GAMSAT UK

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (BM,BS; five years)

Course outline

Science and clinical skills are integrated in the curriculum and you will learn in a variety of health care environments from acute hospitals to general practice and other community settings including community hospitals and voluntary agencies.

Five main themes underpin the course and feature throughout the five years of the programme:

1.  Life sciences

2.  Clinical skills

3.  Public health

4.  Human sciences

5.  Personal and professional development

From the outset, extensive exposure to real patients, disease and illness in clinical settings underpins the development of your clinical reasoning.  This experience will develop your ability to think and act like an expert in the clinical environment.

At all stages of the curriculum your learning is supported with on-line systems, activities and materials including state-of-the-art multimedia.  Clinical encounters and reflections are recorded in the on-line student log book with further facilities to monitor progress and book skills sessions in one of the Clinical Skills Resource Centres.

Methods of assessment
Regular assessment enables you to view your progression and development objectively.  A range of assessment formats are used including multiple choice question formats, structured clinical examinations, portfolios, scientific report writing and multiple clinical judgements.

Entry requirements

- Sitting and achieving the required minimum scores in GAMSAT is a requirement for the following groups of applicants:

- Students for whom it is more than two years since completing GCE A levels or equivalent qualifications

- Graduates

- Students who have enrolled onto the second year of an existing degree programme.

In addition to the academic requirements, applicants must also meet a number of non-academic requirements including a satisfactory Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) Enhanced Disclosure, vetting by the Independent Safeguard Authority and a satisfactory health check which will involve screening for Hepatitis B, C and HIV.  Students are also expected to sign the Medical School Student Agreement.

Interviews
Interviews for applicants having taken GAMSAT will, under normal circumstances, take place in February/March each year.  The interview process is structured, usually lasting no more than 20 minutes.  Each interview panel consists of a minimum of three panel members and on occasions four.  The interview attempts to identify whether a candidate has the personal attributes required to become a doctor.

How to apply
All applications for the undergraduate Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery degree programme must be made through the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS).  All applications MUST reach UCAS by 15 October 2010.  Applicants should apply to no more than four medical or dental programmes.  The remaining choices on the UCAS form may be used for any alternative course.  The UCAS code for Peninsula Medical School is P37 PCMD and the course code, A100.

Places
For 2011 entry:

Home/EU - 200

International - 15

Further information about our BMBS programme may be found on our website at www.pcmd.ac.uk/pms/

Contact details

Admissions Office

The John Bull Building

Tamar Science Park

Research Way

Plymouth

Devon       PL6 8BU

UK

Tel:       01752 437333/437444

Fax:      01752 517842

Email:   pcmd-admissions@pcmd.ac.uk