intercalated degree for medicine

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Hi! I'm planning on applying to medicine however I have a question about the degree. I'm not exactly planning ahead for what my future may look like in the field of medicine but I was curious about the intercalated degree and how it works. I'm very confused on what is required. If I did a medical degree at one university does that mean I would be allowed to do the intercalated degree at another university? (e.g if I did my degree at Leicester would I be allowed to apply for an intercalated degree at somewhere like Imperial (I'm not planning on applying to Imperial this is just an example)) why do some courses advertise the intercalated degree as a PHD? Would I be able to do a PHD as an intercalated degree during my med degree? What subjects can I study? Would I be able to study Biochemistry as part of that degree? And if anyone has done/is currently doing an intercalated degree alongside their medical degree, what is it like? Are you enjoying it? What made you want to do it?
Sorry for all the questions I'm just very curious thanks :smile:

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Anonymous #1

Hi,
Both of my sons intercalated. One at the Uni he was doing his A100 Medicine course and one did it at another Uni. Many of their friends intercalated at other Unis because the course that was offered was what they were after. Yes some are BSc, BMedSci, MSc etc. with varying levels of assistance, research and course costs.

Arguably a greater level of detail than publicised including at what stage you do it depends on how your medicine course is structured etc.

In short yes you can intercalate elsewhere - you just apply like any other course.

Hope this helps

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artful_lounger

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Original post by Alesha_sk

Hi! I'm planning on applying to medicine however I have a question about the degree. I'm not exactly planning ahead for what my future may look like in the field of medicine but I was curious about the intercalated degree and how it works. I'm very confused on what is required. If I did a medical degree at one university does that mean I would be allowed to do the intercalated degree at another university? (e.g if I did my degree at Leicester would I be allowed to apply for an intercalated degree at somewhere like Imperial (I'm not planning on applying to Imperial this is just an example)) why do some courses advertise the intercalated degree as a PHD? Would I be able to do a PHD as an intercalated degree during my med degree? What subjects can I study? Would I be able to study Biochemistry as part of that degree? And if anyone has done/is currently doing an intercalated degree alongside their medical degree, what is it like? Are you enjoying it? What made you want to do it?
Sorry for all the questions I'm just very curious thanks :smile:

Some medical schools let you intercalate at other unis and some medical schools accept intercalating students from other med schools - but not all, as some do not accept incoming intercalating students or may not permit their own students to formally intercalate elsewhere. Some med schools its compulsory, most it seems optional, a few don't have the option at all i believe.

In terms of structure, it's not something you do "alongside" your medical degree per se as I understand, it's something you do in the middle of it. Typically I think the pattern goes 2-3 years of the medical degree, then 1 year (usually) intercalated degree where you're just doing your intercalated degree content (this is usually equivalent, approximately, to the third year of a "basic science" degree for example), then the 2-3 years for the rest of the medical course. Thus typically intercalated degrees fall into related areas of medical science and associated biosciences although some areas offer fields further outside that.

There are lots of subject areas it appears - HYMS maintain a database of intercalation options with some more information about intercalating here: https://www.intercalate.co.uk/

Note that intercalated degrees (at least at bachelors level - unclear if masters or PhD level intercalated degrees are included, I believe masters are unsure about PhDs) are no longer scored in foundation or specialty placement/applications as far as I'm aware, so there isn't a direct benefit to your future as a doctor in the NHS per se, so you probably shouldn't feel compelled to do it if you don't want to.

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