MBChB Medicine and Surgery

Your interest and skill in medical scholarship will be actively developed with us, underpinned by a vision to harness expertise from far and wide. You’ll learn the necessary knowledge, skills and professional behaviours to safely and ethically practice medicine.

Our students benefit from GP-led small group teaching sessions, access to some of the best specialist clinical units in the UK, and enhanced learning opportunities through our state-of-the-art facilities.

We ensure our graduates are able to meet the core requirements set out by the General Medical Council, and become lifelong learners committed to their own professional development.

Programme in detail

The curriculum is delivered under a spiral model, under which concepts are introduced at an appropriate level, and revisited with increasing levels of complexity as the course progresses.

The curriculum is organised and delivered through a number of supra-themes, which fall into specifically defined themes.

In years one and two, all students follow the same lecture timetable, and are allocated to smaller groups for workshops, seminars and practical skills (eg clinical skills and anatomy) sessions. All teaching in year one takes place on the University of Liverpool campus.

Throughout years two-five students undertake clinical placements. Local NHS Trusts, GP practices, hospices, specialist services and community services deliver the placement components of the programme. Each hospital placement takes place at one, or more, of the North West hospital sites. During the course of their studies, students will be expected to rotate through the different clinical providers for variable lengths of time, dependent upon placement block requirements and length. This block rotational model has been designed to allow improved student ability in managing transitions and working across different clinical environments to help prepare them for junior medical postgraduate training.

What you'll learn

• How to deliver outstanding patient care
• The knowledge, skills and values essential for a confident medical career in a 21st-century healthcare environment
• A core foundation in basic and clinical science
• An understanding of the human body that will underpin your future skills
• An understanding of how illness and disease presents in different settings
• How chronic disease is managed within the community using a team approach