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Medical Education

Curriculum

Medical Education is responsible for leading the development and delivery of most areas of the Bachelor of Medicine (BM) curriculum.

BM4

Medicine BM4 Graduate Entry (BMBS)

BM5

Medicine BM5 (BMBS)

BM6

Medicine BM6 Widening Participation (BMBS)

BM(EU)

Bachelor of Medicine European

These include a number of specialised fields:

CommunicationDigital LearningMedical Ethics & Law
Medical HumanitiesProfessionalism

Members of Medical Education work closely with clinicians and scientists across the Faculty, the NHS and in Jersey and Central Germany to ensure the best possible training for student doctors. 

Our approach to curriculum design has even been published in the journal Medical Education in the section entitled ‘really good stuff'! If you are interested to find out more, you can access this short piece written by Jenny Skidmore and Kathleen Kendall, entitled "The power of the latte: sustaining leaders of change" in Medical Education, Volume 44, Issue 11, page 1124.

Our staff foster a learning culture that empowers individuals and encourages innovation and we are continually exploring opportunities for flexible education which adapts to the changing way people want to learn. Examples include the extensive use of Virtual Patients, interactive quizzes and video packages; comprehensive learning portals; and a series of online practicals which are used to 'flip' the classroom. We also offer a comprehensive suite of online staff development modules.

Revalidation

Like all University of Southampton undergraduate degree courses, our Bachelor of Medicine programmes require periodic revalidation in line with the University’s defined Policy and Procedure to ensure their continuing validity and relevance.

In 2012, Medical Education managed the successful review of the existing Bachelor of Medicine (BM) programmes and the approval of a new European BM programme, the BM(EU), in partnership with a healthcare provider in Germany. 

In 2017/18, we entered a new revalidation cycle for the current BM programmes, led by Professor Jane Wilkinson. "The process seeks to ensure that the education provision of the Faculty of Medicine is well-designed, academically coherent and intellectually challenging, and that programmes of study are informed by research and capable of enriching the student experience.”

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