Extended Medical Degree Programme

Course detail Description

The MBBS programme at King’s aims to train students to become:

• Critical scientific thinkers

• Collaborative leaders and innovators

• Outstanding patient-centred clinicians

• Excellent team-players

• Educators and life-long learners

• Resilient and adaptable professionals

The MBBS curriculum is divided into three ‘Stages’ with an opt-out intercalation year between stages 2 and 3. Although we offer four entry routes into Medicine, all our students follow the same core MBBS curriculum.

Stage 1 provides you with a foundation in biomedical sciences and population sciences, along with the skills to begin to integrate them with clinical practice.

Stage 2 brings together science and clinical practice in blocks organised around the human life-cycle and common pathological processes. It focuses on the care of patients with common conditions in a range of clinical settings. You will also follow patients for prolonged periods of time to learn how to deliver whole-person care. This stage is underpinned by study in biomedical and population sciences.

Stage 3 is oriented towards future practice and includes the opportunity to undertake elective study abroad. You will also conduct quality improvement projects and develop skills to transform patient and population health at home and abroad. Inter-professional training and increasingly realistic simulation are important parts of the curriculum.

The intercalated degree is a one-year BSc course which gives you the opportunity to study the subjects of your choice in greater depth across King’s and the university’s clinical partners. As a multi-faculty institution, we offer an unrivalled range of intercalated degrees from clinical and biomedical sciences to humanities subjects. The Intercalated BSc is mandatory however students can ‘opt out’; the intercalated BSc is taken between Stages 2 and 3 of the course.

The EMDP is the UK’s flagship broadening- access-to-medicine degree. It is specifically designed for students from non-selective state schools and lasts six or seven (with the BSc) years, allowing you to study the first stage at a slower pace. You will, however, follow the same medical curriculum as all other medical students and undergo the same rigorous assessments.

We teach Stage 1 of the curriculum over two years, allowing you additional time for self- directed study, as well as a range of extra academic tuition and pastoral support. In your third year and onwards, you will sit exactly the same exams as the other medical students and you must achieve the same pass mark. At the end of the course you will graduate with the same MBBS qualification.

The EMDP programme has five key aims:

• To broaden participation in medicine by levelling the educational playing field

• To prepare outstanding doctors capable of working as members of teams to provide safe and effective patient-centred care

• To educate clinical scientists committed to life- long learning and education

• To nurture resilient professionals capable of adapting to changing healthcare needs

• To inspire collaborative leaders actively engaged in the improvement of patient and population health

Which course should I apply to?

If you are on track to meet or exceed the entry requirements for the standard entry course (A100), then you may wish to consider applying for this programme instead as you may not require the level of support provided in the additional year of study on EMDP. Please bear in mind that entry to both programmes is highly competitive.

We will only consider your application for the EMDP if you apply for UCAS course code A101. If you wish to also be considered for the standard entry course (A100), then you must apply to UCAS course code A100 as well as A101, and we will consider each application separately.

Outcome of the course

On successful completion of the course you will receive your MBBS degree, which is a primary medical qualification (PMQ). Holding a PMQ entitles you to apply for provisional registration with the General Medical Council, subject only to its acceptance that there are no Fitness to Practise concerns that need consideration.

Provisional registration is time limited to a maximum of three years and 30 days (1125 days in total). After this time period your provisional registration will normally expire.

Provisionally registered doctors can only practise in approved Foundation Year 1 posts. To obtain a Foundation Year 1 post you will need to apply during the final year of your undergraduate course through the UK Foundation Programme Office selection scheme, which allocates these posts to graduates on a competitive basis.

Generally all suitably qualified UK graduates are allocated a place on Foundation Year 1, but this cannot be guaranteed, for instance if there were to be an increased number of competitive applications from non-UK graduates.

On successful completion of Foundation Year 1, you will be eligible to apply for full registration with the GMC. You need full registration with a licence to practise for unsupervised medical practice in the NHS or private practice in the UK.

Although this information is currently correct, you should be aware that regulations in this area may change from time to time.

Teaching

We will provide you with high-level teaching from experts, which you will put into practice on your placements.

Stage

Lectures, seminars and similar

Placement

Self-study time

1 (Years 1 & 2)

33% including cadaveric dissection in anatomy

0%

67%

2 (Years 3 & 4)

56% including cadaveric dissection in anatomy.

44%

0%

3 (Years 5 & 6)

8% including small group and case-based teaching in clinical blocks.

81%

11%

Typically, one credit represents 10 notional hours of learning.

Assessment

Assessment is split between that which is formative (where the primary role is to give feedback to student, this does not contribute towards the overall module/degree score) and summative (where the primary role is to demonstrate competence against course standards and learning outcomes). Formative assessment occurs through the years. Of note, there is an early formative learning assessment in Stage 1 to identify those who need extra support.

Summative assessment includes:

• Portfolio-based summative assessment which begins in Stage 1 and continues throughout the course in preparation for professional life

• Written examinations in Stage 1 at the end of Year 1 and Year 2, becoming progress tests in Stage 2 and Stage 3

• OSCEs (formative mid-stage, summative end-of-stage) in Stages 2 and 3

• Project assessment in Stages 2 and 3, with prior formative experience in Stage 1

There are also two external assessments in Stage 3, that are necessary to support your Foundation Year 1 training, but it is not essential to pass these in order to graduate from the MBBS course.

The GMC has decided to introduce a Medical Licensing Assessment (MLA) from 2022 to demonstrate that those who obtain registration with a licence to practise medicine in the UK meet a common threshold for safe practice. Applicants should be aware that to obtain registration with a licence to practise, medical students will need to pass both parts of the MLA, pass university finals and demonstrate their fitness to practise.

Year

Percentage of time in scheduled learning & teaching activities

Percentage of time in guided independent study

Percentage of time on placements

Year 1

75%

25%

0%

Year 2

50%

50%

0%

Year 3

78%

8%

14%

Year 4

44%

47%

9%

Year 5

55% 16%

29%

Course accreditation

Accredited by the General Medical Council (GMC), this Primary Medical Qualification entitles the holder to apply to the GMC for registration to practise medicine in the UK.

Regulating body

King’s College London is regulated by the Office for Students

Location

You will learn in a wide variety of hospital and community care settings. Students undertake placements at general practices and district general hospitals located in south London and south east England, currently they are mostly in Kent and Sussex. Placements outside of London offer a different and rich perspective on clinical learning, complementing the experiences gained in central London hospitals.

Unless there are exceptional circumstances, all students will experience placements at London and peripheral sites during their programme.

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Structure

• Year 1
• Year 2
• Year 3
• Year 4
• Year 5

Year 1 Required Modules

The following Stage 1 modules are studied during years 1 & 2:

You are required to take:

• Foundations of Biomedical Science 1 (45 credits)

• Foundations of Biomedical Science 2 (15 credits)

• Genes, Behaviour & Environment (30 credits)

• Introduction to Values Based Clinical Practice 1 (15 credits)

• Introduction to Values Based Clinical Practice 2 (15 credits)

In addition, and in order to support the core medical curriculum, we require you to complete EMDP-specific tutorials and formative assignments, which currently include the following subject areas:

• Chemistry

• Numeracy

• Pharmacology

• Anatomy

• Academic writing

• Science communication

• Enquiry-based learning

King’s College London reviews the modules offered on a regular basis to provide up-to-date, innovative and relevant programmes of study. Therefore, modules offered may change. We suggest you keep an eye on the course finder on our website for updates.

Optional Modules

Year 2 Required Modules Please refer to Year 1. Stage 1 modules are studied over years 1 & 2. Optional Modules

Year 3 Required Modules

The following Stage 2 modules are studied during years 3 & 4:

You are required to take:

• From Science to Clinical Practice 1 (105 credits)

• From Science to Clinical Practice 2 (120 credits)

• Doctor as Teacher (30 credits)

You also have the opportunity to explore other subjects of your choice in greater detail which take the form of the following:

• Student Selected Component (SSC) is a required module within which you undertake projects or short courses in medical, scientific and non-medical subjects that you choose according to personal interest (15 credits)

• Scholarly projects: You will undertake a scholarly project in an area of interest selected from across the multi-faculty university (30 credits)

The Intercalated BSc must be taken between Stages 2 and 3. This is available to EMDP(A101) students but they may choose to opt out.

Optional Modules

Year 4

Required Modules Please refer to Year 3. Stage 2 modules are studied over years 3 & 4. Optional Modules

Year 5

The following Stage 3 modules are studied during years 5 & 6:

You are required to take:

• Integrated Clinical Practice 1 (135 credits)

• Integrated Clinical Practice 2 (135 credits)

• Quality Improvement & Evidence Based Practice (30 credits)

• Elective & Global Health (30 credits)

• Transition to Foundation Year 1 (F1) (30 credits)

• Career Development Period (0 credits)

King’s College London reviews the modules offered on a regular basis to provide up-to-date, innovative and relevant programmes of study. Therefore, modules offered may change. We suggest you keep an eye on the course finder on our website for updates.

We regularly review our modules to make sure our programmes are as up-to-date, innovative and relevant as possible. The modules we offer may therefore change. We suggest that you check the course finder for updates: