IMPORTANT: This course is now closed for applications for September 2021 entry. This applies to all applicants. Graduate Entry Medicine at Swansea University Medical School is open to graduates of any discipline and has welcomed candidates with backgrounds as diverse as fine art and genetics. Applications are welcomed from individuals with clear communication skills, an aptitude for problem solving and coping with pressure, a keen sense of insight and integrity, and most of all a passion for medicine. There is a high level of clinical contact from the outset of the course: - Self-selected Learning Opportunities in the Clinical Setting (LOCS) - Clinical Apprenticeships - Junior Assistantships - Specialty Attachments - Community Based Learning There is also a Shadowing period at end of Year 4 prior to becoming a foundation doctor (F1). This 6 week Clinical Placement allows students to “shadow” F1 doctors in their allocated post in Wales or join the all-Wales ‘shadow’ programme. Swansea University Medical School is one of the UK’s fastest growing medical schools and is currently ranked 3rd in the UK by the Complete University Guide Subject League Tables 2018. It offers a comprehensive programme of Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses spanning medicine, health, life science and chemistry to meet tomorrow’s science and healthcare challenges. As part of its commitment to widening access to medicine, Swansea University Medical School also offers dedicated pathways to Graduate Entry Medicine from its undergraduate Applied Medical Sciences, Medical Biochemistry and Medical Genetics degrees. Visit http://www.swansea.ac.uk/medicine/learningandteaching/pathway/ to find out more. Swansea University Medical School is home to outstanding facilities including: - £100m Institute of Life Science, Wales’ premier life sciences and healthcare research and business incubator - The Centre for NanoHealth - The UK National Mass Spectrometry Facility - The Data Science building Its UK and world-leading scientists, medical entrepreneurs and clinicians participate as teachers and supervisors. They also work closely with NHS partners and affiliate businesses to provide a vibrant, innovative community making great strides in teaching, research and industry throughout Wales, the UK and internationally. ""We hope and believe that studying Graduate Entry Medicine at Swansea University Medical School will prepare you to approach your future practice with confidence and competence, with an awareness of your responsibilities to patients, families, other clinicians, to your profession and to society. We also hope that you will join the many other graduates from Swansea that choose to stay to practise in Wales"" Professor Any Grant, Dean of Medical Education. **Deferral Policy** As entry to the Medicine (Graduate Entry) programme is highly competitive, Swansea University does not accept applications for deferred entry for this course. Deferral requests from offer holders will only be considered on a case-by-case basis under exceptional circumstances. To apply for deferred entry, you should apply in writing with proof of the exceptional circumstance, which will be considered by the course Admissions Leads. Any deferral request may only apply to the following academic year and subsequent requests are not permitted. If your deferral is authorised, you must confirm your place 3 months prior to the start of the course in the deferred year (typically 1st June for a 1st September start date) otherwise your offer will be withdrawn. You would be required to submit a new UCAS application to be considered for the following year. Please note that this may also entail a new GAMSAT result if the previous result has expired.

The Programme consists of Phase I (Years 1 + 2) and Phase II (Years 3 + 4) with 3 Modules – Doctor as a Scholar and Scientist, Doctor as a Practitioner and Doctor as a Professional, reflecting the standards for medical education and training set out by the General Medical Council (GMC). The innovative, patient-focused curriculum has been designed to reflect the way in which clinicians approach patients and how patients present to doctors, allowing students to develop a way of thinking and engaging with information that mimics real-life clinical practice. Through its spiral approach, students acquire layers of knowledge and consolidate learning by re-visiting topics through new cases, building up a repertoire of clinical undertanding and skills. Core modules build the foundations of scientific knowledge and clinical skills required for the practice of medicine. They are structured around 6 body system ‘Themes’ - Behaviour, Defence, Development, Movement, Nutrition and Transport - with clinical cases presented in learning blocks. Students participate in a combination of case-based lectures and skill building within a safe but clinically-focused environment. They are also introduced to the concept of professionalism - an approach that is essential for good medical practice.

Assessment is closely matched to the curriculum, the defined learning outcomes and learning and teaching methods. Assessments in the Graduate Entry Medicine programme have three main functions. 1. To help focus students’ learning and to help demonstrate whether or not the standards have been achieved in respect to the defined learning outcomes. 2. To provide regular systematic information on students’ progress throughout the programme so that remedial action can be taken by students and staff as required. 3. To ensure that students progressing to the next stage of their training have met the prescribed learning outcomes. The assessment approach reflects the teaching ethos of the programme by promoting continuing reflection on progress. Students are formally assessed at regular intervals during the course and these assessments use standard assessment formats throughout the entire four years of the course. Although the formats remain predominantly similar, their complexity and challenge increases in parallel with the abilities of the students. These assessments are, therefore, designed to measure global ability in the relevant domain with the aim of encouraging students to integrate and regularly maintain their knowledge and skills.

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15 October This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Course code: A101

Institution code: S93

Campus Name: Singleton Park Campus

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The following entry points are available for this course:

Year 1

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In order to be eligible to apply for Graduate Entry Medicine, you must have achieved, or be predicted to achieve, the following (or equivalent) by 31st July of the year in which you wish to start: *either an upper second (2.1) or first class degree in any subject *or a merit or distinction (equivalent to 2.1 or first) in an integrated undergraduate masters degree *or a lower second (2.2) PLUS a Postgraduate Masters or PhD *GCSE Mathematics and English/Welsh at grade C or above *IELTS 7.0 with no less than 7.0 in speaking and 6.5 in listening, reading and writing (International Candidates). Degrees awarded in countries other than the UK can be accepted if they are confirmed to be equivalent to awards in the UK system. If you hold more than one undergraduate degree, the result from the most recent degree is considered. GAMSAT You must sit the GAMSAT prior to applying. GAMSAT is a professionally designed selection test for medical schools offering graduate entry programmes. You must achieve a minimum overall GAMSAT score of 50, together with a minimum of 50 in Paper 3 (Reasoning in Biological and Physical Sciences) in order to be considered. Interviews will be offered to candidates that meet an overall cut-off score in the GAMSAT, which is determined annually once all scores have been received.

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Student satisfaction : 73%

Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs): 60%

Go onto work and study: 95%

Placements take place across the region and transport between sites is at the expense of the student. Please contact the Medical School Student Information and Education Office (mededucation.unit@swansea.ac.uk) for further information.

Singleton Park
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Swansea
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