UCL Medical School News
Target Medicine's academic leads visit the Cabinet Office
May 09, 2012 12:53PM
Dr Jayne Kavanagh and Ms Shirley Cupit, the academic leads of Target Medicine, UCL Medical School’s widening participation project, visited Whitehall to discuss access to the medical profession with Cabinet Office civil servants.
Read more...Latest MBBS 2012 Curriculum Overview
Mar 22, 2012 13:48PM
MBBS 2012: Creating Tomorrow’s UCL Doctors - highly competent and scientifically literate clinicians, equipped to practise patient-centred medicine in a constantly changing modern world, with a strong foundation in the basic medical and social sciences
Read more...Luton and Dunstable Hospital is awarded UCL Medical School Teaching Hospital status
Mar 20, 2012 16:55PM
Luton and Dunstable Hospital has become a University Teaching Hospital of University College London, the top medical school in the capital which is ranked 4th in the UK.
Read more...‘Getting ready for the REF: Strengthening submissions in medical education research’
Feb 27, 2012 15:20PM
‘Getting ready for the REF: Strengthening submissions in medical education research’
Read more...Clinical Assessment Centre Open Day
Feb 13, 2012 12:27PM
The newly opened UCLMS Clinical Assessment Centre is holding a series of drop in open days to which all are welcome. The Clinical Assessment Centre has been designed to host clinical assessment and training events whilst being a suitable venue for conferences and seminars.
Read more...UCL Medical School
UCL Medical School is committed to excellence in undergraduate and postgraduate education and has a strong reputation for teaching informed by cutting-edge research. The School has a distinguished cadre of academic staff who are at the forefront of international research in biomedical sciences, medical education and clinical medicine. The Medical School aims to provide the seamless high quality education of medical students from admission to graduation; to enhance the status of learning and teaching within the Medical School; and to support and advise on the relevant facilities and resources underpinning medical education.
It also provides postgraduate education locally, nationally and internationally and promotes scholarship and excellence in medical education delivery and research.
From Professor Sir John Tooke, Head of School
UCL is one of the top twenty-five universities in the world
with great research strengths, particularly in the life and biomedical
sciences, and a genuine commitment to educational excellence and preparing students
for their future role as a doctor and postgraduates to thrive in their developing
careers.
There is increasing recognition around the world that when academia and health care join forces better quality of care ensues. UCL together with its prestigious hospital partners is now one of five designated Academic Health Science Centres in the UK providing the optimal environment for combining research, educational and clinical care excellence – a perfect place to lay the best foundations for your subsequent careers.
From Professor Jane Dacre, Director, UCL Medical School
2012 sees the launch of our new MBBS curriculum which is designed to maximise
the advantages of training at one of the UK’s Academic Health Sciences Centres,
and to ensure UCL trains the very highest quality doctors well prepared for practice
in the 21st Century. We are proud of our MBBS programme at UCL, and
are keen to attract those with a genuine desire to excel as a doctor.
We are extremely fortunate to have strong links with many prestigious medical institutions, with many of the current leaders in science and medicine amongst our staff.
Our medical school offers many other opportunities beyond our MBBS programme. Our range of prestigious postgraduate programmes, including CPD and award bearing courses, are designed to help doctors to develop their practice with a strong foundation in science
- UCL Medical School undergraduate programmes
- UCL Medical School postgraduate programmes.
