The School of Medicine is the medical school of the

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, in the city of

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, England. The School of Medicine was founded in 1831. The School of Medicine now forms part of the University's Faculty of Medicine and Health. The School is composed of institutes located at multiple sites in West Yorkshire including the Worsley Building, LIGHT, St James's Campus, and Chapel Allerton Hospital. The School of Medicine is primarily linked with two major hospitals for clinical teaching: the

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and

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, both run by the

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, alongside smaller district NHS Trusts.

History

On 6 June 1831 six physicians and surgeons set up the Leeds Medical School with the aim: The Medical School admitted its first students in October of that year. It was one of ten provincial medical schools founded in the ten years between 1824–1834. The founders were: *Dr James Williamson *Dr Adam Hunter *Mr Samuel Smith *Mr William Hey III *Mr Thomas Pridgin Teale *Dr Joseph Prince Garlick The first premises were the Leeds Public Dispensary on North Street in the town but in 1834 the school was moved to new premises at 1 East Parade. In the 1940s, the "Leeds Public Dispensary and Hospital" is recorded as sponsoring

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research undertaken by the University of Leeds. The Medical School's current premises, the Worsley Building, was designed by the

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and officially opened by the

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in March 1979. Leeds School of Medicine blue plaque 26 June 2018

Teaching

The medical training in Leeds lasts five years. An optional intercalated degree can be taken either at Leeds or another institution, making the course six years. The MBChB degree is divided into three phases. Phase I (Preparing for Clinical Practice) encompasses Years One to Three, Phase II (Clinical Practice in Context) encompasses Year Four and Phase III (Becoming a Doctor) encompasses Year Five and Foundation Year One. Leeds was ranked 19th in the Guardian medicine league table 2017 and 3rd for student experience in the Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey 2018.

Institutes within the School of Medicine

The School of Medicine is split up into five institutes:: *LIME – Leeds Institute of Medical Education – Responsible for the administration and delivery of the School of Medicine's

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programme. *LIHS – Leeds Institute of Health Sciences – Includes the Nuffield Centre for International Health and Development *LICAMM – Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine *LIMR – Leeds Institute of Medical Research at St James's – based at

*LIRMM – Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine – based at

Chapel Allerton Hospital Chapel Allerton Hospital is located in the area of Chapel Allerton, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England and is operated by the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. The main entrance is on Chapeltown Road, with vehicle exits onto Harehills Lane and Ne ...

Intercalating

Every year around half of all Leeds students take a year out to study another related degree (BSc) in a process called intercalating. Many medical/veterinary/dental students from other universities also come to Leeds to study. The intercalated degrees on offer include: Primary care, International Health, Medical Physics, Human Physiology, Sports Science, Neuroscience, Zoology, Pharmacology, Medical Ethics, Clinical Science, Psychology, Microbiology and Anatomy.

Notable alumni

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– Executive editor of the ''

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'' ''(BMJ).'' * Henry Bendelack Hewetson – Surgeon and naturalist. *

Anne Farmer Anne Farmer is emeritus professor of psychiatric nosology at the Institute of Psychiatry and was formerly lead consultant in the Affective Disorders Unit at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and the trust's director of medical ...

– Professor of Psychiatry *

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* Dr Rubina Gillani – Medical doctor and public health specialist. *Professor

Gillian Leng Gillian Catherine Leng, Lady Cosford CBE is a British health administrator, academic, visiting professor at King's College London and the former Chief Executive of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), where she was resp ...

– British health administrator and academic. *

David Henry Lewis David Henry Lewis (1917 – 23 October 2002) was a sailor, adventurer, doctor, and scholar of Polynesian culture. He is best known for his studies on the traditional systems of navigation used by the Pacific Islanders. His studies, published ...

– Adventurer, sailor and doctor. Graduated from University of Leeds in 1942 and as a GP supported the establishment of the NHS. *

Peter McGuffin Peter McGuffin (born 4 February 1949) is a psychiatrist and geneticist from Belfast, Northern Ireland. Early life Peter McGuffin was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland on 4 February 1949, the eldest of 3 children of Martha Melba (née Burniso ...

psychiatrist and geneticist *

Hugo Mascie-Taylor Dr. Hugo Mascie-Taylor is a medical doctor and administrator. He has worked as Executive Medical Director of Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, including periods acting as Chief Executive and Medical Director at the NHS Confederation. He was on ...

– Executive Medical Director * Berkeley Moynihan – Noted British abdominal surgeon. * William Pickles – British general practitioner and epidemiologist. * Professor Margot Shiner – Pioneer and worldwide leading figure in the field of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition. *

Harold Shipman Harold Frederick Shipman (14 January 1946 – 13 January 2004), known by the public as Doctor Death and to acquaintances as Fred Shipman, was an English general practitioner and serial killer. He is considered to be one of the most prolif ...

– General Practitioner convicted of murdering 15 of his patients; later Police found evidence that the total was closer to 250. *

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* Jane Wynne – Paediatrician and expert on child abuse. * Robert Zachary – Paediatric surgeon.

References

External links

Leeds School of Medicine
Official Website {{Authority control University of Leeds Medical schools in England 1831 establishments in England Leeds Blue Plaques