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Comparison of all UK Medical Schools


Aberdeen Medical School

 Ranked 2nd in the UK for Medicine

 Located in one of the biggest hospitals in Europe (large teaching hospital, paediatric hospital and a maternity hospital on site) 🏨

 Systems based, integrated approach

 Intercalated year in Medical Science or Medical Humanities offered 🎓

 Clinical attachment in year 4, allowing you to experience remote and rural medicine 🏨

 Student Selected Components (focus on you areas of personal interest) 

 Combination of written and clinical exams, and course work 📝

 Patient contact from year 1

 Clinical Skills Centre - modern facilities including simulation technology to support your learning

 State of the art anatomy facility

 8-week elective project in year 5 enables you to study an area of personal interest independently 

 Medicine graduates earn more than from any other UK university 💰

 Medical Students have their own year club with events such as the medical school ball

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Barts and the London School of Medicine

 2 teaching institutions: St Bartholomew’s Hospital (1123 - situated in central London) and The London Hospital Medical College (1785 - the oldest purpose built medical school in England and Wales) 🏨

 The hospitals are in very different parts of London, exposing you to diversity 🏨

 Emphasis on developing your expertise on a range of practical areas

 Patient contact from term 1 in your first year

 Intercalated year offered 🎓

 Combination of traditional facilities and state of the art buildings

 Royal London Hospital including London’s largest trauma centre 🏨

 Lots of clubs and societies for medical and dental students 

 Range of clinical and GP attachments from year 3 🏨

 Wide variety of Student Selected Components each year (focus on your areas of personal interest)

 Range of teaching methods, including Problem Based Learning

 Continuous, end of year and OSCE assessments

 You will be part of Queen Mary University of London

 Freshers are assigned a ‘Mummy and Daddy’ from the years above 👪

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Birmingham Medical School

 One of the largest medical student cohorts (diverse range of peers)

 90% student satisfaction 

 Next door to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital which offers placement opportunities 🏨

 Award winning student medical society

 Intercalated year offered 🎓

 Systems-based course

 Supplemented by clinical cases at GP surgeries 🏨

 Multicultural population in Birmingham, with the 2nd largest student population of any city

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Brighton and Sussex Medical School

 One of the top medical schools according to the National Student Survey 

 Early clinical experience (hospital and GP surgery placements from week 2) 🏨

 Cadaveric dissection

 Two university partners, so you can benefit from access to the facilities of both

 Systems-based approach

 New teaching hospital (Royal Sussex County Hospital is undergoing a £485 million redevelopment) 🏨

 90% of students feel part of a community of students and staff

 Intercalated degree (BSc or Masters) offered to upto 40% of the cohort 🎓

 Elective period in which you will gain experience in a different environment in the UK or abroad 🌍

 Emphasis on small group academic and clinical teaching

 The beach!

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Bristol Medical School

 Patient contact from year 1

 Hospital based training (Clinical Academies - from  year 3, students go on to placements across the south west) 🏨

 A research intensive university which students can get involved in

 Responsive student support

 Taught by ‘pioneers’ in their field

 BSc and BA intercalated degrees offered (students can research their interests) 🎓

 Bristol was named ‘Britain’s best city to live in’ by the Sunday Times 🌍

 Teaching encourages self-directed learning

 Volunteering opportunities

 Final year electives

 Academic mentor assigned to each student (clinician)

 State of the art anatomy facility (access to cadaveric prosections from year 1)

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Buckingham Medical School

 Condensed 4.5 year MB ChB programme 🎓

 GMC accreditation received in May 2019

 No cap on international student places

 First private medical school in the UK 🌍

 Located in the countryside, but only a half hour train journey to London

 Ranked 1st for teaching quality in 2015/16 

 Innovative and modern teaching (Each student receives an iPad through which they receive the teaching material and using a platform called Complete Anatomy which bridges the gap between cadaver dissection and technology)

 Small cohort and small group teaching with a personal tutor allocated to each group

 Patient contact from day 1

 ‘Narrative Medicine’ core module (each student is assigned a patient who they follow up with regularly throughout the year)

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Cambridge Medical School

 You will study the medical sciences first, before learning to apply this knowledge to medical practice

 Years 1-3 involves lectures, practical classes (including full body dissections) and supervisions

 Intercalated year offered 🎓

 Years 4-6 involves learning in clinical settings (outpatient clinics, GP surgeries) supported by discussions, tutorials and seminars

 Assessment: formative and summative

 BA degree awarded after year 3 and Bachelor of Surgery degree awarded after year 6 🎓

 Clinical placements spread between Cambridge Biomedical campus and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and other hospitals and GP practices in the region 🏨

 Accelerated 4 year graduate entry course

 Student Selected components in year 4 and 5 (students choose placements in hospitals which interest them)

 Colleges have a community feel

 Inspirational environment

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Cardiff Medical School

 Partnerships across Wales, meaning placements are offered all around Wales 🌍

 A rural health day in year 2

 Multidisciplinary learning (you will learn alongside students from specialties such as Pharmacy and Optometry, and in year 2 you learn how to respond in an emergency from doctors and paramedics)

 Case based learning

 Spiral Curriculum (you return to clinical problems each year to build on your knowledge)

 Research-led teaching (the university was ranked 5th in UK by the Research Excellence Framework in 2014 based on research undertaken) 🌍

 Most of your final year is spent in hospitals/ the community with an elective (UK or abroad 🌍) and your final placement will be shadowing a Foundation Doctor whose job you will take over once you graduate if you stay in Wales 🏨

 Range of academic-related societies

 Cardiff is a student friendly city

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Dundee Medical School

 Ranked No.1 in the UK for Medicine, alongside the University of Glasgow, in the Complete University guide 2021 

 Patient contact in outpatient clinics, GP surgeries and their homes from week 1 in year 1

 Clinical medical teaching from year 1

 Full body cadaver dissections

 BMSc intercalated year offered which allows students to explore an area of personal interest 🎓

 The Medical school is integrated with Ninewells Hospital, which is one of Europe’s largest teaching hospitals with internationally renowned research facilities and it is where the UK’s first ever laproscopy was performed 🏨

 The university is partnered with Challenges Worldwide and The Electives Network, which focusses on more ethical placements for students who hope to work in poor countries

 Dundee is the sunniest city in Scotland! 🌍

 The university has over 195 societies for you to get involved with

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Edinburgh Medical School

 The University of Edinburgh is consistently ranked in the Top 50 universities worldwide

 Ranked No.2 in the Sunday Times “Good University Guide” 2019 ranking of UK Medical Schools 🌍

 A 6 year programme including full time, research based study in year 3 (most students achieve at least one academic publication and/or presentation

 The university was ranked 4th in the Research Excellence Framework 2014 Research Power

 Edinburgh is a great student city (picturesque and historic) with approximately 100,000 students and the beach is only a 10 minute drive away

 Early patient exposure in a hospital setting 🏨

 Clinical rotations

 Founded 1726

 Systems-based learning (2 years of pre-clinical study, one intercalated year [from which you receive another degree], 3 years of clinical medicine) 🎓

 Prosection used in teaching of anatomy

 Personal tutoring system for student support

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Exeter Medical School

 Small group (8-9) teaching provides a supportive learning environment

 Combination of lectures and problem based learning

 Community placements in a range of medically related settings (Clinical experience from the first month) 🏨

 Life Science and Clinical skills resource centre provides greater learning facilities

 Electives (8 week block at the start of final year spent outside the medical school, often abroad) 🌍

 Intercalated degree at Bachelors or Masters level offered 🎓

 International placements offered throughout the programme

 INSPIRE: medical students and research (a project organised by the Wellcome Trust and the Academy of medical sciences to encourage medical students to gain research experience)

 A designated Student Welfare Officer for the Medical School

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Glasgow Medical School

 One of the largest and most prestigious medical schools in Europe

 92.7% student satisfaction in the 2017 National Student Survey 

 Range of sites: Wolfson Medical School building, the New Lister Building at Glasgow Royal Infirmary and the Teaching and Learning Centre at the Queen Elizabeth University hospital 🏨

 Clinical attachments ranging from National Tertiary Referral services to single-handed rural GP practices

 Glasgow Access Programme: a 1 year pre-medical foundation programme 🏨

 Year 1 and 2: Problem based learning, vocational learning, clinical skills/vists, labs, lectrues and anatomy classes

 Year 3 onwards: greater focus on clinical placements

 Spiral curriculum (returning to topics each year to build on your knowledge with more detail)

 Dissections from year 1

 24 hour medical school library 🏨

 Peer support and medic family programmes

 Big campus within a busy city

 Wednesday afternoons off for extracurricular activities

 Talk and classes are organised to increase your understanding of different specialties

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Hull York Medical School

 Combination of patient-centred teaching, clinican-led problem-based learning, academic studying and clinical experience

 Clinical experience from week 3 of year 1 🏨

 6 year medicine with a Gateway year is offered to widen participation

 2 universities (you are randomly assigned to one of the 2 campuses, making your cohort size relatively small)

 6 NHS trust partners (2 acute NHS Trust partners and 4 mental health provider partners) 🏨

 100+ GP surgeries offering placements

 85% of research is world leading or internationally excellent according to the Research Excellence Framework

 Recognised for its commitment to advancing women’s careers in STEMM subjects

 High level of clinical contact from Term 1 in year 1 (in primary and secondary health care settings, where you apply the clinical skills learnt earlier in the week)

 In 2017, Hull was voted the UK’s city of culture, whilst York is a historical city 🌍

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Imperial College London

 One of the largest medical schools in the UK 🌍

 Delivered at 4 main campuses in West London, and a range of partner hospitals and general practices 🏨

 The Faculty of Medicine is routinely ranked in the top 5 in the world

 Range of traditional and innovative teaching methods

 Patient contact throughout your degree in a range of health care settings

 Intercalated BSc programme 🎓

 Clinical attachment elective study periods (1 placement up to 6 weeks long per student)

 Full body dissections

 Over 340 societies at the university and a Medical student union

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Keele Medical School

 Early clinical experience, in primary, secondary and community care settings, from early on in year 1 🏨

 History taking and exmaination taught in year 2

 Clinical phase of the course begins in year 3

 Problem based learning

 Integrated communication and clinical skills teaching

 Practical skills, including full cadaveric dissection and prosection

 Problem-based learning, lectures and seminars

 Intercalation at bachelor’s level offered after 2nd year and at master’s level offered after 4th year 🎓

 Gold in the Teaching excellence Framework

 Top 3 in England for overall Student Satisfaction according to the 2019 National Student Survey 

 97% of research is world leading or of international importance according to the 2014 Research Excellence Framework

 Electives (4-8 week clinical placements at one of the 2 teaching hospitals, Royal Stoke University Hospital or The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust 🏨

 Over 100 societies to choose from

 The medical school is set within a rural landscape, making it suitable for those who do not want a busy city environment, but Manchester and Birmingham are both than 1 hour away on the train 🏨

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King’s College London

 Integration of medical science and clinical teaching (clinical exposure early on)

 Partnership with 3 of the most renown and busiest teaching hospitals in London (Guys, King’s College and St Thomas’) 🏨

 Clinical placements at district general hospitals across the south east, and over 350 general practices (free accomodation for placements outside London) 🏨

 Taught by some of the world’s most influential clinicians and scientists

 A multi-faculty university gives you access to a breadth of non-core subjects

 The medical school is twinned with medical schools around the world, providing the opportunity for clinical exchanges during an elective module 🏨

 One of the largest cohorts in Europe 🌍

 Full body dissections and simulation centre facilities utilised

 Multiple medical societies

 Based in central London, one of the largest and most exciting cities in the world

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Lancaster Medical School

 1st in the UK for research intensity in medicine (Complete University Guide 2021) 

 1st in the UK for graduate prospects in medicine (The Times and Sunday Times 2020) 

 1st in the UK for research quality in medicine (The Times and Sunday Times 2020) 

 Clinical attachments during years 2-5 in local hospitals (Royal Lancaster Infirmary, Furness General Hospital, Royal Blackburn hospital, Blackpool Victoria Hospital and Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust) and community placements 🏨

 Core curriculum delivered through problem-based learning in years 1-4

 Support offered: student support team, academic tutor, student peer mentors, college system and ‘the base’ where you can access advice you may need

 Early patient contact (from year 1)

 The smallest public medical school in the UK (personalised and individual approach) 🌍

 Focus on student/patient communication

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Leeds Medical School

 Taught by leading professionals

 World leading research

 Strong partnerships with the major Leeds teaching hospitals, local acute and regional general hospitals and general practices 🏨

 Range of placements offeres

 Technology embedded in the course

 Support through personal tutors, course tutors, support staff and peer mentors

 Access to various facilities in the Medical Teaching centre, Clinical Practice centre, libraries and study space 🏨

 Gateway year to medicine offered

 A larger UK medical school, meaning there are many medical school societies to choose from 🌍

 Intercalation offered any time between the end of 4th and start of 5th year 🎓

 96% student satisfaction 

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Leicester Medical School

 Great facilities (The £42 million George Davies Centre and state of the art clinical skills unit offer technology enhanced learning) 💰

 Patient focussed course from the start with clinical attachments from year 1

 All first year students are given an iPad to which lecture and group work materials are delivered for you to annotate

 Full body dissections in a newly enhances dissecting room equipped with technology such as Apple TVs and equipment for video recording (access to cadavers from day 1)

 Clinical Skills unit with high-tech stimulated manikins for you to practice procedures on 🏨

 Training on the application of digital technology

 Extended clinical placements in hospitals and the community from 3rd year

 Partnerships with hospitals ranging from big city hospitals in Leicester to those in Northampton and Lincoln, offering a range of experience 🏨

 Final 6 months dedicated to preparing you for working as a foundation doctor

 Intercalation offered to focus on your own strengths/aspirations 🎓

 Leicester is a vibrant, multicultural city

 You are assigned a ‘medic family’ to support you (older students)

 Emphasis on patient communication and clinical skills

 Work-life balance allowing you to maintain hobbies/interests

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Liverpool Medical School

 Based in Liverpool city centre

 Virtual Learning Environment allows you to learn with this innovative use of technology and virtual reality (e.g. simulated patients)

 Human anatomy resource centre and Clinical skills resource centre allow you to understand and learn in a safe environment

 Placements offered at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital and Walton Centre 🏨

 Regular GP-led small group teaching sessions in year 3 and 4 provide a link between primary and secondary care

 Support offered (Wellbeing and Student support team, peer mentoring, careers advisors and academic advisors)

 Case based learning approach

 The Liverpool Guild of Students offers events to attend to relax

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Manchester Medical School

 The largest medical school in the UK! 🌍

 But some of the smallest class sizes

 Intercalated year offered to complete a BSc/master’s degree in your subject of interest 🎓

 European studies option offers the opportunity to learn a language and go overseas

 Clinical experience in a range of clinical and community settings from day of 1st year

 Personalised learning with the Personal Excellence Path which allows you to focus on topics of interest

 Manchester Medical society offering social activities to get involved with

 In 2017, 100% of eligible final year students were offered UK Foundation Programme posts

 Problem-based learning (allows you to focus on your weaknesses and build on your strengths)

 Manchester is often considered England’s ‘second city’, meaning it offers a similar experience to living in London, without the high prices

 The University of Manchester has the largest student union in the UK

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Newcastle Medical School

 Integrated curriculum (early clinical exposure for new medical students to apply their core knowledge)

 Case-led learning (to make links between basic science and clinical practice)

 Clinical skills taught in a clinical skills laboratory initially enabling you to gain experience in a safe environment

 2 student selected components (choose subjects that interest you!)

 Elective study (8 week opportunity gain medical experience anywhere in the world)

 Variety of academic and pastoral support offered (e.g. personal tutor, senior academic tutor etc.)

 Volunteer patients come to clinical skills sessions and you will go on hospital and GP visits in year 1 and 2

 4 hospital bases in the region (in year 3 and 5, you have the opportunity to be placed in different parts of the northeast) 🏨

 Intercalation offered 🎓

 Medical society (free drinks every Friday night and annual events hosted)

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Norwich (UEA) Medical School

 83% of research considered world leading or internationally excellent, according to the Research Excellence Framework 2014

 Master’s level intercalation offered 🎓

 Events such as the Norwich Medical School Soiree on the last Friday each month and the monthly MED-I-Cake (a social coffee morning)

 The medical school is home to an anatomy suite, the Norwich Clinical Trials Unit, the state of the art MoveEx lab and room designed for problem based learning

 Introduction to patients in primary care 1 dy a week from year 1

 Secondary care placements from year 1

 Emphasis on communication, clinical skills and teamwork

 Problem based learning and Interprefessional learning

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Nottingham Medical School

 Years 1 and 2 involve learning the skills and knowledge

 BMedSci degree achieved in your third year following a research project (meaning you are getting 2 degrees within 5 years, as opposed to 6 years when intercalating at other universities) 🎓

 The later years, the Clinical Phase, involve hospital and GP surgery placements where you put your knowledge into practice 🏨

 Full body dissection to help you learn about anatomy

 Case-based learning

 Patient contact on GP visits, from term 1 in year 1

 Placements across a range of NHS trusts and GPs in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire

 Intercalation not offered as BMedSci is integrated into the course, however, you can choose to take a masters/PhD degree after your BMedSci before completing your BMBS 🎓

 Many early opportunities for research and publication writing to strengthen your foundation programme application

 Many student societies e.g. MedSoc, and other non-medical societies at the university

 Campus university (will suit those who do not want a city based university experience, whilst having the city of Nottingham close by)

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Oxford Medical School

 College tutorials offer personalised attention from academic experts, where you receive feedback and in depth discussions with 1 or 2 other students

 Collegiate system, offers a safe and supportive environment, including welfare officers and a college ‘family’

 You will gain a comprehensive understanding of medical science before applying this in a clinical setting

 Emphasis on basic science research that underpins medicine 🏨

 3 year pre-clinical stage includes studying towards a BA Honours in Medical Sciences (involves an experimental research project in a field of interest )

 According to the Complete University Guide, students here are more satisfied with their training than at any other UK Medical School

 Oxford is historical with beautiful architecture, based in the countryside, but lots of good transport links to airports and London

 Oxford has been involved in 16 Nobel Prizes for medicine

 Learn from experts in their fields

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Plymouth Medical School

 Partnerships with Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and local GPs, offering a range of placement opportunities 🏨

 Clinical placements from the first 2 weeks of year 1

 Internationally renowned research that constantly feeds into teaching

 Structured small group teach approach (expert-led discussion about clinical case studies and enquiry based learning)

 Clinical skills Research centre featuring hospital ward replicas and patient simulators to practice communication and clinical skills

 Useful online systems including student logbook

 Life Science Resource Centre to strengthen your understanding of the function of the human body

 Special Study Units (choose subjects of personal interest (200+)

 Intercalation offered (external intercalation offered too) 🎓

 Year 1 and 2 spent in Plymouth, year 3, 4, 5 students will rotate around Torbay, Taunton and Plymouth hospitals, and travel to GP surgeries

 93% student satisfaction according to the National student Survey 2019 

 Problem-based learning in year 1 and 2, and placement based learning in the later years

 All core scientific foundations are taught in a clinical context 🏨

 The medical school is next to the sea and only 20 minutes from Cornwall!

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Queen’s University Belfast Medical School

 The only medical school in Northern Ireland 🏨

 Early clinical contact in year 1

 State of the art facilities

 Whole body dissection

 Student Selected Components (choose subjects of personal interest)

 Case based learning in year 1-4 (integrates clinical, biomedical and behavioural science)

 Primary and secondary care placements (25% of clinical placements are in primary care) 🏨

 9 week Assistantship programme in Final year

 Masters level intercalation offered 🎓

 Final year elective and Erasmus Exchange programmes offered

 Interprofessional simulation centre

 Summer studentships offered in leading research centres

 94% students happy with teaching according to the 2019 National Student Survery

 Belfast is a city with nightlife, shopping and unique culture and links to both the UK and Ireland 🌍

 The medical school is situated next to Belfast City Hospital, which is world-leading in renal transplant surgery and cancer care 🏨

 Placements offered all over Northern Ireland allowing you to travel and experience a range of clinical placements

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Sheffield Medical School

 A £4.5million refurbishment means you will have access to great, modern facilities (open plan social learning hub in the medical school and new Health Sciences library) 💰

 Clinical Skills centre based at Northern General Hospital (contains mock clinical wards, resuscitation suite, theatre simulations and teaching rooms) 🏨

 The department and faculty are involved in stimulating research which tangibly impacts people’s lives everyday

 Patients as Educators programme (largest of its kind, with over 800 patients, simulated patients and volunteers)

 Clinical contact early on

 Full body dissections

 Sheffield is a city but is located in a region where health inequalities are prevalent (life expectancy varies by up to 10 years in different areas, meaning you will be exposed to a variety of cases)

 A city environment which will suit those who enjoy the bustle of a city, but close to the peak district allowing you to escape to countryside

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Southampton Medical School

 Based at one of the UK’s leading teaching hospitals, University Hospital Southampton 🏨

 Partnerships with NHS Trust hospitals across the south

 Opportunities to get involved in the universities world-leading research (student run INSPIRE programme)

 Attend weekend shifts as a healthcare support worker to gain multi-disciplinary teamwork experience

 Research project in year 3 which leads to BMedSc 🎓

 Opportunity to study for an MMedSc 🎓

 Student assistantship module in year 5

 Elective module in year 5 (taken anywhere in the UK/abroad) 🌍

 Masters level intercalation offered (or BSc level at another university) 🎓

 French or Spanish language module offered in year 3

 The medical school was awarded an International ASPIRE award for Excellence in Student Engagement

 Student Selected units (in year 1,3 and 5 to choose subjects of personal interest)

 Support (academic tutor and range of other support services)

 Early patient contact in year 1 and 2 in the Medicine in practice modules which involve experience in primary care and hospital settings) 🏨

 Southampton is a busy city with varied nightlife

 The university has lots of societies to choose from, including MedSoc, which puts on lots of events to attend in your spare time

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St Andrews Medical School

 The university was votes top in the UK for student academic experience in the National student Survey in 2019

 6 year programme (following graduation from BSc Medicine from the University of St Andrews, you progress to a partner medical school in Scotland/England) 🎓

 Integrated curriculum within a strong clinical context

 Core principles: competence, professionalism, reflection, independence

 Clinical skills teaching in simulated wards and examination and tutorial rooms, with the support of video technology

 Small medical school meaning you receive support from older students who adopt you as ‘children’ and act as mentors, and an allocated tutor

 £45million purpose built Medical and biological Sciences building 💰

 Full body cadaveric dissection in a purpose built room, equipped with state of the art facilities

 Clinical skills suite with 48 beds equipped woth celinign mounted video capture facilities and video resources, alongside real/simulated clinical equipment

 Bute medical Society runs events throughout the year, as do many other university societies

 Campus based around the town which is home to ancient and modern building, greenery and seaside, with cities close by 

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St George University of London

 Patient contact from year 1

 Campus is shared with one of the UK’s largest teaching hospitals (where 24 hours in A&E is filmed!) 🏨

 Whole body prosection to help you learn anatomy

 Patient-focused with an emphasis on communicating with patients from a variety of backgrounds

 Student Selected Components (2 opportunties to study areas of personal interest)

 Careers advice

 Intercalation offered (gain an iBSc in a range of subjects) 🎓

 World-class research informs practice

 The library is home to the preserved skin of Edward Jenner’s cow, from which the cowpox vaccine was produced

 Case based and problem based learning

 The student union offers several extracurricular opportunities

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Swansea Medical School

 One of two graduate-only medical schools 🎓

 A small medical school, which gives you extensive contact with teaching staff

 Patient contact from the first term

 Clinical apprenticeships (e.g. 1 week nursing practice) 

 Junior Assistantship and Senior Assistantship (shadowing F1 doctors) 

 Specialty attachments (a range of specialties available) 

 Community based learning

 Electives

 Welsh speakers can study a 50 credit ‘Doctor as Professional’module each year (non-Welsh speakers can enrol in Welsh for Medicine courses)

 Case based learning weeks and small group teaching

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University College London Medical School

 One of the largest medical schools in the UK 🌍

 Your core medical education will be provided at UCL and 3 clinical campuses (The Bloomsbury campus, The Royal Free campus and the Whittington campus)

 Partnerships with many prestigious Foundation Trusts, University Hospitals, District General Hospitals and GPs/community settings 🏨

 Undergraduate degree: 6 years including compulsory intercalated BSc in year 3 (one of the widest range of BSc opportunities offered) and MBBS 🎓

 Option to apply for the MBPhD programme, taken between year 4 and 5 🎓

 6 former students have been awarded Nobel Prizes!

 Situated in central London, it is perfect for students looking for city-life

 Structures welfare support (regular meeting with personal tutor, transition mentor and RUMS ‘Mums and Dads’ from the year above)

 Student representatives raise student issues/ideas to staff

 Student Selected Components

 Dissections

 Early patient contact and community placements in year 1

 Lots of societies offered at the university including many RUMS societies, specifically for medics

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University of Warwick (Graduate entry) Medical School

 Largest graduate-only course 🎓

 Welcome applications from students from both Arts and Science subjects

 Accelerated course (4 years)

 Early patient contact (from term 1 in year 1, and clinical and community placements begin in term 2)

 Collection of plastinated prosection and scross sections for anatomy teaching, directly from Gunther von Hagens’ Plastinarium in Germany

 Diverse cohort from a range of backgrounds (some students come directly from their undergraduate degree, whilst other have spent years working as professionals in a range of other careers)

 Teaching excellence

 Case-based learning

 Support network (personal tutor, buddy scheme offering support from students in higher years, and lots of societies/sports clubs to join)

 In 2019, Warwick students came 2nd in the UK in their foundation programme scores 

 90% of students were allocated their top foundation placement preference

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