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THE UNIVERSITY of EDINBURGHDEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2008/2009
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College of Medicine and Veterinary MedicineGeneral Information Head of College Professor
Sir John 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
(Acting): Professor
G Leng
School of Clinical Sciences
& Community Health: 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 DiplomasThe 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
Schools, 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
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 3, 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 2008/09 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 2008/09,
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 2008-2009 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 MBChB Degree Programme
Table 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
2008/09, 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 Veterinary Teaching Organisation (VTO).
Students who are unable to attend classes because they are ill should
inform the 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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