Newcastle University

Medicine and Surgery (Accelerated Programme) MB BS Honours UCAS Code: A101 (4 years)Newcastle Medicine

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The accelerated programme is designed for graduates of any discipline who wish to train as a doctor, and others whose prior professional experience qualifies them for entry.

Phase I

Spanning 45 weeks, your course of study will provide you with an experience separate from, but equivalent to, Phase I of the five-year MB BS course.

Teaching and learning in this Phase is organised into small study groups and is structured around the core subject areas covered in Phase I of the five-year course.

Phase II (Stages 3, 4 and 5)

 During Stage 3 and Stage 5 you are allocated to, and based in, one of four regional Clinical Base Units. This may entail you living away from Newcastle. Please note you will not be attached to the same Base Unit for Stage 3 and Stage 5:

• Most students are required to travel to their Base Unit.
• Although a small bursary is provided towards the cost of travel, this is only a contribution towards the overall costs that may be incurred.
• Those allocated to the Tees Base Unit are strongly encouraged to live on Teesside for the duration of the year.

During Stage 3 you undertake an initial introduction to clinical practice and a series of essential junior rotations, which provide you with clinical experience in a range of specialities including:

• reproductive and child health
• chronic illness
• disability and rehabilitation
• mental health
• public health
• infectious diseases

During this time you will also spend a half day each week in general practice.

Stage 4 begins with a 12-week course in clinical sciences and investigative medicine. You follow this with a 30-week period of student selected components (SSCs) and elective study.

During the SSC you select three topics, each lasting six weeks, in clinical and nonclinical areas. These SSCs are followed by an eight-week elective period, which gives you the opportunity to study medicine almost anywhere in the world.

In the final year (Stage 5) you are attached to hospital units and general practices associated with your Base Unit, for the senior rotations in primary and community care, as well as women’s and children’s health, mental health, and preparation for practice and hospital based practice.

Following the final-year examination, you undertake a short preparatory ‘shadowing’ course to ease your transition from student to your Foundation Programme.

In accordance with ‘Tomorrow’s Doctors’ you undertake a study assistantship prior to the Foundation Year examinations.

Intercalated study (optional)

For those wishing to explore a subject in greater detail and gain experience in research, it is possible to undertake an additional year of intercalated study. The options available for intercalated study at Newcastle include (but are not limited to):

• joining the third year of any of our BSc degrees in biomedical and biomolecular sciences, all of which involve a research project
• undertaking one of our one-year MRes programmes in the Faculty of Medical Sciences after Stage 3 or Stage 4

Intercalated Study is an opportunity for you to:

• study for an additional degree by taking a year out from your medical degree
• undertake a supervised research project in an area that particularly interests you

Selected students may extend their intercalation to follow a PhD (this would add three years to the overall programme). These programmes are an opportunity to focus on one particular area in depth and are ideal for those who think they might wish to pursue a career in academic medicine after they qualify.

After completing the extra study you resume your medical studies.

On completion of your degree

You will be eligible for provisional registration with the General Medical Council (GMC).

Currently, all UK medical graduates are required to complete a two-year Foundation Programme of general clinical training. Once you have successfully completed the first year you are eligible for full registration with the GMC.

The majority of our students decide to apply to Foundation posts within the region. There are sufficient Foundation Programme places in the Northern Region for the majority of medical graduates.