COMMENTS FROM THE 2 DAY WORKSHOP
Following are examples of written comments made by students at the MedEntry 2 Day Workshop. You are welcome to view originals of these comments at our business premises, with a prior appointment.
Comments about the Lecturer
- Clear; easily understood and answered questions well.
- Dedicated and enthusiastic.
- Encourages students to share ideas.
- Provides effective strategies on approaching various questions.
- Dr Edward has valuable and priceless insights.
- Lecturer is thorough and interesting to listen to.
- Involves people and clarifies everything we need to know.
- Insightful, helpful and easy to listen to.
- Very informative and interactive with students.
- Ed was entertaining, not boring at all, made it fun.
- Engaging and humorous.
- Encouraging and motivational.
- Very friendly and approachable.
- Dr Ed was Awesome!
- Dr Ed is a very motivational and competent supervisor. My sincere thanks to him.
- The lecturer seems to have a lot of experience and is genuinely interested in helping us.
- The general attitude and presentation of the lecturer was positive and optimistic.
- Very engaging, genuine and knowledgeable.
- Ed was lovely!
- Dr Ed for Prime Minister!
- Dr Ed was very good, engaging (giving life experiences), explained concepts well and was easy to understand.
- Dr Ed was very helpful and genuine.
- Dr Ed’s professionalism, enthusiasm and sense of humour was delivered when appropriate and required.
- The lecturer was very good – he made it enjoyable as well as providing invaluable tips.
- Thank you for the inspiration.
- Thanks to Dr Ed – he was inspiring!
- Dr Ed has a great sense of humour.
- Ed is excellent. He is well spoken, and goes through information in depth.
- The lecturer was entertaining and knows exactly what he is talking about.
- The lecturer was nice and amusing.
- The facilitator was experienced and provided simplicity and clarity of tuition.
- Dr Ed is a great teacher.
- I liked Dr Ed. He taught me so much about myself.
- Dr Ed made the subject matter interesting and fun.
- I thought Ed was very helpful and inspirational. He’s motivated me to want to put more work in and hopefully I’ll get the score that I hope for!
- Thank you. You were very approachable and genuine.
- The lecturer was interesting, friendly and very informed – he knew details of the exam, universities etc.
- I enjoyed Ed’s ‘life coach’ approach – it was very valuable. I also appreciated his friendliness.
- The lecturer (Dr Edward) was a great role model and made the course very enjoyable.
- I felt encouraged by the lecturer.
- The lecturer is very enthusiastic, which was very inviting and made you listen – he was engaging.
- The lecturer was very likeable and easy to approach.
- I felt that the lecturer truly cared about our success and wasn’t simply processing another group of kids.
- Dr Edward is the best, he is both funny and a great teacher.
- Doctor Ed was friendly, engaging, humorous and knowledgeable, which really helped to learn the content.
- Doctor Ed is an inspiration.
- It was great how the lecturer, Dr Ed, made the participants feel relaxed and open, thus improving the contributions made overall.
- Great lecturer – he got his point across effectively and memorably.
- The tutor was amazing – great use of anecdotes etc, to keep us interested.
- The tips given by the lecturer were very genuine in the sense that I felt he really tried to help us do well. I think the word ‘life coach’ describes him quite well, as it is also how I felt.
- Spectacular Lecturer.
- I really enjoyed Ed's enthusiasm and charisma.
- Thanks Ed!!! I'd come back anyday!
- Keep up the good work! You are helping everyone and we all enjoy this MedEntry class.
- The lecturer was excellent; I feel a lot more confident and aware. Thank you. PS I shudder to think how I would go without this info and service.
- Thank you for very much for providing this service with such vivacity and determination!
- The lecturer was great, he made a possibly boring and tedious event interesting by engaging with his own life experiences and jokes while also delivering vital insight.
- Ed is such a life coach. I think he should be very proud of himself. So much knowledge and experience like all his anecdotes were great.
- Keep the lecturer – he rocks!
- The lecturer was very entertaining. Almost the Russell Peters in disguise. He provided a lot of insight as to how to maximise performance and efficiency.
- The lecturer was a very smart, funny and important person!
- Excellent speaker – engaging, humorous and genuine.
- He is cool. He should become a motivational speaker or he should do a seminar on how to perform a successful anecdote.
- The openness/genuineness of the lecturer, as it made the course interesting and very informative.
- The lecturer was very entertaining and engaging.
- Kudos to the speaker. He was very friendly and helpful. Also to the medical student, very friendly.
- Thoroughly enjoyable and valuable experience. The lecturer was very good and managed to make what I thought would be a very boring weekend interesting.
- MedEntry is wicked. The lecturer is a very awesome person and I love him.
- Thank you for the time you’ve given up to teach us.
- Thank you so much! Dr B, you rock!
- Lecturer was enigmatic.
- Thank you to the lecturer who has been committed to providing insights and not putting me to sleep.
- The lecturer was great, really interactive and I didn’t find myself bored like I expected myself to be. Thus, I found myself learning more. Thank you!
- The presenter’s knowledge and interest was great! He is a great asset to MedEntry.
- The lecturer is a gun, a legend!
- The speaker/professor was phenomenal – well spoken, knowledgeable and personable.
- Dr Edward was superb. As well as being an excellent lecturer, he bought a touch of humour to the course, which, I felt, helps keep an audience captivated.
- Ed was very motivational. It was impressive how he encouraged different students answer and explain questions.
- Ed is the best lecturer I have ever seen, he is very engaging and encourages team work which in turn helps us mix and make new friends.
- Dr Edward was very insightful and I found his knowledge to be very helpful.
- Thanks so much Dr Ed ; I see you more as a life coach than a MedEntry lecturer.
- Dr Ed is a champion!
- Ed is an awesome lecturer.
- I thought Ed was great. He had a sense of humour and unlike many other presenters, did not attempt to bore me with endless gibberish in a monotonic voice. He was insightful and likeable.
- Our lecturer Dr. Ed explained everything & at the same time gave us advice for life.
- Our lecturer was fantastic! Funny, nice, intelligent and had many stories which really lightened the mood and made the whole experience enjoyable.
- First and foremost the lecturer has been a great mentor for the duration of the workshop. The advice he has given me throughout his well organised presentations has widened not only my motivation for success, but my ability to view the world and its conflicts from a different perspective.
- The speaker was engaging and likeable! The topics covered were exactly what I had been wondering about. It was a fun and relaxed environment. But the biggest standout was the lecturer! He was an immense help, funny, friendly and eager to help!
- The lecturer – Dr Ed – he was well spoken, funny and ‘broke up’ the big chunks of information with surprising facts/examples/anecdotes. I really enjoyed listening to him.
- Dr Edward. He was very engaging, entertaining and I felt the information he was giving us was very informal from an ‘inside’ perspective. He also talked a lot about life skills which I found useful as a graduate student. I also found I enjoyed the course far more the second time I went through which I suppose is related to my increased maturity in the last 4 years.
- Dr Edward! A truly amazing man, who makes the horrifying six hours fly, using his encouraging and entertaining teaching methods. The uncountable amount of resources and tips are also really good and definitely worth the money.
- I liked the fact that Ed is a genius, I have never met a smarter individual.
- Lecturer took time to explain techniques and how to apply them to various situations.
- YOU ARE ALL AMAZING AND I’LL BE BACK NEXT YEAR! (Year 11 student)
- stuff is also very helpful.
- Thank you. The lecturer, Dr Edward was fantastic & very clear.
- knowledge to us!... which is great!
- The lecturer was very engaging and made a tedious task fun.
- Ed’s jokes are gold!
- Thank you for teaching me the tricks of the trade.
- I thoroughly enjoyed the lecturer. He was informative, witty and didn’t bore me! Clearly an experienced speaker who enjoys his job.
- Ed was lovely and friendly and invited group interactions. This was particularly helpful as it allowed for greater learning opportunities by enabling sharing of ideas and thought process.
- The lecturer was very engaging and had a sense of humour which kept me entertained. Everything he said was relevant and interesting and I wanted to hear every word that was said. Very valuable information.
- The lecturer is interactive which enhanced the sessions.
- The commitment Ed has is extremely inspirational. The positive energy is contagious and allows this workshop's functionality to increase!
- Down to earth, insight into medicine mythbusting.
- Funny lecturer, I’ll learn to be funny too!!
- The lecturer was very engaging and had a great sense of humour.
- The lecturer was truly inspirational and encouraging, the advice you brought to the workshop are things which I wish to carry on through my life!
- Ed was absolutely fantastic, best teacher/lecturer I’ve had!
- Thank you very much Dr Edward. I have found this workshop most insightful and have found you a very engaging and educating lecturer. I particularly enjoyed your use of multimedia presentations and references to other books. Thank you.
- Our lecturer put us at ease, actively encouraged discussion between our peers and gave in depth insight into the rationale of the design of questions and components which was very useful.
- I believe the lecturer is a great motivational speaker and is a great help to all students who attend.
- A huge THANK YOU! You are very funny and friendly so it encourages us to learn.
- The amount of interaction in the class and the clarifications and comprehensive words, very lucid. In my opinion the best lecturer both on a professional and personal level that I have ever seen.
- Students could easily be comfortable in the presence of the lecturer due to his frank attitude, good communication skills and ability to appreciate answers.
- The lecturer was wonderful I was expecting a boring person!
- Lecturer was very encouraging and has a great sense of humour which gets you through all the hours of MedEntry.
- I enjoyed the atmosphere that the lecturer created in the workshop which made learning extremely fun. He made many jokes and taught us even more.
- Now I have sat this course I feel sorry for people who haven’t.
- The lecturer made the entire experience enjoyable and friendly. His advice and tips will be truly cherished and remembered.
- I very much appreciated the thorough knowledge of the lecturer. He knew 100% of what he was doing, including many examples that enabled his audience to relate, engage and put into practice what he has said. Depth of detail.
- Dr Edward Rocks! Give him a pay rise!
- I liked how Dr Edward explained the rationale behind each section so that I understood why they were testing these.
- The lecturer Dr Ed was excellent, very entertaining and instructive. There was never a dull moment.
- The lecturer himself has been an interviewer and therefore he knows the process well.
- The lecturer impressed me a lot. Being in first year of uni, I know for a fact that most lecturers are not interested in teaching. They are there to share knowledge. But Prof Edward was humorous, patient and encouraging and he made it seem as though it is not impossible for you to get in. Not only did he speak clearly, he was calm and got his point across by engaging with teenagers (we all know how hard that is!)
- I thought Dr Edward was a very enigmatic speaker, and someone who genuinely wanted to help us all achieve our best. He was also very knowledgeable and everything he said was extremely relevant, and I feel extremely lucky to have had him as our lecturer.
- I think of all the lectures I have attended, I have learnt the most from this one. Dr Edward was definitely a key role in this as he kept everyone interested and attentive and for a group of teenagers on holidays I thought this was something worth commending. The tips and pieces of advice were really helpful.
- The lecturer’s ability to keep me awake (I slept in all the other lectures I attended) and the trial examination>
- It was engaging however at the same time informative. Dr Edward kept me motivated through the while two days with his good sense of humour and the approach he did the lecture with (visual – PowerPoint) and aurally.>
- Funny, understood how to use the LMS, understood how to tackle S3, learnt how to enter an interview confidently, and made some new friends>
- Dr Ed gave me life advice which I hope will stay with me for years to come.>
- I liked the fact that Ed is a genius; I have never met a smarter individual.>
- Thank you. The lecturer, Dr Edward was fantastic & very clear.
- The lecturer was very engaging and made a tedious task fun.
- Ed’s jokes are gold!
- I thoroughly enjoyed the lecturer. He was informative, witty and didn’t bore me! Clearly an experienced speaker who enjoys his job.
- Ed was lovely and friendly and invited group interactions. This was particularly helpful as it allowed for greater learning opportunities by enabling sharing of ideas and though process.
- The lecturer was very engaging and had a sense of humour which kept me entertained. Everything he said was relevant and interesting and I wanted to hear every word that was said.
- The lecturer is interactive which enhanced the sessions.
- The commitment Ed has is extremely inspirational. The positive energy is contagious and allows this courses’ functionality to increase!
- Funny lecturer, I’ll learn to be funny too!!
- The lecturer was very engaging and had a great sense of humour.
- The lecturer was truly inspirational and encouraging, the advice you brought to the course are things which I wish to carry on through my life!
- Ed was absolutely fantastic, best teacher/lecturer I’ve had!
- Down to earth, insight into medicine myth busting.
- Our lecturer put us at ease, actively encouraged discussion between our peers and gave in depth insight into the rationale of the design of questions and components which was very useful.
- I believe the lecturer is a great motivational speaker and is a great help to all students who attend.
- A huge THANK YOU! You are very funny and friendly so it encourages us to learn.
- Students could easily be comfortable in the presence of the lecturer due to his frank attitude, good communication skills and ability to appreciate answers
- The lecturer was wonderful, I was expecting a boring person!
- Lecturer was very encouraging and has a great sense of humour which gets you through all the hours of MedEntry.
- The lecturer made the entire experience enjoyable and friendly. His advice and tips will be truly cherished and remembered.
- I very much appreciated the thorough knowledge of the lecturer. He knew 100% of what he was doing, including many examples that enabled his audience to relate, engage and put into practice what he has said. Depth of detail.
- Dr Edward Rocks! Give him a pay raise!
- I liked the friendly nature of the presenter. He is very likeable. I was very pleased to see that he was very honest about the ways universities work.
- Ed was an incredible lecturer and I can honestly say that if I am asked who I aspire to be I will mention Ed. He has had a very big influence on me over the two days. Before the course I was a little hesitant about medicine, but am now so sure of it. Thanks Ed!
- Our lecturer was fantastic! Funny, nice, intelligent and had many stories which really lightened the mood and made the whole experience enjoyable.
- First and foremost the lecturer has been a great mentor for the duration of the course. The advice he has given me throughout his well-organised presentations has widened not only my motivation for success, but my ability to view the world and its conflicts from a different perspective.
- The speaker was engaging and likeable! The topics covered were exactly what I had been wondering about. It was a fun and relaxed environment. But the biggest standout was the lecturer! He was an immense help, funny, friendly and eager to help!
- The lecturer – Dr Ed – he was well spoken, funny and ‘broke up’ the big chunks of information with surprising facts/examples/anecdotes. I really enjoyed listening to him.
- Dr Edward. He was very engaging, entertaining and I felt the information he was giving us was very informal from an ‘inside’ perspective. He also talked a lot about life skills which I found useful as a graduate student. I also found I enjoyed the course far more the second time I went through which I suppose is related to my increased maturity in the last 4 years.
- I liked the practicality of the advice and the lecturer, who was very inspiring and motivating.
- The lecturer himself has been an interviewer and therefore he knows the process well.
- The lecturer impressed me a lot. Being in first year of uni, I know for a fact that most lecturers are not interested in teaching. They are there to share knowledge. But Prof. Edward was humorous, patient and encouraging and he made it seem as though it is not impossible for you to get in. Not only did he speak clearly, he was calm and got his point across by engaging with teenagers (we all know how hard that is!)
- I thought Dr. Edward was a very enigmatic speaker, and someone who genuinely wanted to help us all achieve our best. He was also very knowledgeable and everything he said was extremely relevant, and I feel extremely lucky to have had him as our lecturer.
- The amazing Lecturer! Funny, friendly, professional, motivating, valid, to the point, incredibly informative. Pay him more!
- Dr Edward is probably the only lecturer I have managed to stay awake and aware while he was speaking
- The best lecture that I have ever attended. Clone the Lecturer! Two is better than one!!
- The lecturer is fully sick. Coolest lecturer I’ve ever met. Interesting to listen to.
- I LOVED all the anecdotes our presenter gave us, the real life stories; they were so inspiring!
- The facilitator was the best: Best lecturer out. I love him so much!
- The Lecturer of the course was highly entertaining and enthusiastic, allowing for the participants to have a sense of warmth and welcome. Brilliant!
- Dr Ed was awesome. Very informative and great to listen to. He relates to the students very well
- Ed was a brilliant teacher