MCBhB Medicine course preparation
To help you feel prepared for your MCBhB Medicine studies, we’ve gathered together a range of course related activities including suggested reading, useful websites and some great things to do right now. Read on to find out more.
Important: Occupational Health
Occupational Health (OH) appointments will be available on Thursday 24 August at the Ormskirk campus. If you’re unable to attend in August you’ll be offered an appointment on Tuesday 26 September during your induction week.
It is important that you engage with the OH Team and attend your scheduled appointments. Please remember that it’s a condition of entry to the programme that you’re cleared and immunised by OH and failure to meet this requirement could result in your place on the programme being jeopardised. If you’re not fully cleared by OH, you won’t be able to access your maintenance loan via Student Finance England as you cannot fully enrol.
To ensure this process runs as smoothly as possible, we ask that you provide details of your immunisation record to the OH Team when you complete the questionnaire.
Please let us know if you’re unable to attend your allocated slot, preferably giving at least 24 hours notice. If you’re unable to give 24 hours notice or have an issue on the day of your appointment, please email [email protected] or call the team on 01695 650946. The OH and School team will try to provide a subsequent appointment, but it’s likely that it would be at the OH department based in Wigan and it will be your responsibility to ensure that you attend.
Please note that most of our clinical experience placement settings will require you to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as a condition of placement. If you’re not vaccinated or are part way through vaccination, please let us know as soon as possible. It’s likely that this will be included on your immunisation record which will be enough to confirm your clearance.
We routinely collect data on short notice cancellations and non-attendance, if this happens more than once, the University will charge you the full cost of the appointment.
Suggested texts
You’ll be given far more information about which textbooks to read and introduced to the University Library, as well as the many ebooks we have for you to access when you begin your studies. And we don’t recommend rushing out to buy texts before you arrive.
There are 16 themes within the General Medical Council’s (GMC) Outcome for Graduates (2018) which we have grouped into 5 clusters namely:
- Biomedical and Scientific Principles
- Clinical Sciences
- Professional Behaviours
- Public Health and Social Sciences
- Information for Clinical Practice
Whilst this may seem like a lot of information, please don’t worry. These themes will be brought to life for you through a variety of teaching and learning methods. Through the spiral curriculum, you’ll revisit topics, build on previous knowledge, link theory to practice, and gain increasing confidence as you progress through the course.
Useful websites to visit
- Department of Health and Social Care
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
- World Health Organization
- Medical Schools Council Statement on medical School Admissions 2020
Handy checklists
Things to do before you start:
- Read through the information on your applicant website
- Explore the Clinical Skills and Simulation Centre virtually on our website.
- Follow us on social media: @EHU_FHSCM
Things to do during Induction Week:
- Find out who your PAT and Student Support Lead are and their contact details.
- Meet the members of the Medical School Team
- Chat to someone new on your course
- Attend Occupational Health appointments (as required)
- Declare any pre-booked holidays (if made before the start of the programme) to your PAT.
- Access and “have a look around” the online platform (Blackboard) where all course timetables, resources and links are hosted.