs and

examples of practicals; c) typical timetables for each of the years - the schematic given in the

lecture was too vague to be clear; d) less management speak - about communication skills etc -and much more about medicine

The Open Day brochure was particularly useful and comprehensive, I especially like the

provision of the back page where I could plan the sessions I wanted to attend, so as to make

the most of the day.

Thank you so much I had a lovely time and the open day gave me a great

insight in what it was to be an Exeter medical student it also have me an

idea of what the course was like thank you

The atmosphere at St Luke's wasn't as impressive as Streatham's probably

because there weren't as many people there but considering that is where I

would spend most of my time, it wasn't overly impressive.

Very enjoyable day for myself and the guests I

brought along - definitely looking to apply!

I feel that more signs are needed as it was difficult

to find out where you needed to be.

Other Med School Open Days

Q. Have you attended any other medical school Open Days?Q. How would you rate the University of Exeter's Medical School Open Day against this Open Day?

21 students have attended at least one other Medical School Open Day:

Plymouth

The University of Exeter’s Medical School Open Day was...

Other

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Imperial Cardiff

Plymouth

Cardiff

Imperial

Others

29%

33%

17%

20%

14%

50%

33%

30%

57%

17%

50%

17%

17% 17%

...much better ...a little better ...about the same ...a little worse ...much worse

Travel & Buses

Q. How far did you travel (each way) to get to the Open Day?Q. If you used the Open Day bus service, how would you rate this service?

15%

29%

25%

23%

8%

Average distance travelled for the Open Day was 117 miles

81% of June visitors rated the bus between campuses as ‘very/quite good’;

the remainder did not use it.

0%

60% 21% 19%

Very good Quite good Average Quite poor Very poor Did not use / Don't know

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Methodology & sample

The Medical School Open Day was held on 27th April 2013.

Everyone who registered for the day was invited to participate in the survey via email.

A total of 48 people completed the survey between 27th April and 17th May 2013. Due to the relatively low sample size, no sub group analysis has been included in this report.

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