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Medicine
For full entry requirements and more information, see www.durham.ac.uk/courses
Medicine at Durham University is an exciting partnership between Newcastle University, the North East NHS and you. Undergraduate medical education is delivered in the North East through a partnership between Newcastle and Durham Universities. The Medicine programme is delivered in two phases, with Phase I being offered by both universities. At the end of Phase I, Durham University students join with Newcastle University students to study in hospitals across the North East and Cumbria. Phase I Medicine at Durham University is located at Queen’s Campus, Stockton, where you will be part of a relatively small year group. This contributes to a friendly learning environment, where students get to know each other and also get to know the friendly and approachable staff. Using a variety of traditional and modern teaching methods to provide the best possible learning experience for our students, our case-led approach to teaching introduces you to patients within the first few weeks of the course. Sessions are often led by clinicians, patients and carers, to provide students with first-hand accounts of what it is like to live with and manage medical conditions. The structured learning environment provides students with clearly defined goals. New material is explained to you by patients, academics, clinicians and other healthcare professionals with the aim of you developing responsibility for your own learning. Our staff have international reputations and engage in high-quality medical education research, which aims to enhance the learning experience of our students by use of a variety of traditional and innovative teaching methods including use of simulation, body painting, modern imaging techniques and ultrasound.
DEGREES
TYPICAL TYPICAL UCAS A-LEVEL IB DIPLOMA YEARS LOCATION CODE OFFER SCORE
MBBS Medicine
5 AAA 38 QC
MBBS Gateway to Medicine
6
See page 72
Apply to Newcastle University A100 and select Campus Option D
QC A190
6 See page 72 QC A191 MBBS Medicine with Foundation Additional requirements For A100, Chemistry or Biology is required either at A-level (grade A) or at AS-level (grade A) or equivalent. If only one of Biology or Chemistry is offered at A- or AS-level, the other is required at grade A GCSE or in a Dual Award Science GCSE (grade A or equivalent). Once the academic criteria have been met, academic achievement is not considered further in subsequent parts of the application process, for example additional A-levels or A* results or additional GCSE results are not taken into account. In the IB there are also ‘Higher Level’ subject requirements; please see www.durham.ac.uk/courses for more information.
Typical course content: • Learning medicine in partnership with our local community • Early patient contact • Case-led approach • High-quality clinical skills teaching • Innovative teaching methods such as body painting and ultrasound • Use of simulated cases to help learn clinical sciences.
Employment After graduating from MBBS Medicine, you are entitled to register with the General Medical Council (GMC) and receive a licence to practise. You will then go on to complete a two-year Foundation programme and, upon successful completion, gain full registration. Doctors then select their speciality of choice either as a doctor in a hospital or as a GP. All doctors must continue their learning throughout their career and our degree has been designed with this long-term aim in mind.
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