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MBChB Year 3 of the programme involves attending a series of tutorials and lectures covering clinical and pathological topics in a systematic manner, in combination with clinical teaching in NHS hospitals and GP surgeries throughout the West of Scotland.

Full-time programme, individualised placement timetables are made available to students.

Successful completion of MBChB Year 2.

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The summative assessment of MBChB Year 3 is comprised of:

MED3003 - MBChB Year 3 Coursework

MED3005 - MBChB Year 3 Clinical Examination

MED3006 - MBChB Year 3 Student Selected Component

MED3008 - MBChB Year 3 Written Examination

There will be a resit diet available for all summative assessments.

All students are required to pass their End of Block Assessment at the end of each clinical placement.

■ To provide learning in the pathology of the major physiological systems involved in disease, to ensure that students have the necessary basic knowledge to make informed diagnostic decisions in their further clinical learning and to understand the principles of therapeutic management of disease.

■ To provide learning and teaching opportunities to ensure students have the competencies and knowledge necessary to begin independent, effective and safe practice on graduation.

■ To provide learning and teaching opportunities to ensure students develop skills, professional and ethical values, and attitudes necessary to work as doctors.

■ To provide the opportunity for students to spend five weeks studying a topic of their choice to greater depth, thereby developing skills in data analysis, report writing and oral presentation as well as enhancing biomedical and clinical knowledge.

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ Apply their knowledge of the basis for common general pathological processes and the specific consequences of these processes in different body systems.

■ Integrate their knowledge of pathology and microbiology with core clinical knowledge to devise simple management strategies.

■ Apply their knowledge and skills in a competent and ethical manner, and they must use their ability to provide leadership and to analyse complex and uncertain situations, supplemented by practical skills and procedures. The GMC outcomes for graduates sets out the knowledge, skills and behaviours that new UK medical graduates must be able to show.

By the end of this course, students will have progressed to the expected standard of a Day 1 Year 4 medical student.

To be eligible to progress to MBChB Year 4 a student:

a) Must have attained a grade D3 or D0 where applicable in all MBChB Year 3 summative assessments.

b) Must attend and satisfactorily complete all MBChB Year 3 clinical placements.

c) Must normally pass their MBChB Year 3 Junior Elective.