Knowledge and understanding

Students should acquire the knowledge, skills and behaviours appropriate to the core curriculum of each clinical year and the additional aims of the MB/PhD Programme as follows:

By the end of Year 1, students should have;

• completed Year 4 of the Clinical Course;
• passed the Final MB Part 1 examination;
• investigated research project options;
• applied to and been accepted by a department and Research Supervisor;
• completed University and funding body research application forms;
• attended the annual MB/PhD

By the end of Year 2, Students should have;

• continued to develop clinical skills through attending weekly supervisions and monthly seminars;
• completed the Graduate School Induction Programme covering safety, library resources, ethics, literature searches, IP, data management, presentation skills ;
• attended Graduate School Researcher Development courses as directed by the Director of Graduate Education;
• completed a year’s research and submitted a satisfactory Year One report to the Degree Committee;
• maintained a Personal Progress Log;
• attended the annual MB/PhD

By the end of Year 3, Students should have;

• continued to develop clinical skills through attending weekly supervisions and monthly seminars;
• attended Graduate School Researcher Development courses as directed by the Director of Graduate Education;
• attended an external symposium/conference;
• completed two years’ ‘bench’, information gathering research according to plan;
• prepared a thesis plan;
• maintained a Personal Progress Log;
• attended the annual MB/PhD

By the end of Year 4, Students should have;

• continued to develop clinical skills through attending weekly supervisions and monthly seminars;
• attended Graduate School Researcher Development courses as directed by the Director of Graduate Education;
• prepared and presented a talk on their research to an appropriate group, g. a departmental meeting, MB/PhD Symposium, external symposia/conferences;
• completed the information gathering research phase and written and submitted the thesis;
• maintained a Personal Progress Log;
• attended the annual MB/PhD

By the end of the Year 5, students should have;

• attended the annual MB/PhD
• completed Year 5 of the clinical course and Final MB Part

By the end of Year 6, students should have;

• attended the annual MB/PhD Symposium;

completed the final year of the clinical course and Final MB Part 3.

Skills

Clinical Course Components:

As for Standard clinical course.