Graduate-entry medicine: on course FAQs
For the formal exams at the end of each of the first two years, you will normally have one chance to resit. If there are special circumstances (such as extended illness or domestic problems) the School may allow you a second resit; but normally if you fail one of these exams twice you will not be able to stay on the course. Failure is not common, because college tutors are usually good at spotting students in difficulty and arranging extra help; and there will certainly be additional help from the School if you are in difficulties.
Clinical attachments at hospitals outside Oxford provide a valuable teaching experience: the student numbers on each firm are often smaller than in Oxford, and there is usually a wider clinical experience of common illnesses. Over the four years, there are a number of such attachments of between two and six weeks each. The clinical teaching in the first year will also be in hospitals and GP clinics outside Oxford (for one day each week). In addition, there are periods when out-of-town rotations are offered as options during particular clinical attachments.