In the first two years, you take courses leading to both the Second MB professional qualification, which you require to proceed to a clinical course, and to Parts IA and IB of the Medical and Veterinary Sciences Tripos. Second MB assessment is based mainly on knowledge of the core material of these courses, while the Tripos component of the examination will require you to show the ability to integrate different aspects of the course material. During the second year you will have the opportunity to study two special options which count towards your Tripos. Every student who satisfactorily completes the first three years can be sure of a place at a clinical school. During the clinical period you will receive practical education in the skills necessary for medical practice as well as education in the underpinning clinical sciences.
Full registration is obtained after a year's service as a house officer in a hospital.
Entry Requirements Colleges normally require all medical students to have satisfied the matriculation requirements and pre-medical entry requirements set out in Premedical Requirements . You are advised that no more than four choices from Medical courses need be entered on the UCAS form. The remaining choices can, if you wish, be used for an alternative course without prejudice to your commitment to Medicine. In the first year you complete the following main core courses. In addition, in the first term there will be three short courses introducing the principles of cell biology, histology and the scientific basis of medicine.