- MBBS in Medicine at the King's College London is offered a program for a duration of 5 years (six if an optional intercalated degree is undertaken)
- King's College London is one of the top public universities in London, United Kingdom, it is ranked #35 in QS Global World University Rankings 2023 and seventh in the UK according to The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023.
- This degree provides an innovative and integrated curriculum to support training and development as a medical professional.
- The key benefits of the program are:
- Integration of medical science with clinical teaching throughout with focus on learning in close contact with patients
- Partner hospitals include Guy’s, King’s College and St Thomas’ Hospitals – three of the most renowned and busiest teaching hospitals in London.
- Students benefit from clinical placements at district general hospitals located across the south east of England and over 350 general practices.
- Learn from some of the world’s most influential clinicians and scientists, who are global leaders in life sciences and medical research.
- A multi-faculty university giving you access to a breadth of non-core subjects including humanities and social sciences.
- Twinned with leading medical schools around the world, providing opportunities for clinical exchanges during your elective module.
- Accredited by the General Medical Council (GMC), this Primary Medical Qualification entitles the holder to apply to the GMC for registration to practise medicine in the UK.
- The course is divided into three ‘Stages’ with an optional intercalation year between Stages 2 and 3.
- Although they offer four entry routes into Medicine, all the students follow the same core MBBS curriculum.
- Stage 1 provides you with a foundation in biomedical sciences and population sciences, along with the skills to begin to integrate them with clinical practice.
- Stage 2 brings together science and clinical practice in blocks organised around the human life-cycle and common pathological processes.
- It focuses on the care of patients with common conditions in a range of clinical settings.
- You will also follow patients for prolonged periods of time to learn how to deliver whole-person care. This stage is underpinned by study in biomedical and population sciences.
- Stage 3 is oriented towards future practice, and includes the opportunity to undertake elective study abroad.
- You will also conduct quality improvement projects and develop skills to transform patient and population health at home and abroad.
- Inter-professional training and increasingly realistic simulation are important parts of the curriculum.
- The intercalated degree is a one-year BSc course which gives you the opportunity to study the subjects of your choice in greater depth across King’s and the university’s clinical partners.
- The intercalated BSc is an optional requirement on the A100 programme and is taken between Year 3 and Year 4.
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COURSE STRUCTURE:
TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT :
We will provide you with high-level teaching from experts, which you will put into practice on your placements.
Stage | Lectures, Seminars & Similar | Placement | Self-study time |
1 | 33% including cadaveric dissection in anatomy. | - | 67% |
2 (years 2 and 3) | 56% including small group and case-based teaching in clinical blocks. | 44% | - |
3 (years 4 and 5) | 8% including small group and case-based teaching in clinical blocks | 81% | 11% |
NOTE: Unless there are exceptional circumstances, all students will experience placements at London and peripheral sites during their programme.