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MBBS - Medicine (Graduate Entry)

Study Medicine at a collaborative and inclusive medical school embedded in the communities of Cumbria, training clinicians who are innovate, adaptable and focussed on the delivery of high-quality person-centred care.

Please note: this MBBS programme is subject to ongoing quality assurance by the General Medical Council (GMC) who are responsible for the monitoring standard of medical education in the UK.



In Partnership With:

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Imperial College London

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Course Overview

Study at an innovative new medical school embedded in the communities of Cumbria, with learning opportunities across the region.

The bespoke programme blends expertise from the highly rated MBBS programme at Imperial College London, with the University of Cumbria’s longstanding reputation in training allied healthcare professionals.

You will gain early exposure to clinical practice alongside research-informed medical sciences teaching. You will also complete a community-based project on a topic of interest to you, linked with prevention and healthcare delivery. Clinical skills training and multi-professional collaborative learning will occur across the 4-year programme.

On this course you will...

  • Study a bespoke, community-focused curriculum at the University of Cumbria and graduate with an Imperial College London degree.
  • Gain early clinical experience to allow you to develop your clinical skills and professional practice.
  • A professional development program will support your academic progress and career development. You will be allocated a tutor with clinical experience in Cumbria and be given access to resources to structure your learning.

Course Structure

What you will learn

Year 1 will focus on the integration of medical science and clinical knowledge, while you begin to develop the professional values and behaviours needed to become a doctor.

Year 2 will delve deeper into medical sciences with continuing focus on the integration of medical science and clinical knowledge, widening your clinical knowledge, and further building on your professional values and behaviours.

Years 3 and 4 are centred on your preparation for practice as a Foundation Doctor in the NHS.

Year one

Year 1 will focus on the integration of medical science and clinical knowledge, while you begin to develop the professional values and behaviours needed to become a doctor.

“From early in the programme, you will undertake clinical placements and clinical simulation in a range of settings across North and South Cumbria, which may necessitate travel and/or temporary accommodation.

These sessions will enable you to develop your practical procedural, clinical and communication skills. You will also explore the contributing factors to health and healthcare delivery. There will be a focus on the application of research to healthcare delivery.”

  • Medical Sciences 1
    Explore the anatomy and physiology of the major organ systems with a focus on how pathophysiology underpins disease.
  • Clinical Skills and Professional Practice 1
    Develop your clinical skills and professionalism and explore the roles and responsibilities of a medical student and a doctor.
  • Prevention and Healthcare Delivery 1
    Explore the social, psychological, and behavioural factors that contribute to health and healthcare delivery.
Year two

Year 2 will delve deeper into medical sciences with continuing focus on the integration of medical science and clinical knowledge, widening your clinical knowledge, and further building on your professional values and behaviours.

The clinical learning in primary and secondary care settings will increase, allowing further development of your practical procedural, clinical and communication skills.

You will deepen your understanding of the factors contributing to health and healthcare delivery completing a group project in an area of interest to you.

  • Medical Sciences 2
    Integrate the key concepts introduced in Medical Sciences 1 to adopt an evidence-informed approach to managing patients with multiple long-term conditions.
  • Clinical Skills and Professional Practice 2
    Further develop your clinical skills and professionalism; undertake clinical placements across the region, in general practice, community and mental health, and medical and surgical secondary care.
  • Prevention and Healthcare Delivery 2
    Deepen your understanding of the key concepts in social sciences and population health, while considering the practical aspects of applying research and healthcare data to improve health outcomes.
Year three

Years 3 and 4 are centred on your preparation for practice as a Foundation Doctor in the NHS.

In Years 3 and 4, you will undertake clinical placements in clinical specialties, medicine, and surgery, based in hospital and community settings. These placements will facilitate the integration of your learning within the medical school, and in the clinical settings, to prepare you for practice.
In addition to being embedded in clinical teams, a range of structured teaching and simulation sessions will provide you with added experience of unfamiliar situations, managing uncertainty to support you in your practise e.g., making clinical decisions.

  • Clinical Skills and Professional Practice 3
    Experience situational learning on clinical placement across the region, in a range of specialties, in both community and secondary care.
Year four

During your final year, there will be the preparation for practice component. This will contain a pre-foundation assistantship, during which you will have a defined role and responsibilities within a local clinical team where you will participate in activities which are like those of a newly qualified doctor.
You will complete your training with an elective period that will enable you to organise your own extended placement, either in the UK or abroad.

You will need to complete all components of the Medicine (Graduate Entry) programme to a satisfactory standard to obtain your MBBS award.

  • Clinical Skills and Professional Practice 4
    Builds further on the clinical skills, the professional capabilities, and the knowledge that is required for the Medical Licencing Assessment. The module also including a pre-foundation assistantship and an elective period.

Attend an Open Day at Cumbria

An Open Day is your opportunity to explore one of 5 campuses, meet your lecturers, and find out how the University of Cumbria could become your new home.

Take the next step towards achieving your dreams.
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