St George’s University of London Electives
St George’s University of London Electives
Modules
This course will equip you with the essential knowledge, understanding, skills and attitudes required to practice medicine competently and professionally in a patient-centred, multidisciplinary environment.
Medicine MBBS is underpinned by four main themes:
- basic and clinical sciences
- patient and doctor
- community and population health
- personal and professional development
In the early years these themes are delivered through six modules: Life Cycle; Life Protection; Life Support; Life Maintenance; Life Structure; and Life Control.
In years one and two, the emphasis is on lectures, tutorials and group activity with short clinical and community-based placements.
From year three the emphasis shifts away from lecture-based activity to a combination of problem based learning and student-selected components, rotating with clinical attachments. Clinical attachments from year three onwards are primarily based at the healthcare trusts as listed previously, but also at hospitals and other community-based sites in south London and the south-east of England.
You have the opportunity in your fourth year to undertake an Intercalated BSc of your choice.
In years four and five the focus is heavily on clinical attachments, again with complementary lectures running in parallel. You have maximum exposure to clinical environments in hospitals, primary care trusts and other community-based attachments.
Within the final year all students undertake an elective. This is an opportunity for you to explore, in a practical setting, an aspect of medicine of particular interest to you, anywhere in the world. Elective plans are reviewed and approved by an academic member of staff, and a report is written upon completion. Read more about our elective options.
Year one
| Delivery | Weeks | Modules/placements |
| Taught | 12 | Broad introductory syllabus covering all modules, themes and teaching strands. First two days in each of the first ten weeks involve interprofessional education |
| Clinical | Half day general practice and community visits | |
| Taught | 5 | Life Support Module (Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems) |
| Clinical | 2 | Good Medical Practice Clinical Attachment (Paediatrics and Geriatrics, Medicine, Surgery) |
| Taught | 6 | Life Maintenance Module (Endocrine and Alimentary Systems, Kidney and Body Fluids, Metabolism) |
Typical year one clinical sciences learning week
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Case-based learning tutorial | Expert tutorials | Anatomy | Anatomy and dissection room | Lectures |
| Lectures | Lectures | FREE | Clinical skills and communication | Small group tutorial |
Year two
| Delivery | Weeks | Modules/placements |
| Taught | 5 | Life Structure module (Musculoskeletal and Integument, Genetics) |
| Clinical | 2 | Good Medical Practice clinical placement continuation |
| Taught | 5 | Life Control module (Neuroscience and Psychiatry) |
| Self-directed | 6 | Student selected components; study an area of interest in depth, developing research and presentation skills and to gain insight into possible careers |
| Taught | 6 | Life Cycle module (Inheritance, Reproduction, Growth, Ageing and Disability) |
| Clinical | 2 | Good Medical Practice clinical placement (continuation) |
| Taught | 5 | Life Protection module (Infection, Immunity, Mechanisms of Disease) |
| Self-directed | 6 | Student selected components; study an area of interest in depth, developing research and presentation skills and to gain insight into possible careers |
Year three (transition)
| Delivery | Weeks | Modules/attachments |
| Problem based learning | 6 | Life Support, Life Cycle |
| Clinical | 6 | Junior Medicine (6), or Junior Surgery (6) or General Practice/Primary Care (3) and Geriatrics (3) |
| Problem based learning | 6 | Life Control, Life Structure |
| Clinical | 6 | Junior Medicine (6), or Junior Surgery (6) or General Practice/Primary Care (3) and Geriatrics (3) |
| Problem based learning | 6 | Life Protection, Life Maintenance |
| Clinical | 6 | Junior Medicine (6), or Junior Surgery (6) or General Practice/Primary Care (3) and Geriatrics (3) |
| Self-directed | 6 | Student selected components; study an area of interest in depth, developing research and presentation skills and to gain insight into possible careers. |
| 4 | Clinical Assessment |
Optional Intercalated BSc
Selecting the option to study an Intercalated BSc allows you to advance your coverage of a variety of topics and undertake in-depth research, resulting in the award of a Bachelor of Science degree (with Honours). You are supervised by academic and research staff in individual research laboratories. Entry is competitive and selection is based on academic results.
A number of opportunities are also available for students who wish to intercalate at an alternative institution.
| Modules | |
| Biology of Cancer | Clinical Neuroscience |
| Clinical Aspects of Birth Defects | Development and Disease |
| Leadership in Disaster Medicine | Diagnostic Microbiology |
| Clinically Applied Musculoskeletal Anatomy | Science of Reproduction |
| Cloning, Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine | Behavioural Medicine |
| Therapeutics: protein to patient | |
Year four (penultimate)
| Weeks | Attachments (undertaken on rotation) |
| 6 | Obstetrics and Gynaecology |
| 6 | Paediatrics |
| 6 | Specialities (ENT, Dermatology, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics, Rheumatology) |
| 6 | Psychiatry |
| 6 | Neurology/Disability/Stroke/Palliative care |
| 12 | General Medicine/General Surgery including Cardiology |
| 4 | Clinical Assessment |
Year five (final)
| Weeks | Attachments (undertaken on rotation) |
| 1 | Advanced Clinical Practice |
| 5 | Student Selected Component |
| 10 | Assistant House Officer attachments (five weeks each of Medicine and Surgery) |
| 5 | General Practice |
| 4 | A&E and Emergency Medicine |
| 4 | Critical Care and Anaesthetics |
| 2 | Public Health |
| 5 | Clinical Finals Assessment |
| 6 | Elective |
| 3 | F1 preparation |
Contact
General enquiries
St George’s, University of London
Cranmer Terrace
London SW17 0RE
020 8672 9944