| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2024-09-01 | - |
Program Overview
The MBChB program at the University of Worcester is a 4-year graduate-entry program that prepares students to become compassionate and highly skilled doctors. The program emphasizes community-based learning, early clinical contact, and problem-based learning. Graduates are eligible to apply for posts within their chosen specialty after completing the two-year Foundation Programme.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
Objectives:
- Train graduates to work as medical doctors in any specialist area.
- Prepare graduates for further training in General Practice or Public Health, Psychiatry, Anaesthesia or Surgery.
- Immerse graduates in the community, NHS and local health care teams.
- Start learning medicine in the community alongside patients, as well as studying on campus.
- Provide opportunities to work closely with primary care teams, consultants and allied health professionals.
Description:
The MBChB program offers a unique immersion in the community, healthcare teams, and patient care. It incorporates both community and hospital-based learning, allowing students to start their journey alongside patients and build strong relationships with healthcare professionals. This community-based approach sets the program apart, fostering a strong understanding of the healthcare system and its role in patient care.
Outline:
Phase 1 (Years 1 and 2):
- Early clinical contact with patients in both the community and hospital settings.
- Emphasis on problem-based learning (PBL) in small groups facilitated by practicing doctors.
- Curriculum based on the 'problem based learning' curriculum, often starting with the problems patients bring to you, and means you will learn about health from both the doctors’ and patients’ perspective.
- Learning opportunities focused on health from both the doctors’ and patients’ perspective.
- Substantial time spent on campus for lectures, practical sessions, and small group work, augmented by an on-line virtual learning environment.
- Completion of two longitudinal studies: Family Case Study and Living with a Diagnosis.
Phase 2 (Years 3 and 4):
- Focus on clinical placements in primary and secondary care environments in the community.
- Acting as an Assistant in both medical and surgical wards in one of the acute hospitals in the region.
- Development of skills and knowledge in preparation for practice in the NHS Foundation Programme and beyond.
- Completion of a quality improvement project.
Projects:
- Family Case Study: Involves visiting a family with a new baby in their home to gain knowledge, skills, and abilities in the context of family, childbirth, and child development.
- Living with a Diagnosis: Allocates a patient living with a chronic condition to learn about the effect of that condition on the patient and their family.
- Quality Improvement Project (Year 3): Involves designing and carrying out a project to support development as a well-rounded doctor and gain a system-wide approach to contemporary healthcare organizations.
Assessment:
- Continuous assessment throughout the program.
- Focus on achievement of learning outcomes.
- Mandatory "formative assessments" for providing feedback on progress and enabling extra support if needed.
- Multiple summative assessments, including:
- Multiple choice exams
- OSCEs (Objective Structured Clinical Examination)
- Presentations
- Posters
- On-line activities
- Project reports
- eportfolio for logging and demonstrating progress in workplace-based assessments from clinical placements.
- Prescribing Safety Assessment and final Medical Licencing Assessment to ensure all graduates reach the appropriate standard to become a doctor and enter the medical workforce.
Teaching:
- Problem-based learning (PBL) in small groups facilitated by practicing doctors.
- Emphasis on community-based learning and patient interaction.
- Exposure to various healthcare settings and professionals, including hospitals, general practices, and community hospitals.
- Teaching by senior academics and specialist technicians.
- Opportunity to learn from nurses, midwives, paramedics, physicians’ associates, and other healthcare professionals.
Careers:
- Completion of the two-year Foundation Programme for eligibility to apply for posts within chosen specialty.
- Opportunities for:
- Hospital and primary care posts in the NHS
- Research positions in the pharmaceutical industry
- Commercial opportunities in law and the media
- International applicants need to ensure the University of Worcester MBChB satisfies the requirements of their desired country of work.
Other:
- The University of Worcester has been offered an allocation of 50 home places for its Three Counties Medical School for September 2024 entry.
- The program is accredited by the GMC (General Medical Council).
- The University of Worcester is developing a new specialist teaching space on campus, which will contain simulation facilities for clinical skills training.
- The University of Worcester has a strong reputation for helping to develop nurses, midwives, physician associates, paramedics, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and social workers with an interdisciplinary and interprofessional approach.
- The University of Worcester is committed to increasing the local medical workforce and recognizes the contribution that the Three Counties Medical School will make.
- For international students, there are opportunities to claim back up to £500 from their first year tuition fee to cover travel costs.
- The University of Worcester has a contingency plan in place with Swansea University Medical School should the program not successfully complete the accreditation process.
- The program is designed to train doctors who are compassionate, highly skilled, and able to pursue any career pathway they choose.
Tuition Fees and Payment Information:
Full-time tuition fees
Home students
As a Home student studying Graduate Entry Medicine you will be charged a tuition fee of £9,250 per year (subject to changes in the government tuition fee cap) for the 4 years of your programme. You will be able to apply for a tuition fee loan from Student Finance to partly cover this cost as follows: Year 1 of the programme - £5,785 Years 2-4 of the programme - £5,535 p.a. In Year 1 the amount not covered by Student Finance is £3,465 and in Years 2-4 it is £3,715 p.a.
International and EU students
The fees for International and EU students enrolling in the 2024/25 academic year are £46,500 per year. International students who attend an interview in Worcester and are then offered a place, are able to claim back up to £500 from their first year tuition fee to cover travel costs. Tuition fees are reviewed annually and may increase during the course. For more details, please visit our course fees page.
