The Medical Degree This degree programme in Medicine leads to a qualification which is registrable with the General Medical Council and allows the graduate to practise medicine in its various specialities. On completion, the degrees of MB BCh BAO are awarded, where MB is Bachelor of Medicine, BCh is Bachelor of Surgery and BAO is Bachelor in the Art of Obstetrics. The programme, which extends over five years, is integrated, systems-based and student-centred. The scientific background to medicine is taught alongside clinical medicine. The focus throughout our degree programme is on learning rather than teaching, and there is a strong emphasis on clinical skills with teaching in hospitals from as early as the second semester of first year and the fourth and final years are entirely clinical. As well as early clinical contact with patients there is a dedicated Clinical Skills Education Centre. It provides both clinical skills training, revision and assessment and is used extensively by students. In addition, the School is developing a state-of-the-art simulation centre. We place a strong emphasis on bedside teaching and clinical skills and underpin this with learning materials delivered using the latest technologies. During your early years you have several opportunities to explore areas of personal interest for in-depth study through 'Student Selected Components'. Examples of these modules include Sign Language, Arts in Medicine, Medics in Primary School, Medical Ethics, Physical Activity and Languages. At the end of second or third year, students may also apply to take a year out of their medical degree to study for an intercalated degree during your medical training. This extra research-focused year will lead to either a BSc or MRes qualification. Programme Overview Years 1 and 2 During the first two years of the degree programme you learn about the scientific basis of medical practice. You gain knowledge about each body system focusing on the mechanisms of cellular structure and function. You also study pathology, microbiology, therapeutics and genetics. Teaching of basic science subjects is integrated with clinical skills training which you acquire through clinical simulation and practice with patients. Year 3 The third year begins to take greater clinical focus. Classroom-based and clinical teaching takes place in each of the medical and surgical disciplines, which is integrated with therapeutic, pathological and microbiological principles relevant to clinical medical practice. Years 4 and 5 During the fourth and fifth years you gain further experience in a range of surgical and medical disciplines. Training in emergency medicine and general practice offers an opportunity for you to consolidate and advance your clinical skills and enhance your clinical and related knowledge. In fifth year you have the opportunity to undertake an apprenticeship during which you complete the range of tasks undertaken by a Foundation Doctor. Teaching and learning in ethics, communication, teamwork, and related behavioural science is embedded throughout the curriculum.

On obtaining the MB BCh BAO degrees you are eligible to apply for provisional registration with the General Medical Council and may apply for a post as a Foundation Programme trainee. On successful completion of the first year of this training period you become a fully registered doctor. However, whichever branch of medicine you intend to pursue you will be required to undertake further training. For example to enter General Practice you will require a further three years training. To become a hospital consultant you may require a further seven years of specialty training. Career outcomes include: * Consultant working in a hospital(e.g: Surgery, General Medicine, Pathology, Biochemistry, Dermatology, Microbiology, ENT, Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Anaesthetics and Oncology). * General Practitioner * Academic Clinician * Consultant in Public Health Medicine