Medicine MBBS (Graduate Entry) / 2014
This course will equip you with the essential knowledge, understanding, skills and attitudes required to practise medicine competently and professionally in a patient-centred, multi-professional environment. Graduates are awarded a primary medical qualification (MBBS) and are then eligible to commence on the General Medical Council’s (GMC) Foundation Programme.
To date, my clinical highlight has been completing the Surgical Skills for Students course at St George’s, run by the Royal College of Surgeons. It presented a fantastic opportunity to practice suturing and knot-tying on manikins and pig skin under the guidance of consultant surgeons, and gave me the confidence to implement both procedures on my senior surgery clinical placement. Matthew Heron Medicine MBBS (Graduate Entry) Third Year
Medicine MBBS (graduate entry) Four years, full time Apply through UCAS code A101, institution code S49 UCAS deadline is 15 October UK and EU citizens may apply Highlights
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Contact with patients from the second week of year one
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Graduates from any disipline can come to St George’s to study to be a doctor
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Shared campus with one of the largest teaching hospitals in the UK
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Opportunity to learn anatomy by prosection and dissection of cadavers
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Shared learning with students training to be doctors, nurses, radiographers, paramedics and physiotherapists (interprofessional education)
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Careers advice embedded into our teaching
Learning
Spiral learning and teaching augments understanding: as knowledge accumulates, material covered in earlier weeks is reinforced, allowing you to revisit and progressively build on your skills. This is all underpinned by small-group tutorials, lectures, practical lessons and self-directed study. The curriculum is organised into integrated learning weeks, anchored by problem based learning tutorials and typically includes lectures, tutorials, practicals and anatomy sessions. Problem based learning Given a clinical problem you use self-directed research to make a diagnosis and suggest an appropriate course of action. Problem based learning encourages learning in context, self innovation and deep rather than surface understanding. Teaching takes place on our shared site in Tooting. It is supplemented by general practice attachments in London and hospital attachments throughout south London and the south-east of England, including but not limited to: St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust, London Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust, Carshalton, London Kingston Hospital NHS Trust, Kingston, Surrey Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, Croydon, London South West London and St George’s Mental Health Trust
Degree structure
This course is underpinned by four main themes: Basic and Clinical Sciences, Patient and Doctor, Community and Population Health, and Personal and Professional Development. In the early years, delivery of these themes is achieved through six modules: Life Cycle; Life Protection; Life Support; Life Maintenance; Life Structure and Life Control. In years one and two, the emphasis is on lectures, tutorials and group activity with short clinical and community-based placements in healthcare trusts as listed above. In year three (penultimate year) and year four (final year) clinical attachements take precedence, again with complementary lectures running in parallel. Your exposure to clinical environments is maximised, within hospitals, primary care trusts and other community-based healthcare services. Within the final year all students undertake an elective. This is an opportunity for you to explore an aspect of medicine of particular interest to you, anywhere in the world. Elective plans are reviewed and approved by an academic member of staff and a report is written upon completion.
Year one Modules
Weeks
3
10
Life Cycle, Life Protection
11
Life Support, Life Maintenance
12
Life Structure, Life Control
Placements
Introductory Module
Interspersed one-day visits Typical year one basic and clinical sciences learning week Monday
Tuesday
PBL tutorials Lectures (relating to current case) Independent learning /visits
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Community PBL tutorials Anatomy/ visits/GP/ single-site personal and activities professional expert forum development
Patient Free and doctor clinical and communication skills
Independent Single-site learning /visits activities
Year two (transition)
Weeks
Modules/placements (undertaken on rotation)
Problem based learning 6
Life Support, Life Cycle
Clinical
Junior Medicine (6) or Junior Surgery (6) or General Practice/Primary Care (3) and Geriatrics (3)
6
Problem based learning 6
Life Control, Life Structure
Clinical
Junior Medicine (6) or Junior Surgery (6) or General Practice/Primary Care (3) and Geriatrics (3)
6
Problem based learning 6
Life Protection, Life Maintenance
Clinical
6
Junior Medicine (6) or Junior Surgery (6) or General Practice/Primary Care (3) and Geriatrics (3)
Self-directed
6
Student Selected Component; study an area of interest in depth, developing research and presentation skills and gain insight into possible careers
4
Clinical Assessment
Year three (penultimate)
Weeks
Modules/attachments (undertaken on rotation)
6
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
6
Paediatrics
6
Specialities (ENT, Dermatology, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics, Rheumatology)
6
Psychiatry
6
Neurology/Disability/Stroke/Palliative Care
12
4
General Medicine/General Surgery including Cardiology Clinical Assessment
Year four (final)
Weeks
1
Advanced Clinical Practice
5
Student Selected Component
10
5
General Practice
4
A&E and Emergency Medicine
4
Critical Care and Anaesthetics
2
Public Health
5
Clinical Finals Assessment
6
Elective
3
F1 Preparation
Assessing your progress
Modules/attachments (undertaken on rotation)
Assistant House Officer Attachments (five weeks each of Medicine and Surgery)
The emphasis of the spiral learning concept is on regular assessments with detailed feedback throughout. Assessment methods include written exams, clinical cases e.g. Direct Observations of Practical Procedures, case-based discussion, Objective Structured Practical Examinations (OSPEs) in the dissecting room and Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) where students perform a set of tasks, which might include practical procedures, interviewing skills and patient examination.
Your future
Through an intergrated study programme of medical sciences and clinical sciences, graduates are fully equipped to perform well in the GMC’s Foundation Programme and further develop the essential knowledge and competencies needed to pursue a specialist discipline. As a graduate of St George’s, University of London, you will be perfectly placed to contribute to the ongoing development of medicine and healthcare provision globally. The majority of our 2012 MBBS graduates chose to remain in the south London area and to complete their two-year Foundation Programme at one of our affiliated healthcare trusts. A medical qualification from St George’s, University of London is quality assured and recognised internationally.
Entry requirements If you meet the minimum requirements set out below, you will be called for interview. All qualifications must be completed within a five-year period including year of application.
Nationality Citizen of the UK, EU or EEA or individual with indefinite leave to remain.
Undergraduate Degree Grade
2.2 Honours or higher, any discipline*
Postgraduate Degree Grade
Pass, any discipline* *Must be completed, awarded and certified by 1 September in year of entry
GAMSAT Score
(Graduate Australian Medical School Admission Test)
55 minimum in all the three papers Overall score judged against those of other applicants To be taken in September (year of application)* *We accept test scores achieved the year prior to application, as long as applicants make the request when applying and provide GAMSAT candidate ID, UCAS Personal ID number, name and date of birth to UCAS at gamsat@ucas.ac.uk. Please check www.gamsatuk.org for dates,times and further information.
Other essential criteria Work experience
Work or voluntary experience in a medical or health-related field; and an ability to demonstrate a broad awareness of the scope of medicine. For further information on work experience please visit the ‘Experience it’ section at www.tasteofmedicine.com
Health and police screening
Satisfactory clearance in both, including immunisation against Hepatitis B, MMR, Meningitis, TB and Chicken Pox.
Professional registration
If you belong to a registered professional body, please provide details at interview.
Nationality
Undergraduate or Postgraduate Degree
GAMSAT
Other essential criteria > work experience > health screening > police screening
Application and interview Please apply through UCAS (the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service) by 15 October the year prior to entry. www.ucas.com Interviews are held after the application closing date, and take the form of multi-mini interviews. Multi-mini interviews combine traditional style questions with task-based activities, providing a high level of interaction and the opportunity to demonstrate more than just a taught knowledge of the field of medicine. For more information on interviews, please visit the ‘Scrubbing up’ section at www.tasteofmedicine.com
Fees UK/EU
£9,000 p/a* *2013 entry fees are subject to annual review and change. UK /EU students will not have to pay this cost upfront; students can apply for a tuition fee loan to cover the full cost of tuition fees. And there are generous bursaries available to help students from lower-income families.
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