Graduate Medicine (A101) course outline
 UCAS code A101 MB/Chir4 Please note: applicants can apply for both the Graduate Course in Medicine (A101) and the standard Medicine course (A100). However, if you choose to do so, you must apply to the same College for both courses (ie Lucy Cavendish or Wolfson). |
| Duration Four years |
| Entry requirements The CGCM is open to UK and EU applicants who satisfy the following:
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| Colleges Available at Hughes Hall, Lucy Cavendish and Wolfson. Please note that, on average, there are only 20 places available each year for this course. |
| Applications per place 2010 entry 9 |
| Open days 2011 Contact one of the participating Colleges or attend one of the Cambridge Open Days on 7 or 8 July. |
| Further information Email: admissions@medschl.cam.ac.uk |
| Website www.medschl.cam.ac.uk | Deferred entry
Please note it's not possible to apply for deferred entry to this course |
| Applicants for this course must complete a Graduate Course in Medicine application form, in addition to their UCAS application. The deadline for both applications is 15 October 2011. |
A four–year medical course for outstanding graduates from any discipline.
This four–year course (45 study weeks a year) leads to the MB, BChir degree. The University departments collaborate with the three Cambridge Colleges offering the course, the West Suffolk Hospital and six local General Practices. The main clinical base for the course is in Bury St Edmunds.
| "At the end of my Chemistry degree I decided that I wanted to follow a different route. The Cambridge Graduate Course in Medicine was the perfect option." – Marie–Louise |
Available to UK and EU students only, the Cambridge Graduate Course in Medicine (CGCM) is open to those who also satisfy the entry requirements. (International graduates wishing to study medicine may apply for the undergraduate course A100, as an affiliate. Places are limited.)
In Level One you follow the same core medical science teaching as those on the standard Pre–Clinical Course, for four and a half terms, and take the Second MB exams. In addition, there are five clinical placements in West Suffolk (during the University vacations) through which you learn clinical method. One and a half days a week are spent in General Practice and the other days in a hospital environment. This intercalation of clinical experience and the study of core science helps to demonstrate the relevance of the core science and its integration into clinical medicine. At the end of this period you complete your Second MB and have A Level of clinical competence comparable to the standard Clinical Course students at the end of their first clinical Stage.
Level Two consists of placements in the medical specialties. These may be at Addenbrooke's Hospital or other hospitals in the region, learning alongside the standard Clinical Course students.
Level Three (the final year) is spent in clinical placements in West Suffolk, when skills and knowledge gained in the first three years are reinforced and developed in preparation for practice. The emphasis is on integration of primary care, secondary care and the specialties, with encouragement to follow the ‘patient journey’.
Throughout the course, learning is supported by small–group sessions with a Graduate Course Tutor (a senior clinician based in West Suffolk); groups in General Practice and the Colleges; and hospital groups led by a Clinical Supervisor (a doctor in training).
Please be aware that the Cambridge Graduate Course in Medicine is intensely programmed and doesn’t have the flexibility to allow additional degrees, optional study or exchange programmes.
Cambridge Graduate Course in Medicine Bursary
You may be eligible for the Cambridge Graduate Course in Medicine Bursary. Please see the Cambridge Graduate Course in Medicine Bursary webpage for further information.
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This promotional video on the West Suffolk Hospital NHS Trust website features former students and course tutors, and gives further information about the Cambridge Graduate Course in Medicine. |
