BM BS Medicine

Canterbury Christ Church University

Overview

Medicine involves long-term commitment and dedication. Our degree, at the Kent and Medway Medical School, offers you diverse career opportunities and experience to learn medicine across primary care, community and mental health settings, as well as the major medical and surgical specialities.*

Our five-year medical degree, awarded jointly awarded with the University of Kent, leads to the qualification of Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (BM BS)*.

Kent and Medway Medical School builds on the existing high quality clinical teaching and research strengths of both universities and is working in partnership with Brighton and Sussex Medical School for support and quality assurance purposes.

Throughout the course, you will focus on how you apply your learning to clinical practice. You will undertake placements in a range of medical, surgical, primary care and community settings. This may include a combination of face-to-face and digitally enhanced work. You will gain vital practical experience, develop clinical skills and learn to work in collaboration as part of a multi-professional team.

As part of our innovative, integrated and blended curriculum, you will learn in small groups and spend time with some of the best medical educators in their fields. You will learn anatomy in a modern anatomy suite, using human cadavers and radiological imaging, as well as through the use of cutting-edge digital technology.

You can choose options in a wide range of other scientific and academic domains. It is also possible to take a year out and complete an additional degree as a intercalated degree after your third year of study.

Your future career

On completion of the course you will be an excellent doctor, equipped with curiosity, academic, professional and clinical skills to influence and improve future health care.

You will be eligible to apply for a UK Foundation Programme job anywhere in the United Kingdom. This provides you with the required postgraduate experience to gain full registration with the General Medical Council. After obtaining full registration, you will have the education and experience to apply for any one of over 100 possible medical specialties. Qualified doctors also work in media, arts, business, third sector, government, the military, research and technology industries.

There are national programmes available for medical graduates to obtain specialist postgraduate training and experience in leadership, management, entrepreneurialism and research.