Intercalating at Nottingham

I know that there's a BMedSci integrated with the course, but I was wondering if it was possible to later on do a masters at another university between the 4th and 5th year? Or even another Bachelors?

Thanks in advance

I have done a lot of research into this.

The course is suited to those that do not want to intercalate but instead get through to foundation training as fast as possible. This is why the integrated intercalated degree is "better than nothing" as one doesn't want to spent an extra year studying.

There is no official programme built in to allow people to intercalate. Students cannot intercalate a BSc because all the credits that you'd usually use in other medical schools to do so (i.e. in year 1-3) are used towards the BMedSci and cannot be used twice. The only remaining option is to intercalate a MSc. This has happened in the past, but is very rare and very difficult to do because the university term at Nottingham is unusual and not standard, so its difficult to find a masters with a term that would "fit" in the year taken out. It is less an 'intercalated masters' than 'a year out of the medical degree to study for an external masters'.

That's not really fair - it's perfectly feasable to do additional Bsc's, Msc's and Phd's at Nottingham. The GMC's own report says that - I remember sending you the link a couple of days ago. As far as I am aware you can take a year out and get an Msc (which is better than a Bsc anyway) inbetween third and fourth year I would assume. or alternatively you could do further qualifications inbetween year five and FY1, whilst being a junior doctor, take a break as a junior and so on.

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A few students have taken a year out after the 3rd year (including Clinical Practice 1) to undertake a Masters course of their choice, and this is up to the student to investigate and put forward to the course manager at the time who would then decide if it was possible and appropriate. The course is constantly changing and does not always fall into the timetable for other courses to be suitable. CP2 starts in early July for instance which is sooner than most Masters courses finish.

I am sure there is more flexibility than you are making out at Notts!

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yeah that's all valid, I have a chem cwk to finish tonight so i can't really respond.

All I am saying is that the GMCs report claims what I said above ^^

there will be less informed candidiates as yourself attending notts who wish to do phds and so on, I am sure it is possibel etc

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We only accept graduates onto the programme but if you are awarded a BMedSci at the end of year 3 this would be an acceptable qualification. We do not accept intercalating medical students who do NOT hold a bachelors degree. Most of our medically qualified students have undertaken the MSc in Neuroscience at the end of their training and before beginning work as a junior doctor, so after year 5. The academic year runs from September to September but we have had many students who have needed to start jobs before September. In these cases, the students submit their dissertations in early August and then come back to Oxford for the compulsory viva exam in September.

I hope I’ve answered your questions, but, if not, please e-mail me again

But it can be done if you really want to !

Just for anybody reading this thread in the future, I emailed a university about an Msc programme (it happened to be Oxford!) - this was the response.



so if you are determined it is possible to do a masters (and potentially a phd I guess) qualification between y3 -4 (more expensive but greater flexibility) or after y5.

I think if you know you would be really keen to do an intercalated phd say - Beska is right, other places are more geared up to it! But it can be done if you really want to !