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Medicine (5 years) or Medicine (6 years including foundation)?

Hi can someone please tell me the difference between a Medicine 5 year course and a Medicine 6 Year course, which includes a foundation year.

Reply 1

Hype en Ecosse

The foundation year course is for those who did not study the appropriate subjects at sixth form. It will cover the relevant science that you need before moving onto the medicine course. It's often called a "year 0". The 5 year course doesn't have this year 0, as you'll have had to do the appropriate subjects to get in, so jumps right into teaching you the stuff relevant to medicine, as opposed to doing a sort of "pre-med" year.

Reply 2

Helloworld_95

Alternatively there are 6 year widening access programs for people who did the right subjects but meet certain criteria and didn't get AAA, these tend to be more focused on human biology and medicine than foundation years.