Teaching: Undergraduate

The first year of the undergraduate curriculum is the Pre-Honours component of the degree programme. This lays the foundations of medical training by providing:

• An overview of the organisation of the body
  
  
• An initial examination of the molecular and physiological basis of metabolism, genetics and disease
  
  
• An introduction to the core skills of clinical medicine, such as history taking and blood pressure measurement
  
  
• The study of aspects of medical history, philosophy and ethics, providing a basic understanding of the concepts of professionalism and responsibility in medicine.

The second and third years of this course are the Honours component and comprise an in-depth, integrated study of all the body systems, including consideration of disease processes and therapeutics. Patient workshops continue to provide a clinical focus for core generic skills training and the detailed study of normal and abnormal structure and function in all the body systems. These themes also incorporate the relevant aspects of public health, communication skills and health psychology.

The final element of the Honours programme consists of two components:

• An Honours-level, student-selected research dissertation
  
  
• The Applied Medical Science module, which provides students with excellent opportunities to apply and further develop their scientific knowledge and clinical reasoning skills.

After completing the BSc Honours, students proceed to clinical training at one of our five partner Medical Schools at the Universities of Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Manchester, where they will graduate with an MBChB degree.

See also: Undergraduate Prospectus