MBBS Medicine and Surgery

This highly regarded medical programme will prepare you for a career as a compassionate and skilled practitioner - able to provide safe, individualised care based on a sound knowledge of health, disease and society.Course overviewOur MB BS programme uses a modern and innovative integrated case-led teaching approach, and you'll be taught in a vibrant learning environment.This course will prepare you to work as a doctor anywhere in the world, in both the clinical and academic arena.Programme structureYears 1 and 2In Years 1 and 2 you'll study key subject areas including medical sciences, clinical skills, ethics and professionalism. You'll be based primarily on campus in Newcastle with frequent visits to hospitals and general practices around the regional medical school. You'll cover a series of twenty-four clinical cases to put your learning into context and provide you with the essentials of medical practice.Years 3 to 5In years 3 to 5 you'll gain clinical experience through placements in our clinical base units across the region. You'll undergo a series of rotations, clerkships, assistantships and placements that cover all relevant areas of medicine and surgery. We'll place further emphasis on professional development, student choice, and hospital- and community-based medicine. This develops your specialist knowledge, skills and professional behaviour, preparing you for your future career as a doctor.Throughout the final three years of the programme, there will be opportunities for student choice. This includes two four-week student selected components and an eight-week elective.Careers supportWe provide specialist careers advice from undergraduate level through to foundation training, to help you move confidently from student to doctor.Our award-winning Careers Service is one of the largest and best in the country, and we have strong links with employers. We provide an extensive range of opportunities to all students through our ncl initiative.

A Level: AAA in any subject excluding General Studies, Use of Mathematics, World Development, Communication and Culture and Critical Thinking.

IB: A minimum of 36 points including minimum of grade 5 in all subjects.

Scottish: AAAAA at Higher Grade and AA at Advanced Higher Grade.

Irish Leaving Certificate: H1H1H1H2H2H2 at Higher Level.

Access Qualifications: We will accept Access courses from applicants who have been out of education for at least 3 years prior to starting the course. If you have previously completed a degree then any offer will be based upon meeting our Degree requirement of 2:1.