Medicine with Foundation Year
Entry requirements
A level
BBB to include Biology. The Welsh Baccalaureate is accepted in lieu of one A Level.
45 level 3 credits with a minimum of 45 at Merit or Distinction including a minimum of 15 in Biology
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Including 5 at higher level Biology
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
BTEC National Diploma in a predominantly science subject area
Scottish Advanced Higher
BBB to include Biology
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About this course
An exciting course offering an alternative entry route into medicine for able students whose education has been impacted by adversity. Using a Problem Based Learning (PBL) approach, this course begins the journey towards the development of the academic, personal and professional skills needed for a career in medicine.
It aims to aid the transition to university through building a strong sense of belonging within the medical student community, as well as introducing you to our learning, teaching and assessment methods. Meeting the relevant entry requirements at the end of your foundation year will enable you to progress to Stage 1 of the standard 5 year BMBS Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery programme with no further selection process.
- Offers an alternative entry route to medicine for those whose academic potential has been adversely affected by educational and social factors.
- Bursary available for each new entrant to the BMBS with Foundation 6 year course.
- Teaching sessions are not timetabled on Fridays to allow time for other commitments such as caring duties, community work or part-time jobs.
- A strong inter-professional study component which incorporates shared teaching with Foundation students from other programmes in the Faculty of Health.
- Hands-on, experiential learning in community healthcare.
- Provides supportive and encouraging learning to help students develop in all aspects required to thrive in their future medical study.
- Direct enrolment onto Stage 1 of the standard BMBS Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery programme without further assessment, subject to meeting the relevant entry requirements at the end of your Foundation year. Please note, we are unable to support transfer from our Foundation year to year 1 of other medical schools.
- Responds to the University, government and GMC mission to ensure medicine is a career open to all and that doctors reflect the breadth of communities they serve.
Modules
Year 0
Teaching will be delivered across a mixture of shared and bespoke core modules. Shared modules are delivered in collaboration with the School of Biomedical Sciences.
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