Course summary

Join an established and growing medical school in a high-ranking university and gain the skills, knowledge and support you need to graduate as a skilled, empathetic and patient-centred doctor, whatever your background. Supporting you to become an exceptional doctor At Lancaster Medical School, we know that outstanding doctors can come from any background and we are committed to developing skilled doctors that are as diverse as the communities they serve. Our Medicine and Surgery MBChB with a Gateway Year is designed for talented UK students from backgrounds under-represented in medicine and who may be disadvantaged in applying to our five-year MBChB Medicine and Surgery programme. Find out more about our eligibility criteria. It will provide you with a grounding in the medical sciences, building your academic skills, knowledge and confidence. After successfully completing the gateway year you will progress to the five-year MBChB programme and continue your training to become a skilled, empathetic and patient-centred doctor. What you will learn Your gateway year is designed to prepare you for successful progression onto Year 1 of the MBChB programme by developing your knowledge, academic writing and independent study skills. You will attend weekly support tutorials with the rest of your year group, which will build your academic skills and introduce you to broader topics in medicine such as the sociology and psychology of health and medical ethics. We are passionate about our research which focusses on understanding the health needs of local, national and global populations and we use this to inspire the doctors we train to have a positive impact on people’s lives. As such, our integrated curriculum will give you an understanding of the socio-economic, cultural and environmental factors that affect health and medicine, as well as population health and professional practice. Through it, you will build a diverse and flexible skillset and become adept at the joined-up thinking needed to excel in a rewarding career in medicine. Our curriculum is built around core themes that will enable you to develop the knowledge and skills required for modern clinical practice including:

• medical sciences

• the psychology and sociology of health and medical illness

• population health

• professional practice and values

• medical ethics and law

• Lectures

• Small group learning

• Case-based discussions

• Clinical skills and simulation

• Written examinations and coursework

• Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCE)

• Workplace-based assessments