In Years 1-4 students acquire the knowledge essential for starting their postgraduate careers in medicine. They acquire skills and develop appropriate professional attitudes to fit them for their chosen profession. The prime objective of Year 5 is to allow students to apply this knowledge, and further develop their skills and attitudes so that they are fully prepared for their post-registration year. They are required to demonstrate competence in the clinical skills appropriate to their commencement of work as a house officer and to the start of a professional career. They are expected to show professional attitudes to their work based on an informed understanding of ethical and professional issues.
Students complete a series of clinical attachments.
Most are at outside hospitals. Assessments are held both locally and during Away-days' when students will return to King's for a few days, for assessment, teaching and an opportunity to feed back their experiences to staff and to each other. Special Study Modules . The students will undertake two special study modules. One will last eight weeks and will be primarily clinical while the other of four weeks will be based in a diagnostic or research laboratory.