Medicine at Newcastle is consistently one of the most highly regarded medical degrees in the UK. Our MB BS degree uses an integrated teaching approach. The degree is delivered in two Phases: Phase 1 (Stages 1 and 2) involves the study of key subject areas such as cardiovascular, respiratory and renal medicine Phase 2 (Stages 3 to 5) involves significant clinical experience through placements in the region and further development of your specialist knowledge, such as clinical pharmocology You will receive clinically focused teaching from our highly trained staff to develop your core medical knowledge, and will develop your clinical competence from the very start of your degree, through: a varied menu of early clinical experience contact with patients and visits to GPs and hospitals skills development in our dedicated Clinical Skills Laboratory We are a Regional Medical School, with partnerships with Durham University and the Northern Region NHS, so you will also have access to excellent training opportunities offered by the large patient population (3.5 million).

After completing your University degree, you are entitled to provisional registration with the GMC with a licence to practise, subject to demonstrating to the GMC that your fitness to practise is not impaired. Once you have successfully completed a year as an F1 doctor in a two-year Foundation Programme you should gain full registration. This is followed by a further year of generic training. On successful completion of your second year, all doctors will have achieved the same basic competencies before going on to select their speciality of choice (www.mmc.nhs.uk), either as a doctor in hospitals, or as a GP. All doctors, regardless of their speciality, must continue learning throughout their career, and our degree has been designed with this long-term aim in mind