72 monthsProgramme duration
SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Medicine
Degree
MBChB
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
Designed for talented UK students from backgrounds under-represented in medicine, our Gateway Year builds the academic skills, knowledge and confidence needed to progress onto the full five-year MBChB Medicine and Surgery programme — and to become a skilled, compassionate, patient-centred doctor.
Our approach Studying medicine at Lancaster is about more than diagnosis and treatment. You will learn about the body's systems — cardiovascular, musculo-skeletal, renal and more — before exploring how dysfunction leads to ill health. Social, psychological and ethical dimensions are woven throughout, helping you treat the whole person.
How you'll learn Teaching is active and small-group focused. Methods include:
Support and values Lancaster is committed to social justice, inclusion and sustainability. We offer dedicated pastoral support for medical students covering academic, health, disability and personal matters, in addition to the university's wider student services.
Our approach Studying medicine at Lancaster is about more than diagnosis and treatment. You will learn about the body's systems — cardiovascular, musculo-skeletal, renal and more — before exploring how dysfunction leads to ill health. Social, psychological and ethical dimensions are woven throughout, helping you treat the whole person.
How you'll learn Teaching is active and small-group focused. Methods include:
- Case-based learning
- Think through real clinical problems
- Clinical skills
- Hands-on practice from year one
- Simulation
- Practise safely, build confidence
- Placements in locations from rural GPs to urban hospitals
- Placements and assessment
Support and values Lancaster is committed to social justice, inclusion and sustainability. We offer dedicated pastoral support for medical students covering academic, health, disability and personal matters, in addition to the university's wider student services.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Medicine
Degree
MBChB
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
Designed for talented UK students from backgrounds under-represented in medicine, our Gateway Year builds the academic skills, knowledge and confidence needed to progress onto the full five-year MBChB Medicine and Surgery programme — and to become a skilled, compassionate, patient-centred doctor.
Our approach Studying medicine at Lancaster is about more than diagnosis and treatment. You will learn about the body's systems — cardiovascular, musculo-skeletal, renal and more — before exploring how dysfunction leads to ill health. Social, psychological and ethical dimensions are woven throughout, helping you treat the whole person.
How you'll learn Teaching is active and small-group focused. Methods include:
Support and values Lancaster is committed to social justice, inclusion and sustainability. We offer dedicated pastoral support for medical students covering academic, health, disability and personal matters, in addition to the university's wider student services.
Our approach Studying medicine at Lancaster is about more than diagnosis and treatment. You will learn about the body's systems — cardiovascular, musculo-skeletal, renal and more — before exploring how dysfunction leads to ill health. Social, psychological and ethical dimensions are woven throughout, helping you treat the whole person.
How you'll learn Teaching is active and small-group focused. Methods include:
- Case-based learning
- Think through real clinical problems
- Clinical skills
- Hands-on practice from year one
- Simulation
- Practise safely, build confidence
- Placements in locations from rural GPs to urban hospitals
- Placements and assessment
Support and values Lancaster is committed to social justice, inclusion and sustainability. We offer dedicated pastoral support for medical students covering academic, health, disability and personal matters, in addition to the university's wider student services.
Admission Requirements
70+
7+
30+
All applicants must take the University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT) to be eligible for consideration at Lancaster Medical School. No applicant will be offered a place without being interviewed. Lancaster Medical School uses the multiple mini interview format for their admissions interviews. More information can be found on the Lancaster Medical School web pages: https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/lms/
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