Teaching Support

The MHRC supports teaching at at a variety of levels (including postgraduate research).

1) A variety of Student Selected Components are available to medical students within Glasgow University.

2) An Intercalated Degree, the BSc (MedSci) Honours in Medical Humanities, is open  to medical students within Glasgow University. The degree is normally taken after three years of full-time undergraduate study. It consists of one year of full-time study in compulsory and elective courses. (If you are an overseas pre-med student, and are interested in this programme, please contact the convener, Dr Gavin Miller, directly.)

3) A variety of Undergraduate courses are available to Arts and Social Sciences students within Glasgow University.

4) Taught postgraduate provision in the Medical Humanities is in development. Meanwhile, taught postgraduates at Glasgow University may "dip-down" to a level 10 (year 4) undergraduate option such as Literature and Medicine (Critical Studies: English Lit), convened by Dr David Shuttleton.

5) The MHRC encourages interested postgraduate students from all institutions, whether UK or overseas, to make an informal inquiry to either of the Directors, Dr David Shuttleton or Dr Gavin Miller, should they wish to discuss a possible PhD project.