Course structure

Our dynamic three phase programme

one@2x

Phase I: Years 1 and 2

You will be based in either Hull or York for all of your first and second year
Lectures are video-linked between the two sites
Problem-based learning and clinical skills sessions twice per week
Half a day per week of clinical placement in Year one, within 30 minutes of your home campus, increasing to one full day per week in Year 2
You remain attached to the same placement practice or hospital ward each year, allowing you to get to know and work alongside the healthcare team
Undertake research-related study, including laboratory skills, as part of the Scholarship and Special Interest Programme

two@2x

Phase II: Years 3 and 4

Full exposure to clinical medicine, as you rotate around the region on permanent placement
Placements are in both general practice and on hospital wards across the Yorkshire region, so you experience the complete patient journey
Develop your clinical, examination, history-taking and problem-solving skills with real patients, under the supervision of dedicated specialist skills tutors
Undertake clinically-related projects as part of the Scholarship and Special Interest Programme
Option to undertake an intercalated degree between year 3 and 4

three@2x

Phase III: Year 5

Seven-week elective period at the beginning of your final year, where you’ll have the chance to travel abroad or work in a specialist service in the UK
After your elective you’ll be the junior member (assistant intern) of a multidisciplinary medical team
Rotate through general medicine, general surgery and general practice and work similar hours to those of junior doctor, including on-call and shift arrangements
On surgical attachments, you will take part in pre-operative and post-operative care, and follow your allocated patients to surgery
In general practice, you will see patients in surgery, and gain experience of prescribing, diagnosis and condition management
After you've taken your final exams, you will undertake an assistantship, which will help to prepare you for your role as a junior doctor

Themes and disciplines

The curriculum has four themes: applied life sciences; clinical skills and reasoning; health and society; and professionalism; and is structured in blocks around body systems and clinical specialities.

In Phase I (years 1 and 2), each system is studied for about four weeks, and you revisit these throughout your five years of study to refresh and deepen your understanding as the course progresses.

The blocks you will study focus on: pathology, immunology and cancer; respiration, cardiovascular medicine and dermatology; gastrointestinal medicine, metabolic and renal medicine; reproduction and child health; mental health; and musculoskeletal and nervous systems, special senses and elderly persons’ medicine.

You'll learn to apply your increasing theoretical knowledge to clinical problems and to consider the wider aspects of health in society, effective communication with colleagues and patients and the ability to manage healthcare resources.

Sample first year timetable

Sample first year timetable
	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
9am-10am	Self-directed learning	Lecture	Scholarship and Special Interest Programme	Lecture	Self directed learning
10am-11am	Resource session	Lecture	Scholarship and Special Interest Programme	Lecture	Self directed learning
11am-1pm	Self-directed learning	Lecture	Scholarship and Special Interest Programme	Biopractical or self-directed learning	Lecture
2pm-3.30pm	Problem based learning	Clinical placement	Free	Problem based learning	Self directed learning or workshops
4pm-5.40pm	Clinical skills practice	Clinical placement	Free	Clinical skills practice	Self directed learning or workshops