Luke - Hampstead tutor






Information About Luke:


Personal Description:

I am a medical student in my final year of study at the Royal Free & University College Medical School. I completed my first degree last year, achieving a first-class degree in Medical Sciences with Physiology at the prestigious UCL Physiology department. I was also awarded their Leonard Bayliss memorial prize for the highest overall mark in the year. In training to become a doctor I am exposed on a daily basis to many different scenarios, and have had to develop the communication skills, critical thinking and leadership necessary to analyse problems and work towards their solution logically as part of a team.

I enjoy many extracurricular activities including representing my medical school in Rugby, Cricket and Squash, and have spent time in the University of London Air Squadron as an officer cadet.



Teaching Experience:

Although I have no formal qualification in teaching, I have found plenty of opportunities to tutor others whilst both at sixth form and throughout my time at university. My first experience of tutoring was as a cricket coach at a local cricketing centre.

Subsequently I have had experience in tutoring students through their GCSEs and A-levels, helping one student to reverse a GCSE grade for Maths from a C to an A. In doing so they were able to achieve their desired place at sixth form college - an experience I found very rewarding.

I have also found time whilst at university to sign up for the UCL 'Peer Assisted Learning Scheme', helping students in the years below me to achieve success in their preclinical exams. I was very fortunate to be part of the first year of students helping to teach anatomy in the university dissection room alongside several notable UCL Professors and Surgeons, an experience I enjoyed tremendously.



Tutoring Approach:

I often found it frustrating at school that some teachers would teach only what was required to be learnt on the curriculum, with no room for deeper information that invariably helped to consolidate the point being made and often captured the imagination. This often meant that many students tried to simply remember everything rather than understand it.

Whilst studying my A-levels I was inspired by one teacher who saw things differently - often going beyond the depth of knowledge required in order for the students to achieve a true understanding. This has invariably been my approach to both my own learning and tutoring style ever since. In my experience students gain far more from working through a problem logically, by breaking it down into its constituent parts and having a sound understanding of first principles. Not only does this save the student from an alternative method involving a lot of 'cramming', it also equips them with the confidence and ability to answer more difficult questions that they may not have anticipated with a rational and sensible approach.



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Qualifications:

  • BSc (Hons) Medical Sciences with Physiology (1st)
  • UCL's Leonard Bayliss Memorial Prize in Physiology
  • 5 As at A-level in Maths, Physics, Biology, Chemistry and General Studies
  • 6A*s and 4As at GCSE level

Further Information:

Availability:  Weekends / Weekdays (evenings)
Types of Tutoring:   Travels to you / From their home / Online
References Supplied?   Yes
Current DBS/CRB Check?   Yes