Oxford University Medical School is the
medical school
A medical school is a tertiary educational institution, or part of such an institution, that teaches medicine, and awards a professional degree for physicians. Such medical degrees include the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS, ...
of the
University of Oxford
, mottoeng = The Lord is my light
, established =
, endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019)
, budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20)
, chancellor ...
in the city of
Oxford
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, England. It is a component of the
Medical Sciences Division, and teaching is carried out in its various constituent departments.
Overview
The Oxford Medical School is traditional in its teaching and is therefore split into Pre-Clinical and Clinical phases of the course, with Pre-Clinical (Years 1–3) students being based in the
University Science Area in
Oxford
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City Centre, and Clinical students (Years 4–6) being based at the
John Radcliffe Hospital, in
Headington
Headington is an eastern suburb of Oxford, England. It is at the top of Headington Hill overlooking the city in the Thames valley below, and bordering Marston to the north-west, Cowley to the south, and Barton and Risinghurst to the east. ...
, Oxford.
The Medical School was ranked the 1st in the world by the 2019
Times Higher Education
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Ownership
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rankings of Universities for Pre-Clinical, Clinical and Health Studies (a position it has held for nine consecutive years).
The first female scholar admitted to the school was
Christine Lee.
Teaching
The medical school admits 150 students per year onto its 6-year
BM BCh course, which is a traditionally structured course consisting of two halves; a three-year pre-clinical component with little patient contact and a high focus on the scientific principles of medical practice, and ends with the award of a
Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four yea ...
degree in Medical Sciences, and a three-year clinical component with a high level of patient exposure that ends with the awarding of the BM BCh (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) degree, which provides provisional registration to the
General Medical Council, and entry to the
Foundation Programme.
There is also an accelerated
Graduate Entry Course which leads to the award of BM BCh in 4 years, with approximately 30 in each cohort. This course is designed for those who already hold bachelor's degrees in applied or theoretical sciences. This course has an intensive 2–year component with a mix of pre-clinical and clinical teaching, and then the cohort integrates with existing students in their 5th year for the final two years of the course.
Facilities
Most pre-clinical teaching occurs at the Medical Sciences Teaching Centre, located within the
Oxford University Science Area. Large amounts of tutorial teaching takes places within the
Colleges
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.
Clinical teaching (and the medical school offices) is concentrated at the Academic Centre within the
John Radcliffe Hospital (which is a part of the
Oxford University Hospitals).
The two main libraries associated with the Medical School are the
Radcliffe Science Library (for Pre-Clinical students) and the
Bodleian Health Care Libraries (The Cairns Library at the John Radcliffe and the Knowledge Centre at the
Churchill Hospital).
Prior to its closure in 2007, teaching also occurred at the
Radcliffe Infirmary.
References
External links
Oxford University Medical School
Oxford University
Oxford University Hospitals
{{Medical Schools (United Kingdom)
Year of establishment missing
Medical schools in England
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