BM BS course and curriculum overview
Our five-year medical degree, awarded jointly by the Universities of Brighton and Sussex, leads to the qualification of Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery (BM BS).
Our course has been approved by the GMC under its Quality Assurance of Basic Medical Education (QABME) processes and both the universities of Brighton and Sussex are listed in the UK Medical Act as joint providers of a primary medical qualification.
For more details about the course and what is taught in each of the five years, please visit the ‘Our course’ page.
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What students learn in Year 1
- Clinical and Community Practice (1)
- Foundations of Health and Disease
- Heart, lungs and blood
- Nutrition, Metabolism and excretion
- Personal and professional development
What students learn in Year 2
- Clinical and Community Practice (2)
- Brain, body and mind
- Musculoskeletal and immune systems
- Reproduction and endocrinology
- Personal and professional development
What students learn in Year 3
- Clinical Foundation Course
- Scientific basis of medicine
- Clinical rotations
o Medicine
o Surgery and peri-operative medicine
o Elderly Medicine and Psychiatry
- Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
- Personal and Professional Development
What students learn in Year 4
- Specialist Clinical Rotations
o Paediatrics and obstetrics & gynaecology musculoskeletal medicine
o Ophthalmology and ear, nose and throat (ENT) medicine
o Infectious diseases, microbiology, HIV / genitourinary medicine, and health protection
o Dermatology; Oncology, haematology and palliative care
o Neurology and neurosurgery
o Primary care
- Individual Research Project (IRP)
- Personal and Professional Development
What students learn in Year 5
- Clinical Placements
o Emergency Medicine
o Medicine
o Medicine of the older adult
o Psychiatry
o Surgery
- Elective
- Foundation 0
- MLA GMC Practical Skills
- Personal and Professional Development