Medicine and Surgery (Accelerated Programme) MB BS

Our accelerated medicine and surgery programme enables you to complete the syllabus of years 1 and 2 of our five-year programme in one extended academic year (45 weeks).

Our programme uses a modern and innovative integrated case-led teaching approach, and you’ll be taught in a vibrant learning environment.

This course will prepare you to work as a doctor anywhere in the world, in both the clinical and academic arena.

Programme structure

Year 1

During Year 1, you learn through case-led teaching, with clinical cases used to ensure a problem-first, task-based focus.

You are allocated to a small study group, led by a clinical lecturer who provides support and guidance throughout the year.

You’ll be based primarily on campus in Newcastle with frequent visits to hospitals and general practices around the regional medical school. You’ll cover a series of twenty-four clinical cases to put your learning into context and provide you with the essentials of medical practice.

Following completion of the extended Year 1, you are integrated into a common pathway alongside undergraduate students on our five-year course.

Years 2 to 4

In years 2 to 4 you’ll gain clinical experience through placements in our clinical base units across the region. You’ll undergo a series of rotations, clerkships, assistantships and placements that cover all relevant areas of medicine and surgery. We’ll place further emphasis on professional development, student choice, and hospital- and community-based medicine. This develops your specialist knowledge, skills and professional behaviour, preparing you for your future career as a doctor.

Throughout the final three years of the programme there will be opportunities for student choice. This includes two four-week student selected components and an eight-week elective.