North East and Cumbria | UK medical school region

North East and Cumbria: UK medical school region

Below is a listing of UK medical schools located in the North East and Cumbria region (one of the 12 currently designated Nations and Regions within the United Kingdom).

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Newcastle University Medical School

Newcastle offers a five-year integrated programme, utilising case-led teaching to integrate course teaching with the realities of clinical practice. As a centre of excellence for translational research, Newcastle prides itself on its teaching in academic medicine. The course uses a spiral curriculum, in which concepts are revisited each year with increasing clinical detail. Anatomy is taught by specialists in radiology, surgery, and emergency medicine, maximising clinical relevance.

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Medical school establishment date:
1834

Years of course:
5

Total medical students:
1795

Average year cohort:
359.0

Region:
North East and Cumbria

Subject prerequisites:

Not specified

Interview format:
MMI

Admissions test:
UCAT

A Level typical offer:
AAA

Advanced Higher typical offer:
AA

IB typical offer:
38 points

General teaching method:
CBL, Integrated

Anatomy teaching:
Dissection

Intercalation mode:
Optional intercalation

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University of Sunderland Medical School

Admitting their first intake of medical students in 2019, the University of Sunderland has one of the newest medical schools in the UK. Utilising an innovative spiral curriculum, students revisit core themes in increasing clinical detail each year, aided by Problem Based Learning. Most teaching is delivered via small learning groups, lectures, and seminars. Anatomy teaching is aided by models and portable ultrasound machines, with an Anatomage Table enabling virtual cadaveric dissection.

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Medical school establishment date:
2019

Years of course:
5

Total medical students:
150

Average year cohort:
75.0

Region:
North East and Cumbria

Subject prerequisites:

Biology (acceptable option)
Chemistry (acceptable option)
Maths (acceptable option)
Physics (acceptable option)
Statistics (acceptable option)

Interview format:
MMI

Admissions test:
UCAT

A Level typical offer:
AAA