MBBS Medicine with a Gateway Year

You'll join a small cohort of enthusiastic and motivated students who will work together to gain the academic knowledge and skills you need to progress smoothly onto our five-year medical degree. We work hard to support you and to ensure that you feel like a medical student from day one, as you start developing your professional identity through dedicated modules delivered by Norwich Medical School. The medicine foundation year offers opportunities for clinical shadowing and clinical experiences with local health care providers including the NHS. The Medicine with a Gateway Year programme maps to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. We encourage students to be curious and invest in the world around them and to be agents for positive change.What to expect after the Gateway Year Upon successful completion of the Gateway Year, you'll continue your medical studies on the five-year MBBS Medicine degree programme, which is organised into modules based on body systems. We aim to produce fully rounded medical graduates; therefore, you'll study the underpinning biological, social and clinical sciences of medicine. You'll then put theory into practice while on placements in hospitals and general practices. You'll continue to work in small groups, using problem-based learning (PBL) techniques to apply your learning to virtual scenarios. In parallel you'll receive teaching in primary care; meeting the patients that can bring these scenarios to life. You'll have opportunities for practical, hands-on opportunities, to hone your knowledge and practical skills through dissections and communication skills in both simulated and real healthcare environments. Your learning will be supported by a weekly programme of lectures and seminars, and complemented by attachments in secondary care hospitals, some of which may be residential.

GCSE RequirementsApplicants must hold or be working towards GCSEs in a minimum of six subjects at grade 5 or B including English Language, Mathematics and either a single science subject (Biology, Chemistry or Physics) or Double Science. Triple Science, Science, Additional Science and Further Science GCSEs are accepted.If GCSE Double Science or Triple Science is presented at the required grade or above, we will not consider any additional single science subjects to meet the minimum GCSE requirements.If Methods of Mathematics & Application of Mathematics are taken, we require both. They will be considered as a single grade for screening purposes as together they are equivalent to the full Mathematics GCSE. We will only accept one of the following GCSEs: Learning for Life & Work, Expressive Arts, Catering, Child Development, Business & Communication Systems (ICAA), Health & Social Care and Leisure & Tourism. GCSE short courses, BTEC Level 2, OCR Level 2, AQA Level 2 and Functional Skills are not accepted.GCSE resits considered. Applicants who do not meet the GCSE requirement MUST be resitting GCSEs and predicted to achieve the required grade. This should be evident from their UCAS application.A levelsBBB or ABC in the first sitting.Applicants are expected to sit a minimum of three A levels in one sitting and A levels must be sat over no more than two years. A level resits will not be considered.Where applicable Science A levels awarded by an English Exam board require a pass in the practical element.Not accepted: General Studies, Critical Thinking, Citizenship Studies.BTECLevel 3 Extended Diploma: DDMCombinations of BTEC and A levelsExtended Diploma: DDMDiploma: DD plus B at A level. Extended Certificate: D plus BB at A level. BTEC in Public Services, Uniformed Services and Business Administration are all excluded from our BTEC offersAccess to HE Diploma Not acceptedT levels Obtain an overall Pass including a B in the core of the T Level and a Merit in the Occupational Specialism. Acceptable subjects: Health, Healthcare Science and Science.International Baccalaureate 31 points overall including three subjects at Higher Level 555 or 654IB resits will not be considered.IB Middle Years considered if GCSEs not sat. A minimum of six passes at 6 including Mathematics, Science and English Language.