Imperial College School of Medicine
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| Established: | 19971 |
| Type: | Medical school |
| Undergraduates: | 1800 |
| Location: | London, England |
| Affiliations: | Imperial College London |
| Website: | http://www1.imperial.ac.uk/medicine |
| 1 1834 as separate schools | |
The Imperial College School of Medicine is the medical school of Imperial College London in England. The Faculty of Medicine was established in 1997, bringing together all the major West London medical schools into one world-class institution, incorporating St Mary's Hospital Medical School, the National Heart and Lung Institute, the Royal Postgraduate Medical School and the Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School.
The Faculty is one of Europe's largest medical institutions - in terms of both of its staff and student population and its research income. Over 700 Faculty members are active in research, with an annual research income approaching £100 million. It houses many centres of excellence, including the National Heart And Lung Institute, a centre for excellence for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases.
Joint research projects with other faculties include initiatives in imaging technology, tissue engineering, bioinformatics and structural biology.
The School of Medicine, with its array of world class teachers at both clinical and pre-clinical levels, is widely renowned as one of the world's best medical schools. It was ranked the country's top medical school by The Guardian in 2005, and ranked fourth among medical schools globally by the THES in 2005. In October 2007 its Principal was also appointed Chief Executive of the new Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust to form the UK's first Academic Health Science Centre, which is envisaged to be the UK's foremost medical research and innovation centre.
Students are supported by the Imperial College School of Medicine Students' Union
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[edit] Course Structure
The Faculty takes approximately 290 medical undergraduates a year for a six year course leading to the award of an MBBS and BSc(Hons). From 2008 there will be four year course for approximately 50 graduates in a biological subject leading to award of an MBBS.
6 Year MBBS/BSc
Teaching in the first 2 years is focused on the scientific basis of medicine with study focusing on a systems based format, moving towards integrated disease and including clinical aspects later on. It also includes communication skills, medical ethics and law. Teaching comprises lectures, clinical demonstrations, tutorials, dissection, computer workshops, laboratory practical and clinical skills classes, independent study, and some problem-based learning. Clinical experience in first year is provided by a patient contact course and in the second year with a 4 week attachment in general medicine or surgery at one of the attached teaching hospitals.
Third year consists of one 6 week attachment and two 10 week attachments in general medicine and surgery. Teaching consists of in-hospital clinical teaching, problem based learning within firms and a lecture programme delivered at one of the central teaching sites and via the faculty intranet. This year also consists of a 6 week BSc foundation course on a topic of choice.
Fourth year involves study for the BSc, with a series of modules then a supervised research project towards an area of interest, leading to a BSc in Medical sciences with one of the following: Cardiovascular science; Endocrinology; Gastroenterology and hepatology; Haematology; immunity and infection; Management; Neuroscience and Mental Health; Reproductive and Developmental Science; Respiratory Science; Surgery and Anaesthesia. In addition the following BScs are also awarded: Medical Humanities, History of Medicine, Epidemiology and International Health. BSc courses are open to medical students from other universities who wish to intercalate.
Fifth year covers the specialties of obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics, psychiatry, oncology, general practice, neurology, infectious diseases, dermatology, rheumatology and orthopaedics through clinical attachments. It includes a course in clinical pathology at the start of the year.
Final year consists of seven 3 week clinical attachments in accident and emergency medicine; general practice; cardiology; radiology; ear, nose and throat; ophthalmology and renal medicine; two professional work experience attachments (one in medicine and one in surgery); one specialty choice module; an eight week elective period which may be spent in the UK or overseas and a practical medicine course, which provides specific preparation for the foundation year after graduating.
Oxbridge Entry
Historically, all Oxbridge students completed their clinical training at one of the London medical schools. Although they now have their own clinical schools, Imperial accepts students who have completed the first 3 pre-clinical years at Oxford or Cambridge. Oxbridge students join the third year of the undergraduate course. This begins with the 4 week attachment that Imperial students complete in second year, then a 6 week attachment whilst the rest of the year take the BSc foundation course. After this, the rest of the clinical years are the same as the other MBBS/BSc students.
As with the graduate course students, Oxbridge students are exempt from the BSc year.
4 Year MBBS
First year consists of years 1 and 2 of the undergraduate course condensed into one. The second, third and fourth years of the graduate course correspond to the third, fifth and final years of the undergraduate course respectively.
[edit] Extra Curricular
The medical school has over 30 clubs and societies and a strong sporting ethos inherited from its previous medical schools. It enjoys success against the other London medical schools in the United Hospitals competitions and in the BUCS league also, despite the school's relatively small size. Medical sports teams compete annually in varsity games against its parent university Imperial College.
[edit] Campuses
Its teaching campuses include:
- Undergraduate campus
- Main Teaching Hospitals
- District General Hospitals
- Postgraduate Hospitals
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