Aims and outcomes
Students should acquire the knowledge, skills and behaviours appropriate to the core curriculum of each clinical course Stage and the additional aims of the MB/PhD Programme as follows:
Year 1 Aims
By the end of Year 1, Students should have:
- Completed Stage 1 of the Clinical Course;
- Completed the Academic Medicine module including clinical experience and basic laboratory skills;
- Investigated options for a research project, applied to and been accepted by a department and Research Supervisor;
- Completed University and funding body research application forms;
- Attended the annual MB/PhD Symposium.
Year 2 Aims
By the end of Year 2, Students should have:
- Continued to develop their clinical skills and knowledge by regular attendance of weekly supervisions and monthly seminars;
- Completed the Graduate School Induction Programme covering safety, library resources, ethics, literature searches, IP, data management, presentation skills etc.;
- Attended Graduate School courses including termly symposia, Project Management, ‘How to write your dissertation’ and ‘Keeping a lab notebook’;
- Prepared a research plan;
- Maintained a Personal Progress Log;
- Attended the annual MB/PhD Symposium.
Year 3 Aims
By the end of Year 3, student should have:
- Continued to develop their clinical skills and knowledge by regular attendance of weekly supervisions and monthly seminars;
- Completed a year’s research and submitted a satisfactory Year One report to the Degree Committee;
- Attended Graduate School courses including termly symposia, ‘Writing a scientific paper’, ‘How to make a poster’ and ‘Writing a research grant application;
- Attended an external symposium/conference;
- Completed ‘bench’, information gathering phase of research according to plan;
- Prepared a first draft thesis;
- Maintained a Personal Progress Log;
- Attended the annual MB/PhD Symposium.
Year 4 Aims
By the end of Year 4, student should have:
- Continued to develop their clinical skills and knowledge by regular attendance of weekly supervisions and monthly seminars;
- Attended Graduate School courses including termly symposia, ‘Communicating with the public’ and ‘Writing a research grant application’;
- Prepared and presented a talk on their research to an appropriate group, e.g. a departmental meeting, MB/PhD Symposium, external symposia/conferences;
- Completed and submitted the thesis;
- Maintained a Personal Progress Log;
* attended the annual MB/PhD Symposium.
By the end of the Year 5, students should have:
- Completed Stage 2 of the clinical course;
- Attended the annual MB/PhD Symposium.
By the end of Year 6, students should have:
- Attended the annual MB/PhD Symposium;
- Completed the clinical course.