Medicine and Surgery MBChB Graduate Entry Course

Modules in the first year

This phase begins with a programme covering biological sciences, anatomy and medicine in society, since you will have covered little of these in comparison with your knowledge of other life science subjects.

The following must be taken:

• 20 credits - Cells and Cancer
• 20 credits - Clinical Competencies
• 20 credits - Supply and Demand
• 20 credits -Threats and Defence
• 20 credits - Thinking and Doing
• 20 credits - Loss and Renewal
• 20 credits - Fuel
• Non-credit bearing - Complex Issues
• Non-credit bearing - Basic Life Support
• Non-credit bearing - Year 2 Hospital Preparation Course

You will be based in the same Teaching Hospital Trusts that currently teach the third-year course for students on the five-year MBChB, spending the first semester in one teaching Trust and rotating to another in the second.

The following must be taken:

• 110 credits - Clinical Core 2 - hospital based medicine and surgery, clinical sciences (including pathology, clinical chemistry, haematology, microbiology, infections and clinical immunology), Community Based Medicine
• 10 credits - Evidence Based Medicine and Research methods
• 10 credits - Health Improvement Evidence Review (HIER)
• Non-credit bearing - Professional Development Activities
• Non-credit bearing - Clinical Procedural Skills

Third and fourth year: you will now move onto clinical attachments with attachments in medical, surgical and other speciality subjects, such as Cardiology, Neurology, Psychiatry, Bone and Joint Disease, Oncology, Ear, Nose and Throat and Peri-Operative Care. You will also do attachments in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics and General Practice.

The following must be taken:

• 130 credits - Clinical Core 3 – Speciality Medicine, Surgery and perioperative care, psychiatry and neurology, Community Based Medicine
• 10 credits - Learning and teaching
• 10 credits - Conference Poster Presentation
• Non-credit bearing - Clinical Procedural Skills
• Non-credit bearing - Elective preparation

During the final year, you will be able to bring all of your learning and skills together through the Acutely Ill Patient attachment, as you prepare to become a medical practitioner.

The following must be taken:

• 10 credits - Ethics and Law in Clinical Practice: a reflective case study
• Non-credit bearing - Prescribing Safety Assessment (PSA)
• Non-credit bearing - Written Professional Communication
• Non-credit bearing - Clinical Procedural Skills
• Non-credit bearing - Immediate Life Support
• 120 credits - Clinical Core 4
• Non-credit bearing - Selected Career Experience
• Non-credit bearing - Student Assistantship
• Non-credit bearing - Elective and Report

In addition, although this is not a module, you also complete an Elective and a SCE Report, and sit an SJT exam.

You will also have rotations of Obstetric & Gynacology, Paediatrics, Community Based Medicine and Acutely Ill Patient placements as part of the Clinical Core Module.

Please note: The modules listed on the website for this programme are regularly reviewed to ensure they are up-to-date and informed by the latest research and teaching methods. Unless indicated otherwise, the modules listed for this programme are for students starting in 2020. On rare occasions, we may need to make unexpected changes to compulsory modules; in this event we will contact offer holders as soon as possible to inform or consult them as appropriate.