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Medicine MBBS

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    Key Information

    • Study Level:

      Bachelor

    • Duration:

      5 Years

    • Study Mode:

      Full Time

    • Tuition Fees EU/EEA:

      £ 9,250 Per Year

      These fees apply to students from the EU/EEA

    • Tuition Fees International :

      £ 35,000

      These fees apply to students from outside the EU/EEA

    institution

    St George’s University London

    St George’s University London began in 1733 with the opening of St George’s Hospital. Though doctors had students even then, a formal registry of pupils was only initiated in 1752. In 1756 John Hunter, ‘the Father of Modern Surgery’, began to teach students there, followed by luminaries like Edward Jenner and Edward Wilson. The university […]

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    Course Summary

    The MBBS offered by St George’s University London is a Primary Medical Qualification. Graduates become eligible to begin the Foundation Programme defined by the General Medical Council. It is only open to students taking their first Bachelor’s level degree. Students with existing undergraduate qualifications should instead take St George’s Graduate Entry Medicine Program.

    This is an in-depth 5 year degree program which will train you to practice medicine in a modern, multidisciplinary clinical environment. This program is one of the most respected in the nation for a variety of reasons:

    • It shared a camps with one of the nation’s largest teaching hospitals
    • You learn a patient-focused approach in a diverse, multicultural environment
    • Career skills are a big part of the program at all levels
    • You’ll be taught by practicing professionals and clinicians who are experts in their fields
    • You’ll learn in a multidisciplinary, interprofessional environment which reflect modern practice

    If you are changing direction after starting in another career area, you will possess valuable work experience and professional awareness. Many employers actively seek candidates with these benefits. Our network of contacts, a dedicated employability service and a reputation in the legal profession mean we also have an outstanding track-record of finding students legal employment.Many employers favour GDL students in an increasingly competitive legal job market. Through studying another degree subject, you will have gained many transferable skills. By taking the conversion route into law, you are showing motivation and determination by choosing law at a later stage than some others. This looks good to employers.

    If you are changing direction after starting in another career area, you will possess valuable work experience and professional awareness. Many employers actively seek candidates with these benefits. Our network of contacts, a dedicated employability service and a reputation in the legal profession mean we also have an outstanding track-record of finding students legal employment.Many employers favour GDL students in an increasingly competitive legal job market. Through studying another degree subject, you will have gained many transferable skills. By taking the conversion route into law, you are showing motivation and determination by choosing law at a later stage than some others. This looks good to employers.

    Course Outline

    This MBBS program is delivered over 5 years at full time.

    Year 1 Taught Modules:

    • Introduction and Interprofessional Education
    • Life Maintenance
    • Life Support

     

    Year 1 Clinical Modules:

    • General Practice and Community Visits
    • Good Medical Practice Clinical Attachment

    Year 2 Taught Modules:

    • Life Control
    • Life Cycle
    • Life Protection
    • Life Structure

    Year 2 Clinical Modules:

    • Good Medical Practice Clinical Placement

    Year 3 Taught Modules:

    • Biology of Cancer
    • Clinical Aspects of Birth Defects
    • Clinically Applied Musculoskeletal Anatomy
    • Cloning, Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine
    • Leadership in Disaster Medicine
    • Therapeutics: protein to patient

    Year 3 Attachments:

    • General Practice/Primary Care
    • Geriatrics
    • Junior Medicine
    • Junior Surgery

    Year 4 Attachments:

    • Clinical Assessment
    • General Medicine/General Surgery including Cardiology
    • Neurology/Disability/Stroke/Palliative care
    • Obstetrics and Gynaecology
    • Paediatrics
    • Psychiatry
    • Specialities (ENT, Dermatology, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics, Rheumatology)

    Year 5 Attachments:

    • A&E and Emergency Medicine
    • Advanced Clinical Practice
    • Assistant House Officer attachments (five weeks each of Medicine and Surgery)
    • Clinical Finals Assessment
    • Critical Care and Anaesthetics
    • Elective
    • F1 preparation
    • General Practice
    • Public Health
    • Student Selected Component

    Learning & Teaching

    Your learning is typically divided into specific ‘learning weeks’. Each subject will be supported by lectures, case-based learning resources, problem-based learning tutorials, self-directed study and practical or anatomy units as appropriate. Years 1 and 2 are largely devoted to Clinical Science. In year 3 you’ll engage in 5 week clinical attachments, and in your fourth year these will increase to 10 weeks each. In your 5th year you will shadow doctors in a series of assistantships.

    Career Possiblities

    Upon successful completion of the program, you will be prepared to embark on the General Medical Council’s Foundation Programme to finish your training as a doctor. This process takes a further two years. Note that you will still have to apply with the GMC and meet all of its Fitness to Practice standards. Only after you have achieved full registration with the GMC and received your license to practice medicine can you do so unsupervised.

    Entry Credit

    Successful completion will result in a 5 year MBBS degree and provisional registration with the GMC.

    Applicants must typically have achieved 3 A Levels at AAA or higher, which may not include General Studies but mist include Chemistry and either Biology and Human biology. The full list of accepted qualifications can be found here.

    All classes are taught in English, and international students will be required to show proficiency in English. This can be demonstrated with an IELTS score of 7.0 overall, 7.0 in Writing and Speaking, and no less than 6.5 in any other section. Other tests are also accepted.

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