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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 Research & International Relations Professor D Argyle Director of Postgraduate Studies & International Relations: Professor J Bradshaw 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
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 four undergraduate programmes leading
to the Degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB),
Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery (BVM&S), Bachelor of
Science in Medical Sciences and Bachelor of Science in Oral Health
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 elsewhere in the Degree Regulations and Programmes of Study.
The Degrees of MBChB
Admission
Applications for admission
to the 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.
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.
For further information
on examination procedures please refer to the University of Edinburgh
Assessment Regulations 2009/10, 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
2009-20010 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 years of study students will qualify for
the award of the degrees of MBChB. Students may intercalate 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 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 with increased elements of clinical practice running through
each year.
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
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 2009/10, 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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