Courses deal with the normal structure and function of the body, and its responses to drugs and diseases. In many cases particular emphasis is placed on experimental techniques and, in the final year, on research training.
All courses maintain a balance of a systematic scientific approach with a strong vocational focus.
The latter plays a part, not only in determining curricular content, but in strengthening the morale and sense of purpose of both students and teachers. Thus, we are clear about the combination of knowledge, skills and attitudes we are aiming for, and confident that worthwhile employment awaits our graduates. We also strengthen motivation by linking content with its future application and professional usefulness. The primarily scientific approach in our teaching is an essential vehicle for the acquisition by each student of a mature, personal outlook on the handling of evidence and careful inference from experimental data. In most of the courses these aims are served by judicious use of both laboratory work and exercises in problem analysis.