Queen's University of Belfast - Medical Faculty
Bachelor of Medicine
Belfast, United Kingdom
Bachelor's degree
DURATION
5 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
TUITION FEES
GBP 38,400 *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* EU and international student
Key Summary
Queen’s is an exciting place to study medicine with our students experiencing clinical practice in a variety of hospitals, general practices and healthcare settings throughout Northern Ireland from the first year onwards.
The School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences has close ties with the Northern Ireland community as part of its educational, research and outreach programmes. Our ‘Patients as Partners’ make a valuable contribution to the education of medical students, through their participation in the selection of medical students to the programme, teaching sessions, as well as assessments.
Queen’s medical students are welcomed in all of the hospitals within the region and in over 150 general practices. Students comment on the ease of access to high-quality clinical teaching.
Our course will provide you with all the opportunities you need to become a caring and compassionate doctor, critical thinker, problem solver and reflective practitioner with excellent clinical skills who values, above all else, service to patients.
Medicine Degree Highlights
Studying Medicine at Queen’s gives students access to an exciting and innovative School. Key features include:
- Early clinical contact with patients in the first year
- Cadaveric dissection, specimens permitting, in state-of-the-art facilities
- Student Selected Components with a wide range of choices throughout the medical curriculum
- Case-based learning in years 1-4 that integrates clinical, biomedical and behavioural science
- Excellent clinical contact in primary and secondary care settings at all levels of the course, 25% of clinical placements in primary care
- An Assistantship programme in the Final year
- Intercalated study options available at Bachelors and Masters Levels
- Opportunities for international travel through the Final Year Clinical Elective and exchange programmes
- World-class interprofessional simulation centre
- Summer Studentship opportunities in leading Research and Education Centres
- Excellent assessment feedback to help you prepare for the Medical Licensing Assessment
Medicine Highlights
- Student Experience
- Global Opportunities
- Professional Accreditations
- World Class Facilities
- Internationally Renowned Experts
- Further Study Opportunities
We offer prestigious, competitive scholarships of up to 50% off tuition fees to new international students. You must have an offer to study a full-time course with us in 2024 to apply for a scholarship.
Year 1
- Foundations for Practice 1 (110 credits)
- Student Selected Component (10 credits)
Year 2
- Foundations for Practice 2 (110 credits)
- Student Selected Component 2 (10 credits)
Year 3
- Immersion in Practice 1 (130 credits)
- Student Selected Component (10 credits)
Year 4
- Immersion in Practice 2 (135 credits)
Year 5
- Preparation for Practice (125 credits)
- Final MB: Part II Clinical and Professional Skills Assessment (0 credits)
- Clinical Elective (25 credits)
- Final MB: Part I Applied Knowledge Test (0 credits)
- Student Selected Component 4: Sustainable Quality Improvement (15 credits)
Assessment
Progress tests are used to assess knowledge. Progress Testing allows students to track their development as learners and provides opportunities for feedback. This approach will help you prepare for the Medical Licensing Assessment (MLA) required for registration by the General Medical Council (GMC).
Several QUB staff have been involved in the development of the GMC's MLA. Progress testing helps prepare our students for this examination.
Clinical skills are assessed using OSCEs (Objective Structured Clinical Examinations).
Project work, presentations and written assignments are used to assess Student Selected Components.
Detailed information about all assessments is outlined in Handbooks and on the Virtual Learning Environment.
Other skills are assessed through a combination of coursework as well as an online portfolio of reflective practice and workplace-based clinical learning activities and assessments.
Assessment methods (single-best answer questions and OSCEs) are aligned with the GMC's proposed methods in the Medical Licensing Assessment.
At the end of the undergraduate course, you will receive your MB BCh BAO degree, which is a Primary Medical Qualification (PMQ). Holding a PMQ entitles you to apply for provisional registration with the General Medical Council. Provisionally registered doctors can only practice in approved Foundation Year 1 posts: the law does not allow provisionally registered doctors to undertake any other type of work.
On successful completion of the first year of this training period, you become a fully registered doctor; however, whichever branch of medicine you intend to pursue, you will be required to undertake further training. For example, to enter General Practice you will require a further three years of training. To become a hospital consultant you may require a further seven years of specialty training.
Career outcomes include:
- A consultant working in a hospital (eg Surgery, General Medicine, Pathology, Biochemistry, Dermatology, Microbiology, ENT, Paediatrics, Obstetrics, Gynaecology, Anaesthetics, and Oncology)
- General Practitioner
- Academic Clinician
- Consultant in Public Health Medicine
The NI Medical and Dental Training Agency has close links with the School and provides guidance on careers and the Foundation Programme Application System.
Prizes and Awards
The School has many prizes and awards which recognize achievement at all levels of the program.
Degree Plus Award for Extra-curricular skills
In addition to your degree programme, at Queen's you can have the opportunity to gain wider life, academic and employability skills. For example, placements, voluntary work, clubs, societies, sports, and lots more. So not only do you graduate with a degree recognized by a world-leading university, but you'll also have practical national and international experience plus wider exposure to life overall. We call this Degree Plus. It's what makes studying at Queen's University Belfast special.
Learning and Teaching
Queen's University medical school has a long tradition of excellent medical education which is constantly updated in response to developments in medical science and practice. We aim to deliver a high-quality course utilising innovative teaching methods and best practices to create a supportive environment designed to enable students to achieve their personal and academic potential. Queen's lays particular emphasis on the development of clinical skills. Students are introduced to patients and their problems from the beginning of the course.
The Queen's medical graduate is a caring and compassionate doctor who is a critical thinker, problem solver and reflective practitioner with excellent clinical skills who values, above all else, service to patients.
Examples of the opportunities provided for learning in this course include:
- Case-Based Learning
- Clinical Placements
- E-Learning technologies
- Lectures
- Personal Tutor
- Placement Abroad
- Practicals
- Self-directed study
- Seminars/tutorials
- Simulation and Interprofessional Learning