Graduate Entry Medicine: Outline of the Course

Years 1 & 2

The first two years are designed specifically for graduate-entry students, and covers both basic medical science and clinical skills; the first year concentrates on science taught within a clinical context through integrated clinical teaching and weekly clinical placements, while the second year concludes medical science teaching, with an increasing time spent on clinical placement.

Year 3 & 4

The final two years are shared with the standard clinical course, and students on the four-year course are fully integrated with students from the six-year course at this stage: these final two years consist of clinical attachments to various specialties, across hospital and community placements.

Special Study and Electives

There are periods set aside for students to pursue their own options. This includes the Academic special interest project which spans Years 1 & 2; the final year, which includes a ten-week elective period during which you may opt to study away from Oxford and special study modules in final year.

When

The first year consists of three ten-week terms, slightly extended from the usual Oxford terms. The remaining years are longer (typically up to 44 weeks long), with short holidays at Christmas and Easter and in the summer.

Where

All science teaching in Years 1 & 2 takes place in Oxford. For clinical placements you will be at a variety of locations both in the community (including in General Practice) and in hospitals. A wide variety of placement locations affords you the greatest opportunity to see the widest range of patients and communities. Our current local education providers (LEPs) include hospitals in:

• Aylesbury/High Wycombe
• Milton Keynes
• Northampton
• Reading
• Slough
• Swindon

General Practices placements are mostly within Oxfordshire although some placements may be within other neighbouring counties (such as Berkshire and Buckinghamshire).