Outgoing Electives
At the end of Year 4, all students are required to undertake a period of Elective study for eight weeks. This component of the curriculum maps to the Student Selected Choice strand and provides the ultimate opportunity to exercise student choice, and allows you to study almost any subject in almost any politically safe part of the World.
The Elective can be one of the most exciting and motivating periods of medical training. Approximately two-thirds of the year group use this opportunity to go overseas with destinations being as far-reaching as Mongolia, Samoa and Cambodia. However, approximately a third of our students elect to remain in the UK and that is perfectly reasonable.
There are numerous websites providing information about undertaking an Elective, and the Medical School provides a number of opportunities during Year 3 and Year 4 for you to hear information relating to health and safety and other aspects of Elective travel prior to you going away.
Further information
