MBChB Year 5 MED5035

  • Academic Session: 2025-26
  • School: School of Medicine Dentistry and Nursing
  • Credits: 120
  • Level: Level 5 (BDS, BVMS, MBChB)
  • Typically Offered: Runs Throughout Semesters 1 and 2
  • Available to Visiting Students: No
  • Collaborative Online International Learning: No
  • Curriculum For Life: No

Short Description

MBChB Year 5 of the programme involves attending a series of full-time clinical placements in NHS hospitals and GP surgeries throughout the West of Scotland. Following the MBChB Year 5 assessments students undertake Preparation for Practice (PfP), which prepares students to transition to FY1.

Timetable

Various times throughout year

Requirements of Entry

Successful completion of MBChB Year 4.

Excluded Courses

None

Co-requisites

None

Assessment

The summative assessment of MBChB Year 5 take place at the completion of all clinical placements and is comprised of:

 

MED5033 - MBChB Year 5 Clinical Examination (CPSA compliant)

MED5034 - MBChB Year 5 Written Examination (AKT)

 

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.

Main Assessment In: April/May

Course Aims

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

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

■ To assure readiness for practice through undertaking the Medical Licensing Assessment (MLA).

■ To prepare students for FY1 through undertaking Preparation for Practice (PfP).

Intended Learning Outcomes of Course

Medical students must 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 Foundation Year 1 Doctor.

Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits

To be eligible for the award of the Degree a student must:

 

a) Meet the core outcomes set by the General Medical Council.

b) Have attained a grade D3 or D0 where applicable or above in all summative assessments of MBChB Years 1-5.

c) By the end of MBChB Year 5, have successfully completed all clinical placements in MBChB Years 3-5: the prescribed training and be assessed as competent in resuscitation; the Preparation for Practice block; and normally a junior and senior elective. The student will normally be required to pass all Student Selected Components.

d) Must be in good standing with the University regarding their fitness to practise.