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Imperial’s Faculty of Medicine is one of the largest in Europe, with medical campuses across north and west London and partnerships with a wide range of NHS Trusts, hospitals and clinics. In response to several drivers for change, including updated GMC guidance, technological development in education and healthcare, the planned Medical Licensing Assessment (MLA) and expectations of medical practice within the NHS of the future, a review of the MBBS programme has been undertaken and a new curriculum developed.
Our teaching is enriched by our internationally competitive research and clinical expertise, so you’ll be learning at the very cutting edge of the subject. We deliver the course through a range of innovative and traditional teaching methods, including lectures, small group teaching, computer workshops, laboratory classes and problem-based learning.
The emphasis of our new MBBS programme is on the development of Professional Values and Behaviours, Professional skills, and Professional Knowledge, in line with the GMC’s recently published Outcomes for Graduates (2018). The new spiral curriculum is delivered in three phases and provides exciting new opportunities for our students and staff including:
More opportunities for clinical skills training and patient experience.
A case-based learning approach to facilitate integration and translation of scientific knowledge to clinical care.
A structure to facilitate active, life-long learning, with each module building on the previous one, adding more depth and complexity.
A Programmatic Assessment strategy, to enable you to build your knowledge throughout your studies.
A focus on the application of science and research skills in phase two, expanding upon early science exposure in phase one.
Continued opportunities across phase three for reflective learning, to be recorded and reviewed by you and your tutor.
A new tutoring programme to support your progression with a focus on Study Skills.
The new MBBS curriculum is aligned to the College's Learning and Teaching Strategy, and our Curriculum Map (Sofia). This will enable you to study specific learning outcomes, mapped to your assessments.
In phase one, you will focus both on the scientific basis of health and disease and the foundations of clinical practice, including early clinical exposure. The course will include modules on lifestyle medicine and prevention and case-based learning, with opportunities to undertake clinical improvement and research projects.
During phase two, you will work towards the BSc by completing a series of modules and a supervised research project in a scientific/medical subject of your choice.
This gives you the chance to develop your scientific knowledge and research skills, as well as expose you to research at the cutting edge of the field.
In phase three, students will build on the knowledge, skills and behaviours developed in the first four years of the MBBS. In hospital and community settings, students will experience how clinical teams work together to deliver patient care from beginning to the end of life. Throughout phase three, significant emphasis will be placed on preparing students for clinical practice.
Exceptional students may be offered the opportunity to include a PhD as part of their course.
You will graduate with a primary medical qualification, which entitles you to provisional registration with the General Medical Council and license to practice in approved Foundation Year 1 posts (see Careers below).
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Phase one (Year1-3)
The new phase one curriculum will promote critical thinking, personal/professional development, and team working. It involves a spiral curriculum model, with alignment of learning activities and assessment strategies within each of the modules.
The course will start with an introductory module on Principles of Medicine. Students will then engage in an integrated course where teaching on each of the body systems is complemented by case-based learning and early exposure to patient care in a variety of health community settings. Practical skills will be taught early in the course in clinical skills laboratories. There will be a focus on health and prevention of disease, specifically talking about behaviour change. By the third year, students will spend the majority of their time working in clinical practice, with 10 week attachments in primary care, medicine and surgery.
There will be opportunities to undertake clinical improvement and clinical research projects within phase one.
Phase two (year 4)
In Phase 2 you will undertake your BSc. The BSc pathways at Imperial aim to create clinicians and academics with the ability to interpret and inform best practice, and to extend boundaries of current thinking and advance medicine.
The BSc involves a series of modules and a supervised research project in an area of particular scientific/medical interest. This will enable you to develop consistent foundations in research skills, from which you can grow into a competent clinician and clinical researcher. You will select one of the following specialisms:
Phase three (year 5-6)
In Phase 3, you will build on the knowledge, skills and behaviours developed in the first 4 years of the MBBS. In hospital and community settings, you will experience how clinical teams work together to deliver patient care from beginning to the end of life. You will gain experience in medicine, surgery and cancer, managing the ageing patient, child health, women’s health and psychiatry as well as in acute medicine and general practice.
There will be opportunities for you to focus on your own interests in specialty choice placements and in a medical elective. Towards the end of the course, you will spend time in an apprenticeship role. Throughout Phase 3, significant emphasis will be placed on preparing you for clinical practice.
During Phase 3b (final year), you will undertake a Pre-Foundation Assistantship (PFA) which focuses on preparing students for their foundation posts (preparedness for practice) in Term 3. This programme is being introduced into the curriculum from the 2021-22 academic year, which will also see an extension to the programme length (8 July 2022). For subsequent years, the end of the programme will be at the end of the first full week in July. For students who enter the final year from 2023-24, the PFA will be at its maximum length of 8 weeks.
Phase 3a modules
Phase 3b modules
Graduates from the School of Medicine enter a wide and diverse range of careers, including medical practice, biomedical research, the pharmaceutical industry, scientific journalism and healthcare management.
Achieving an MBBS degree from Imperial provides you with a primary medical qualification (PMQ). Holding a PMQ entitles you to provisional registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) and license to practise in approved Foundation Year 1 posts, subject only to acceptance by the GMC that there are no fitness to practise concerns that need consideration.
You will need to apply for a Foundation Year 1 post during the final year of your undergraduate course through the UK Foundation Programme Office selection scheme, which allocates these posts on a competitive basis. So far, all suitably qualified UK graduates have found a place on the Foundation Year 1 programme, but this cannot be guaranteed.
On successful completion of the Foundation Year 1 programme you will be eligible to apply for full registration with the GMC before entering Foundation Year 2. Doctors need full registration with a license to practise for unsupervised medical practise in the NHS or UK private practice*.
* This information is correct as of December 2018 but please be aware that regulations in this area are subject to change.
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