This ensures a good understanding of a diversity of clinical practices. The undergraduate course is organised on a block system that combines academic studies, including lectures, tutorials and small group discussions with clinical experience in departments under the supervision of qualified staff. Normally students consider the academic theory of a topic in the first part of the semester, following up the theory with clinical experience in the appropriate area. Tutorial time is included in the second part of the semester to allow students to discuss their clinical experience. Students also attend small group tutorials organised by members of the clinical or academic staff.
Students can expect to be meeting and to be dealing with patients from early on in the course.
During the clinical placements appropriate clinical and academic staff carry out assessment of the students' clinical abilities. These clinical assessments form part of the overall assessment pattern on which the honours degree is based. Curriculum Students must obtain a total of 360 CATS points, spread evenly over the 3 years. The remaining 21 are specific to the appropriate discipline. Academic study includes such topics as anatomy and pathology, physics, hospital and professional studies and behavioural sciences.