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THE UNIVERSITY of EDINBURGHDEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2006/2007
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College of Medicine and Veterinary MedicineGeneral Information Head of College Professor
J S Savill
Director of Research Professor
J R Seckl
Director of Undergraduate
Learning & Teaching Professor A
D Cumming
Director of Postgraduate
Studies &
International Relations: Professor S G
Hillier
College Registrar
Mr L Golightley
Address for Correspondence: College of Medicine and
Veterinary Medicine Office, Chancellors Building, 49 Little France Crescent,
Edinburgh EH16 4SB Email:
mvm@ed.ac.uk
College web address:
http://www.mvm.ed.ac.uk
Heads of Schools School of Biomedical Sciences: Professor
A J Harmar
School of Clinical Sciences
& Community Health: Acting Head: Professor D Weller
School of Molecular & Clinical
Medicine: Professor S Ralston
Royal (Dick) School of
Veterinary
Studies: Professor E D Watson
Contact Addresses for Schools School of Biomedical Sciences
Hugh Robson Building, George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9XD
Email: bcls@ed.ac.uk
Web: www.dbcls.med.ed.ac.uk
School of Clinical Sciences & Community
Health
Chancellor’s Building, 49 Little France
Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 5SB
Email: csch@ed.ac.uk
Web: www.mvm.ed.ac.uk/csch.htm
School of Molecular & Clinical Medicine
Medical Education Centre, Western General Hospital,
Crewe Road South, Edinburgh EH4 2XU
Email: mcm@ed.ac.uk
Web: www.mcm.ed.ac.uk
Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
The University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9RG
Email: DickVet@ed.ac.uk
Web: www.vet.ed.ac.uk
Degrees and Diplomas The College of Medicine and
Veterinary Medicine offers three undergraduate programmes leading to the
Degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) and Bachelor
of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery (BVM&S) and Bachelor of Science
in Medical Sciences.
The Degree with Honours of Bachelor of Medical Sciences
is normally awarded to a limited number of specially selected students
after the successful completion of a year of study in one of the Honours
School, intercalated at the end of Year 2. The maximum number of students
able to undertake an intercalated degree in any one year is normally 90
but this is reviewed annually. The Degree with Honours of Bachelor of
Science (Veterinary Science) is normally awarded to specially selected
students after the successful completion of a year of study in one of
the Honours Schools, intercalated at the end of Year 2 or Year 3.
Information on opportunities for postgraduate study in
the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine is available` later
in this Section.
The Degrees of MBChB Transitional Arrangements
Students in Year 5 who will
be continuing their studies on the previous curriculum in 2006/07, should
note that the regulations in the Medicine Programme (Calendar) 2001/02
cover their final year of study (or part thereof). Copies are available
in the College Office.
Admission
Applicants for admission to the programme for the
MBChB degrees may apply for entry into either the six-year programme or the
five-year programme depending on their entry qualifications. Applications
for admission to the five-year programme will be considered by the College
of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine in accordance with the criteria
determined by the College as published in the Undergraduate Prospectus.
Applicants who are otherwise well qualified but who do not fulfil the
subject requirements for the five-year programme may be considered for
admission to the six-year programme.
Each student is assigned to a Director of Studies, who may be
consulted on personal or academic matters. A list of the Directors of
Studies is available from the College Office.
Clinical Sub-Deans are
appointed with special responsibility for overseeing the provision of all
clinical teaching and the maintenance of its quality in the teaching
hospitals in Edinburgh and to act as a link between the College, the
Medical Teaching Organisation and clinical teachers. A list of the Clinical
Sub-Deans is available from the College Office.
Academic Clinical
Advisers are
appointed to act as representatives of the College in the teaching hospitals
outside Edinburgh where students are attached. They may be
consulted by students
and staff in the hospitals on academic matters. A list of the
Academic Clinical
Advisers is available from the College Office.
Residence
Students in Years 4 and 5 are required to undertake
periods of residence in designated hospital or university accommodation.
Guidelines from the Scottish Office Department of Health (NHS Circular 1990
(GEN)15 advises that medical students on clinical attachments who are
resident in hospital should receive free lodgings but should pay for meals
as taken.
Assessments
There are regular assessments
through each year including in-course assessment. Students should refer
to the appropriate Year Study Guide for detailed information. Permission
to sit Professional Examinations is normally valid for two opportunities
of entering for Professional Examinations. Students registered for the
Pre-medical Year in 2006/07 should refer to the 2003/2004
University Calendar for regulations governing
the degree.
For further information on
examination procedures please refer to the University of Edinburgh Assessment
Regulations 2006/07, which may be consulted in the College Office or at:
http://www.aaps.ed.ac.uk/regulations/exam.htm.
Distinction in Professional Examinations and Honours at Graduation
Passes with Distinction
Students who have attained a sufficiently
high standard in any of the Professional Examinations will be recorded as having
passed that examination ‘with distinction’.
Honours at graduation
Students who have displayed special
merit in the Professional Examinations over the whole degree programme will
be awarded MBChB with Honours at the time of graduation.
Absence
Absence from classes for whatever
reason must be accounted for to the appropriate Year Director. Students who
are unable to attend classes because they are ill should inform the College
Office as soon as possible by either telephone or letter. If the absence due
to illness is longer than one week, or occurs at the time of any assessment
which counts towards a Professional Examination, the student must send a medical
certificate to the College Office for any period of absence. In these circumstances,
students should normally submit a medical certificate immediately on their return.
Fitness to
Practise
The College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Fitness to Practise Committee assesses whether any student for the degrees
of MBChB referred to it does, or does not, constitute a risk to patients
and is, or is not, a suitable person to become a registered medical
practitioner, in respect of health, conduct and other like matters (see
Regulations 1.3.1 and 1.3.2 below).
A student may appeal against the decision of the
College Fitness to Practise Committee on procedural grounds (i.e.
substantial information directly relevant to the decision of the College
Committee which, for good reason, was not available to the Committee when
its decision was taken, and alleged improper conduct of the College Fitness
to Practise Committee) to the University’s Appeals
Committee.
Semester Dates
Students enrolled for Years
3, 4 and 5 of the degrees of MBChB during the Academic Year 2006-2007
are required to attend for compulsory periods outwith the normal University
academic year. Students should consult the Edinburgh Electronic Medical
Curriculum (EEMeC) on http://www.eemec.med.ed.ac.uk
and relevant Year Study Guides for detailed information.
Medical
Curriculum
On satisfactory completion
of the full five or six years of study (as appropriate) students will
qualify for the award of the degrees of MBChB. Students may intercalate,
or add at the end of the MBChB curriculum, an additional year of study
to enable them to qualify for the award of the degree of Bachelor of Medical
Sciences with Honours. Full details are given elsewhere in this programme.
The order of attendance at classes shown in the
timetables must be followed except in special cases authorised by the Head
of College or his/her nominee, after application to the appropriate
Director of Studies and if supported by the Director for Student Affairs.
The earliest dates at which students may appear for the Professional
Examinations are indicated in the timetables.
Professional Examinations are held as follows:
The Pre-medical Year is an integrated part of the
six-year programme leading to the MBChB degrees and cannot be taken as a
separate programme. The subjects of study will be those specified
in the 2003/2004 University Calendar unless
a student has been excused from attendance on, and examination in, any of
these subjects under the regulations. Where a student is excused from any
of these courses the substitution of an alternative course is mandatory and
requires the approval of the Director of Studies.
The MBChB curriculum is a fully integrated programme
which begins with an emphasis on health progressing to an understanding of
illness and its consequences, culminating in the development of the
understanding of the management of illness in primary, secondary and
tertiary care. The programme covers the range of medical activities from
molecular biology and its impact on modern medicine to social and
population based medicine and includes an increased time spent in general
practice, particularly in earlier parts of the programme.
Assessment of the courses will follow the integrated and co-ordinated modules, with students achieving set milestones by competence-based assessments. These will take place regularly throughout the programme culminating in the final professional examination which will be an assessment of the student’s competence to practise as a Foundation Year 1 doctor. Students should refer to the appropriate Year Study Guide for detailed information.
Timetables of Curriculum
Students undertaking the Pre-medical Year should
consult relevant course guides for timetable information.
Detailed timetable information for years 1 to 5 is
available in the relevant Year Study Guide or via the Edinburgh Electronic
Medical Curriculum (EEMeC) on
Degree of Bachelor of
Medical Sciences with Honours
The Degree of Bachelor of Medical Sciences
with Honours provides students with the opportunity to study one subject
in depth, chosen from a number of selected subjects. Students accepted
for an Honours programme will normally take the Honours year after Year
2.
Degree of BVM&S
Veterinary Curriculum
On satisfactory completion of the full four or five years of study (as appropriate) students will qualify for the award of the degree of BVM&S. Students may intercalate an additional year of study to enable them to qualify for the award of the degree of BSc (Veterinary Science) with Honours. Full details are given elsewhere in this programme.
Each student is assigned to a Director of Studies, who may be consulted on personal or academic matters.
Assessments
There are regular assessments
through each year including in-course assessment. Students should refer
to the appropriate Course Book for detailed information. For further information
on examination procedures please refer to the University of Edinburgh
Assessment Regulations 2006/07, which may be consulted in the College
Office or at: http://www.aaps.ed.ac.uk/regulations/exam.htm
Appeals Against Exclusion
Decisions on students who have failed to meet the
requirements of the BVM&S Examination Boards, and therefore fall due
to be excluded from further study in the College of Medicine & Veterinary
Medicine, are made by the Veterinary Student Progression Committee.
Students who have failed examinations on more than one occasion are
advised in writing by the Head of School and given details of the timescale
and procedure for submission of an appeal against exclusion.
Absence
Absence from classes for whatever reason must be
accounted for to the Head of School. Students who are unable to attend
classes because they are ill should inform the Veterinary Teaching Organisation
(VTO) as soon as possible by either telephone or letter. Records of
attendance at practical classes go weekly to the VTO who pass the names
of students with two or more absences to the student's Director of Studies
for action. If the absence due to illness is longer than one week, or
occurs at the time of a Professional Examination or of a class examination
which counts towards a Professional Examination, the student must send
a medical certificate to the Veterinary Teaching Organisation for any
period of absence. In these circumstances, students should normally
submit a medical certificate immediately on their return
Distinction in Professional Examinations and Honours at Graduation Passes with Distinction
Students who have attained a sufficiently high
standard in any of the Professional Examinations will be recorded as
having passed that examination 'with distinction'.
Honours at graduation
Students who have displayed special merit in the
Professional Examinations over the whole degree programme will be awarded
BVM&S with Honours at the time of graduation.
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