Bachelor of Science [B.S] [Physiology and Pharmacology] From University of Central Lancashire

Success in medicine requires application and hard work, both while studying and when in practice. However, it brings great rewards in terms of job satisfaction, involving as it does a combination of science and human interactions, and numerous career opportunities.

Our medicine courses provide the education and training required to be one of tomorrowÕs doctors, reflecting the latest advances in medical sciences and practice.

In addition to the Standard Course (A100), we also offer the Cambridge Graduate Course in Medicine (CGCM, A101). Open to outstanding UK/EU graduates of any discipline, successful completion of the accelerated Graduate Course leads to the MB, BChir degrees in four years. International/overseas graduates may apply for the Standard Course (A100) as an affiliate student (places are limited).

This four-year course (45 study weeks a year) integrates core medical science with clinical medicine, with an emphasis on the development of clinical skills through direct patient contact in hospital and community environments throughout East Anglia. The CGCM (A101) is intensely programmed and does not have the flexibility to allow additional degrees, optional study or exchange programmes.

The University departments collaborate with the three Cambridge Colleges offering the course, six general practices in West Suffolk, and the West Suffolk Hospital (in Bury St Edmunds) Ð the main clinical base for the course.

Careers

There is a broad spectrum of hospital-based careers across medical, surgical and other specialisms, but healthcare is moving towards a more community-centred model of delivery, and consequently doctors are increasingly expected to deliver healthcare in a range of settings. Most UK graduates go on to work in the NHS, and about half become general practitioners.