Accredited Biomedical science degrees
Hi guys,
I have 2 questions
What unis do biomedical science with the IBMS accreditation?
And
What can you not do with an accredited degree/ how do you become accredited and is it hard if your not accredited to get a job after undergraduate study?
Thank you
I have 2 questions
What unis do biomedical science with the IBMS accreditation?
And
What can you not do with an accredited degree/ how do you become accredited and is it hard if your not accredited to get a job after undergraduate study?
Thank you
Reply 1
Google will help you find the accredited courses, but as for your second question, accreditation does not immediately get you a BMS post in a lab. Often it just means you can get on a BMS training post. I feel like the representation is that you do an accredited course and it means you can be a BMS, or at least it was back when I was a student (albeit a long time ago...).
If you don't do an accredited degree though you're going to be disadvantaged when up against accredited candidates going for those training posts.
What's your specific reason for wanting to be a BMS? Is it that you want to work in a hospital lab or just lab work in general? Is it a preference of a hospital lab vs biological lab work? There are hospital lab roles that are deemed specialist and outside the remit of BMS too so a lack of BMS doesn't necessarily prevent you from doing any hospital lab job.
I'm in that position, I didn't get good career advice at the time and was actually advised against BMS and then found I couldn't be a BMS. But I ended up in a specialism I love and had different experiences before getting here, so if you find later down the line you've made a "wrong" decision there will always be something you can do.
If you don't do an accredited degree though you're going to be disadvantaged when up against accredited candidates going for those training posts.
What's your specific reason for wanting to be a BMS? Is it that you want to work in a hospital lab or just lab work in general? Is it a preference of a hospital lab vs biological lab work? There are hospital lab roles that are deemed specialist and outside the remit of BMS too so a lack of BMS doesn't necessarily prevent you from doing any hospital lab job.
I'm in that position, I didn't get good career advice at the time and was actually advised against BMS and then found I couldn't be a BMS. But I ended up in a specialism I love and had different experiences before getting here, so if you find later down the line you've made a "wrong" decision there will always be something you can do.
Reply 2
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by GeneticsNerdGoogle will help you find the accredited courses, but as for your second question, accreditation does not immediately get you a BMS post in a lab. Often it just means you can get on a BMS training post. I feel like the representation is that you do an accredited course and it means you can be a BMS, or at least it was back when I was a student (albeit a long time ago...).
If you don't do an accredited degree though you're going to be disadvantaged when up against accredited candidates going for those training posts.
What's your specific reason for wanting to be a BMS? Is it that you want to work in a hospital lab or just lab work in general? Is it a preference of a hospital lab vs biological lab work? There are hospital lab roles that are deemed specialist and outside the remit of BMS too so a lack of BMS doesn't necessarily prevent you from doing any hospital lab job.
I'm in that position, I didn't get good career advice at the time and was actually advised against BMS and then found I couldn't be a BMS. But I ended up in a specialism I love and had different experiences before getting here, so if you find later down the line you've made a "wrong" decision there will always be something you can do.
If you don't do an accredited degree though you're going to be disadvantaged when up against accredited candidates going for those training posts.
What's your specific reason for wanting to be a BMS? Is it that you want to work in a hospital lab or just lab work in general? Is it a preference of a hospital lab vs biological lab work? There are hospital lab roles that are deemed specialist and outside the remit of BMS too so a lack of BMS doesn't necessarily prevent you from doing any hospital lab job.
I'm in that position, I didn't get good career advice at the time and was actually advised against BMS and then found I couldn't be a BMS. But I ended up in a specialism I love and had different experiences before getting here, so if you find later down the line you've made a "wrong" decision there will always be something you can do.
Also want to add you can still get accredited after a non accredited degree, will be a (expensive) pain but it’s possible if you decide that’s what you wanna do
Reply 3
Hey there!
LJMU offers a BSc Biomedical Sciences, which is accredited by IBMS. We also offer a BSc Applied Biomedical Sciences, which gives you regular NHS lab practice throughout your degree. The accreditation means that the modules on this course are in accordance with the IBMS requirements for a Biomedical Science qualification, and you can also join the Institute as an eStudent and have access to their resources!
I would greatly recommend looking into this as our entry requirements are BBC-ABB (112-128 UCAS points).
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science | Undergraduate course | Liverpool John Moores University
If you have any questions or concerns about the course, or just wanted to talk your options through with somebody, I would suggest you either contact our admissions team or our course enquiries team:
[email protected]
[email protected]
Good luck with your search!
Jorja (LJMU Student Rep)
LJMU offers a BSc Biomedical Sciences, which is accredited by IBMS. We also offer a BSc Applied Biomedical Sciences, which gives you regular NHS lab practice throughout your degree. The accreditation means that the modules on this course are in accordance with the IBMS requirements for a Biomedical Science qualification, and you can also join the Institute as an eStudent and have access to their resources!
I would greatly recommend looking into this as our entry requirements are BBC-ABB (112-128 UCAS points).
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science | Undergraduate course | Liverpool John Moores University
If you have any questions or concerns about the course, or just wanted to talk your options through with somebody, I would suggest you either contact our admissions team or our course enquiries team:
[email protected]
[email protected]
Good luck with your search!
Jorja (LJMU Student Rep)
(edited 11 months ago)
Reply 4
Hey, to become a legal biomedical scientist (it’s a protected title) you need something called HCPC registration (you’ll see this on all job posts). The easiest and by far the quickest and I really want to reiterate the easiest way is doing an IBMs accredited degree. You would also need to do a placement (would be offered during the degree between 2nd and third year). Without an IBMs accredited degree and placement in an IBMs accredited lab where you would complete a portfolio (to get the certificate of competence ) you would not be able to work as a biomedical scientist. Save yourself the headache - there’s a list of unis that are accredited by the IBMs on their website. Someone commented you can become accredited after a non accredited degree this would be a pain, you’d have to get that degree looked at which would take months, then go to an accredited university and take top up modules for a year and even then your out of a placement! - I hope this helps and for context I did an IBMs accredited degree and placement at Westminster (London)
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