Medicine Intercalated at cambridge

Cambridge claims that any Part II of the NatSci tripos can be done in year 3 of their medicine course, but are there any people at cambridge out there who know if it is possible to do something like exp. & theo. physics or chemistry which require previous knowledge from part 1a/1b courses?

Thanks

Reply 1

MC REN

I don't know, it'd take a lot of arm-twisting, etc, even if it is possible - which I suspect it isn't

I know someone who did the first year of Engineering in their 3rd year of medicine (and I think found it pretty hard what with having done no 'real' maths for a few years)

Reply 2

psyche87

It seems like the only Part II options open to me when I was choosing them were the Biology ones, i.e. things like Biochemistry, Pathology, Physiology/Development/Neuroscience, etc.

(Just checked CamSIS - I could have chosen from most of the Bio Part II subjects, but not the non-Bio Part II subjects like Chemistry, Astrophysics, Geology, etc, and I don't actually know any medic who's done a non-Bio NST Part II subject. Perhaps you could try asking the Directors of Studies for medicine at various colleges since they'd probably know best...?)

Reply 3

FadedJade

You don't have a science subject either, there's a few people that come and do philosophy every year, for example.

Reply 4

FadeToBlackout

Nina

You don't have a science subject either, there's a few people that come and do philosophy every year, for example.

Also, just off the top of my head from people I know: History, Land Economy (Well, actually running the boat club with a bit of land economy on the side...), music, and a couple of others.