What are the best medical schools?

Dude - any one you can get into is good enough (I went through the process last year). But if you're looking in the UK, obviously Oxford and Cambridge are most people's first choices. However, I don't think they're very suitable for your clinical years - you have to finish up at another school. Edinburgh has a very good reputation but might be a bit far to travel, and you need to consider what kind of learning you want - problem-based or traditional. Schools like Glasgow focus their courses largely on problem-based learning, which means you are given several 'cases' per week, have to discuss them in a group, and research questions to 'diagnose' the patient and learn about their condition. This is really only suitable if you're keen about peer-assisted learning, and isn't everyone's cup of tea. Schools like Edinburgh and St. Andrews use a more traditional teaching method and teach the majority of the coursework through lectures, with a single problem-based learning case per week. So do some research and decide which learning style you like best, then find out what schools specialise in that! Good luck!