Medicine: University of Oxford

What is Medicine?

Medicine offers a broad range of careers from general practice to the specialties of hospital practice and to medical research. Medicine is an applied science, but it is equally about dealing sympathetically and effectively with individuals, whether they be patients or colleagues. Medicine increasingly poses difficult ethical dilemmas, and, above all, medicine is constantly and rapidly developing and providing a stimulating challenge to practitioners and medical scientists alike.

Medicine at Oxford

Though the Oxford Medical School has now expanded considerably, it remains relatively small, so students and staff can get to know one another and benefit from a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. The course is intended for students with a particular enthusiasm for the science that supports medicine and its continuing advancement.

Course structure

The first five terms of the course are devoted to the basic pre-clinical qualification, the ‘First BM’. Students are introduced to the major systems of the body and study all aspects of their structure and function in health and also the principles of disease processes. Students are encouraged to develop an enquiring approach and to consider the experimental basis of the science in the course. Matters of clinical relevance are illustrated from the outset. There are clinical demonstrations in the hospitals, and students make regular visits to GP tutors and see the clinical and personal consequences of illness. The final part of the course leads to a BA in Medical Sciences. This course will enable you to study a particular area of the medical sciences to an advanced level.

Note: The closing date for applications for all Medicine courses is 15 October 2008.

Entrance Requirements

• Website: http://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate_courses...

General contact details

• Address: University of Oxford
  University Offices
  Wellington Square
  Oxford
  OX1 2JD
  United Kingdom
• Telephone: +44 1865 270000
• Fax: +44 1865 270708