Acute, Critical and Emergency Care (ACE Care) BSc Hons

Program Overview

The ACE Care program is a one-year intercalated BSc honors degree for medical students. It provides in-depth knowledge and clinical practice in Acute Medicine, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, and Trauma Care. Through lectures, online learning, and clinical placements, students develop skills and understanding in these interconnected specialties. The program enhances medical students' career prospects, particularly those interested in emergency medicine, and provides valuable research opportunities.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The ACE Care program is a one-year intercalated BSc honors degree designed for intercalating medical students. It aims to provide students with in-depth applied knowledge, clinical practice, research skills, and professional behaviors in the interconnected fields of Acute Medicine, Critical Care (including ITU Medicine), Emergency Medicine, and Trauma Care.

Objectives:

• Develop in-depth applied knowledge, clinical practice, research skills, and professional behaviors in the fields of Acute Medicine, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, and Trauma Care.
• Gain a deep understanding of the interconnected nature of these specialties.
• Develop the qualities and transferable skills necessary to make decisions in complex and unpredictable contexts.

Description:

The program delivers a clinical research learning and placement-based experience that encapsulates the key areas of each specialty. It is delivered through a blended process incorporating lectures, online learning, clinical research, and placement-based learning opportunities with authentic assessments, papers, posters, and oral presentations. Students will also undergo a clinical placement in one of the specialist ACE or ACE-related areas within an NHS Acute Trust, working within clinical teams to apply knowledge, perform and develop clinical skills, and learn (and demonstrate) professional behaviors in high-intensity clinical practice situations.

Assessment:

• Portfolio
• Guided reflection
• Separate research components coordinated with the clinical placement
• Authentic assessment
• Progressive assessment strategy building on students' learning and developing critical thinking

Teaching:

• Lectures
• Online learning
• Clinical research
• Placement-based learning opportunities
• Authentic assessments, papers, posters, and oral presentations
• Clinical placement in an NHS Acute Trust
• Supervision by NHS clinicians working in the Acute, Critical Care, Trauma, and Emergency Medicine areas

Careers:

• Enhances the career of all medical students, particularly those interested in emergency specialties.
• Designed to enhance the application of medical students for both foundation (PGY 1-2) and core training (PGY 3-5).
• Incorporates key experiences and skills that will enhance future career applications.
• Provides exciting research experience and opportunities, including possibilities for publications and conference presentations.

Other:

• The program is hospital-based and experiential.
• In exceptional circumstances (e.g., global pandemics), a student offered a place on the Acute, Critical and Emergency Care BSc will be offered a place on the MRes Clinical Sciences program if ACE Care cannot be run.
• The program is suitable for intercalation for Medicine students.
• The School of Medicine is one of the largest providers of medical education in the country.
• Students have access to facilities such as the Human Anatomy Resource Centre and Clinical Skills Resource Centre, as well as the Virtual Learning Environment.
• The program offers access to a comprehensive placement network with nationally recognized centers of excellence.
• The program aligns with the Liverpool Curriculum Framework, which focuses on research-connected teaching, active learning, and authentic assessment.
• The program emphasizes digital fluency, confidence, and global citizenship.
• The program is designed to enhance the application of medical students for both foundation (PGY 1-2) and core training (PGY 3-5).
• The program incorporates key experiences and skills that will enhance future career applications.
• The program provides exciting research experience and opportunities, including possibilities for publications and conference presentations.
• 99% of medical students find their main activity after graduation meaningful (Graduate Outcomes, 2018-19).

Tuition Fees UK fees (applies to Channel Islands, Isle of Man and Republic of Ireland) Full-time place, per year £9,250 International fees Full-time place, per year £42,700 Fees stated are for the 2024-25 academic year. Tuition fees cover the cost of your teaching and assessment, operating facilities such as libraries, IT equipment, and access to academic and personal support.