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Graduate Entry Medicine: About the Course

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about the course

 

The University of Oxford a 4-year Graduate Entry Medicine programme (A101) for graduates in specific science degrees. The course leads to the Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (BM BCh) and the final two years (Years 3 & 4) are shared with students on the 6-year undergraduate programme (A100).

Content on these pages describe the 4-year course, with written information about the standard course (A100) available separately.

Aims  & Features of the 4-year Graduate Entry Medicine Programme

Whilst our aspiration is to produce the next generation of clinician scientists and medical leaders, we recognize that many students will devote themselves to clinical practice and a small minority may leave the clinical environment to pursue careers in drug discovery, management and beyond

The course aims to develop the skills that graduates have acquired in their first degree. Exploration and appraisal of clinical and scientific literature, and its application to clinical practice, will feature within the curriculum. The course fosters discussion-based learning in a small cohort.

  • A small course of approximately 45 students each year, currently from experimental science backgrounds, embedded within a relatively small medical school (c 200 students each year).
  • the small GEM cohort means that course faculty and students come to know each other well in an academically-demanding but supportive educational environment
  • Students benefit by being a member of one of eleven Oxford Colleges which provide academic tutorials and an inclusive community.
  • Students are well supported by a programme of pastoral care based within the course and individual Colleges.
  • GEM students are well-placed to take advantage of the University’s close links with research and industry, time and energy permitting.
  • An integral part of School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences which consistently tops the global Times Higher Education World University Ranking for Medicine
  • The course places an emphasis on academic and scientific aspects of medicine, with small cohort based sessions. 
  • Early, integrated clinical teaching: in the first year this is shared equally between hospitals and general practice, providing students with experience across a wide area of medicine from the outset.
  • Opportunity for students to pursue areas of personal interest through the Academic Special Interest Project and the Longitudinal Patient Case. 
  • Collaborative and community approach with students encouraged to independently follow areas of interest.
  • Highly responsive to student feedback.
  • An optional programme of peer tutoring by students in later years of the course.

This may be the right course for you, if you have a strong academic record, are interested in the scientific basis of medical practice, and enjoy opportunities to pursue some areas of further study independently.


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