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

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Learning

Degree structure

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

Contact with patients from the second week of year one

Graduates from any disipline can come to St George’s to study to be a doctor

Shared campus with one of the largest teaching hospitals in the UK

Opportunity to learn anatomy by prosection and dissection of cadavers

Shared learning with students training to be doctors, nurses, radiographers, paramedics and physiotherapists (interprofessional education)

Careers advice embedded into our teaching

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

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

Introductory Module

Life Cycle, Life Protection

Life Support, Life Maintenance

Life Structure, Life Control

Interspersed one-day visits

Year two (transition)Modules/placements (undertaken on rotation)

Life Support, Life Cycle

Junior Medicine (6) or Junior Surgery (6) or General Practice/Primary Care (3) and Geriatrics (3)

Life Control, Life Structure

Junior Medicine (6) or Junior Surgery (6) or General Practice/Primary Care (3) and Geriatrics (3)

Life Protection, Life Maintenance

Junior Medicine (6) or Junior Surgery (6) or General Practice/Primary Care (3) and Geriatrics (3)

Student Selected Component; study an area of interest in depth, developing research and presentation skills and gain insight into possible careers

Clinical Assessment

Year three (penultimate)Modules/attachments (undertaken on rotation)

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Paediatrics

Specialities (ENT, Dermatology, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics, Rheumatology)

Psychiatry

Neurology/Disability/Stroke/Palliative Care

General Medicine/General Surgery including Cardiology

Clinical Assessment

Weeks 3

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Placements

Weeks Problem based learning 6

Clinical 6

Problem based learning 6

Clinical 6

Problem based learning 6

Clinical 6

Self-directed 6

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Weeks 6

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12

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Typical year one basic and clinical sciences learning week

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

PBL tutorials Lectures Community PBL tutorials Anatomy/ (relating to visits/GP/ single-site current case) personal and activities professional expert forum development

Independent Patient Free Independent Single-sitelearning /visits and doctor learning /visits activities clinical and communication skills

Year four (final)Modules/attachments (undertaken on rotation)

Advanced Clinical Practice

Student Selected Component

Assistant House Officer Attachments (five weeks each of Medicine and Surgery)

General Practice

A&E and Emergency Medicine

Critical Care and Anaesthetics

Public Health

Clinical Finals Assessment

Elective

F1 Preparation

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.

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.

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Assessing your progress

Your future

Entry requirementsIf 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.

NationalityCitizen of the UK, EU or EEA or individual with indefinite leave to remain.

Undergraduate Degree2.2 Honours or higher, any discipline*

Postgraduate Degree Pass, any discipline*

*Must be completed, awarded and certified by 1 September in year of entry

GAMSAT (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 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

Satisfactory clearance in both, including immunisation against Hepatitis B, MMR, Meningitis, TB and Chicken Pox.

If you belong to a registered professional body, please provide details at interview.

Grade

Grade

Score

Work experience

Health and police screening

Professional registration

Application and interviewPlease 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£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.

Nationality

Undergraduate or Postgraduate Degree

GAMSAT

Other essential criteria

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UK/EU

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