Oxford University Medical School is the

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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

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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

City Centre, and Clinical students (Years 4–6) being based at the

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, in

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, Oxford. The Medical School was ranked the 1st in the world by the 2019

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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

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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

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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

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, and entry to the

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. 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. The John Radcliffe Hospital

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

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. Clinical teaching (and the medical school offices) is concentrated at the Academic Centre within the

(which is a part of the Oxford University Hospitals). The two main libraries associated with the Medical School are the

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(for Pre-Clinical students) and the

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Health Care Libraries (The Cairns Library at the John Radcliffe and the Knowledge Centre at the

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). Prior to its closure in 2007, teaching also occurred at the

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References

External links

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