Medicine MBBS (Graduate Entry) / 2015
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.
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 discipline 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 from cadavers
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Careers advice embedded into our teaching Your understanding is augmented through spiral learning and teaching. As knowledge accumulates, material covered in earlier weeks is reinforced, allowing you to revise 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 You are given a clinical problem and 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
I knew I’d made the right decision to study medicine at St George’s when Sir John Gurdon came to give a lecture. Listening to a Nobel Prize winner about his work on stem cells was an amazing experience. Interacting with patients from the outset has also been fantastic. I recently accompanied a GP on a home visit to see an elderly patient; I enjoyed talking to her about her health concerns and the care she receives. We’re already putting our clinical skills into practice during placements, especially essential tasks like taking blood pressure. Back on campus, one of my favourite experiences has been laser tag in the Student Union. The entire second floor was decked out for the occasion, complete with props and sound effects. Running around the bar to avoid being tagged by course mates was a surreal way to begin life at St George’s. Katie McDowell Medicine (graduate entry)
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 attachments 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 Weeks 3
Year four (final)
Modules
Weeks
Introductory Module
5
Life Cycle, Life Protection
11
Life Support, Life Maintenance
5
General Practice
12
Life Structure, Life Control
4
A&E and Emergency Medicine
Interspersed half-day visits
4
Critical Care and Anaesthetics
2
Public Health
5
Clinical Finals Assessment
7
Elective
3
F1 Preparation
10
Typical year one basic and clinical sciences learning week Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
PBL tutorials
Lectures (relating to current case)
Community visits/GP/ personal and professional development
PBL tutorials
Anatomy/ single-site activities expert forum
Independent Patient Free learning /visits and doctor clinical and communication skills
Weeks
Modules/placements (undertaken on rotation following Introductory Module)
3
Problem based learning 5
Life Support, Life Cycle
Clinical
Junior Medicine (5) or Junior Surgery (5) or General Practice (5)
5
Problem based learning 5
Life Protection, Life Maintenance
Clinical
Junior Medicine (5) or Junior Surgery (5) or General Practice
Problem based learning 5
Life Control, Life Structure
Clinical
Junior Medicine (5) or Junior Surgery (5) or General Practice (4) Clinical Assessment 6
Student Selected Component; study an area of interest in depth, developing research and presentation skills and gain insight into possible careers
Year three (penultimate) Weeks
Assessing your progress
Modules/attachments (undertaken on rotation)
6
Surgery and Acute Medical Unit (AMU)
6
Medicine and Cardiology
6
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
6
Paediatrics
6
Specialities (Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT), Dermatology, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics, Rheumatology)
6
Psychiatry
6
Neurology and Rehab
6
Geriatrics and Palliative Care
3
Clinical Assessment
1
Advanced Clinical Practice
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, and Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) where students perform a set of tasks, which might include practical procedures, interviewing skills and patient examination.
Independent Single-site learning /visits activities
Year two (transition)
Self-directed
Student Selected Component
10
Placements
Introductory PBL
Modules/attachments (undertaken on rotation)
Your future
Through an integrated 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 2013 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.
Grade
Nationality
GAMSAT
Nationality
Application and interview
Citizen of the UK, EU or EEA or individual with indefinite leave to remain
Please apply through UCAS (the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service) by 15 October the year prior to entry: ucas.com
Undergraduate Degree
Interviews are held after the application closing date, and take the form of multi-mini interviews.
2.2 Honours or higher, any discipline*
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 sgul.ac.uk and the ‘Scrubbing up’ section at tasteofmedicine.com
Postgraduate Degree Grade
Undergraduate or Postgraduate Degree
Other essential criteria > work experience > health screening > police screening
Pass, any discipline*
Fees
*Must be completed, awarded and certified by 1 September in year of entry
GAMSAT
(Graduate Australian Medical School Admission Test)
UK/EU
£9,000 p/a* *2014 entry fees are subject to annual review and change.
Score
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 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 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.
Visit sgul.ac.uk for more information on student finance and the most up-to-date entry requirements.
sgul.ac.uk St George’s, University of London is the UK’s only university dedicated to medical and health sciences education, training and research. Sharing a clinical environment with a major London teaching hospital, our innovative approach to education results in well-rounded, highly-skilled clinicians, scientists, and health and social care professionals. As a constituent college of the University of London our students have access to a wide range of facilities and services beyond the campus in Tooting. We hope this booklet gives some real insight into completing an MBBS at St George’s. In short, you can undertake a specialist undergraduate degree here on a hospital site in a thriving London location, leading, we trust, to an extraordinary future in the health professions. E study@sgul.ac.uk T +44 (0)20 8725 2333
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