medical degree brochure - uea 2011

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Norwich Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

MB/BS Medical DegreeUniversity o East Anglia


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04 Becoming a Doctor

05 Our Courses

06 Our Curriculum

08 On Your Course

10 Teaching, Assessment and Beyond

12 Applying or the Courses

14 Accommodation15 Lie at the University

16 Norwich on Your Doorstep

18 Contacts and Useul Inormation

Norwich Medical School is a leader inpreparing students to become highlycompetent and confdent doctors. We are

proud o our reputation as one o the verybest schools o medicine in the country.

We want you to be the best too bylearning and developing frst classclinical skills and nurturing excellencein scientifc understanding.


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Becoming a Doctor

A signicant proportion o study is through

scenarios and real clinical problems,

rom real patients. You will solve these

problems through group and individual

work guided by the very best clinicians

and academics this is the essence o

Problem Based Learning (PBL) which

is undamental to our course. From

your earliest contact with patients right

at the very start o your course, we will

ensure that you experience how acquired

medical knowledge is practically applied.

Medicine is constantly evolving, which

means scientic training and research are

undamental throughout any successul

medical career. You will experience

how research underpins innovation

and is a key dynamic in our teaching.

I your ambition in going into medicine

has been about your contribution to

making peoples lives better, youll begin

that journey rom the moment you get

here. Its demanding. Its rewarding. Its

the opportunity to realise your potential

and take the rst steps in a highly valued,

respected and worthwhile vocation.

At the core o whatyoull do at the School,is the patient. Rightrom the start o yourcourse, you will havecontinued, routine andregular contact withpatients. You will learn

rom and work withexpert clinicians in arange o disciplines inacilities that are theenvy o other schools.

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You will have continued,

routine and regular

contact with patients


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The MB / BS Medical Degree

(UCAS code A100)

The ve year MB/BS course has been very

careully designed with the General

Medical Council. We aim to ensure that

you are thoroughly prepared to take your

place as a highly motivated and competent

doctor in the modern health service,

equipped with the mind-set to continue to

learn throughout your clinical career.

Alongside clinical skills, we place great

emphasis on coaching and developing

your communication skills so that you

can operate in a team, consult eectively

alone, and, most importantly, relate to

patients and their loved ones in a

compassionate and understanding way.

The MB / BS Medical Degree

with a Foundation Year

(UCAS code A104)

The MB/BS with a Foundation Year is

part o our widening access programme

which means i your circumstances

or education opportunities have not

given you a air chance to realise your

academic potential, or perhaps your

amily doesnt have a tradition o entering

higher education, this is a potential route

into medicine or you. It is not designed

or you i you have had the benet o

clear educational opportunities but do

not, regrettably, meet the academic

criteria described on page 13.

The oundation year is particularly targeted

at you i you live in East Anglia, but not

exclusively so. It ocuses on teaching you

study skills, sciences and introducing

you to social sciences in health care.

Once you have successully completed

the oundation year, youll then start

the ve-year MB/BS Medical Degree.

Our Courses

Our Courses MB / BS Medical Degree 5


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Year 1

Module 1

The Human Lie Cycle: A Holistic

Approach

You will be introduced to a broad range

o skills: topics include the human

lie-course, biological and behavioural

sciences, consultation skills, and

research methods. The science and

behavioural science material will oten

relate to your weeks PBL case.

Module 2

Locomotion

You will examine the underlying science

behind the system, as a basis or exploring

the examination, diagnosis and treatment

o patients with locomotory impairments.

Year 2

Module 3

Blood and Skin

You will nd out how to recognise and

treat many o the diseases that routinely

aect people; including the commonest

cancer, the most requent causes o

inection in developed and less developed

countries, and the common diseases

that aect children and adolescents.

You will become condent with the

interpretation o high and low blood

counts, the mechanism o coagulation

and bleeding disorders, and management

o haematological malignancies.

Module 4

Circulation

You will study adult cardiology, vascular

surgery and stroke medicine. The ocus

o the teaching is to enable you to

understand and manage patients with

circulatory disorders.

Module 5

Respiration

You will learn how to take a history and

examine a patient with lung disease;

to understand the pathophysiology,presentation; the management and

psychosocial impact o common

lung diseases, and gain experience

o respiratory related clinical skills.

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You will learn rom

expert clinicians in a

range o disciplines


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Year 3

Module 6

Homeostasis and Hormones

You will study the concept o hormone

regulation on growth and metabolism

and recognise eatures o hormone

overproduction and deciency and

their management.

Module 7

The Senses

Youll examine three linked but separate

specialities: neurology, ophthalmology and

ear, nose & throat (ENT). These specialities

are all centred round the physiological

receptors and processes that allow us to

sense the environment in which we live.

Module 8

Digestion and Nutrition

You will learn about digestive diseases

in all settings, over all ages. This

encompasses both medical and surgical

disease o the gastrointestinal tract. This is

a key opportunity or you to gain general

surgical experience as well as developing

your gastroenterological knowledge.

Year 4

Module 9

Reproduction

Your ocus will be on reproduction and

emale health. Human reproduction is

a ascinating subject; obstetrics is

the branch o medicine and surgery

concerned with childbirth and midwiery;

gynaecology is the science o the

physiological unctions and diseases

o women.

This module will extend your grasp o

anatomy; and also develop your

knowledge in physiology concerning

human reproduction to understand

childbirth and its complications and

manage diseases in women at dierent

stages o their lie.

Module 10

Growth and Development

You will develop a broad understanding

o child health and consider the wider

issues o childrens place in our society,

and the value society places on childhood.

Module 11

Elective

The elective gives you the opportunity

or an eight-week extended placement at

the oreront o health provision anywhere

in the world rom Papua New Guinea,

to Potsdam to Plymouth, you have the

chance to plan your elective destination

and learn rom, and contribute to, medical

provision in a thoroughly immersed way.

Year 5

Module 12

The Mind

You will study mental health which, quite

apart rom its impact on patients, may

present huge challenges to their carers

and amilies.

Module 13

Emergency Care

This is where you will learn about the

management o the acutely sick patient

and includes accident and emergency, as

well as emergency medicine and surgery.

Module 14

Student Assistantship

One o the highlights o your nal year

will be your student assistantship where

you will have a nine-week placement split

between a medical and surgical speciality.

Lectures and seminars cover practical

aspects o becoming a junior doctor such

as how to request investigations, certiydeath and write in the medical record.

Your sel-directed learning tasks will

support the learning provided on

ward placement.

You will keep a procedural skills logbook

to demonstrate competency to perorm

simple and common procedures in the

workplace setting with real patients.

Our Curriculum

The fve-year course is split into 14 moduleswith clinical scenarios being the basis or yourlearning. Our students have said that they fnd

this approach enlightening as they become awareo how core science underpins clinical practice;Problem Based Learning makes this possible.


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Problem based

learning is undamental

to our course


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On Your Course

A week in your frst year

The week begins with a lecture related

to the weeks Presentation or clinical

scenario. The Presentation introduces

the issue that will be the ocus o the

weeks work. Then you and your PBL

group decide how to tackle the problem

and set your objectives or the week.

You will attend lectures and seminars

related to the scenario and the

underpinning sciences biomedical,

psychological and social, that allow you

to understand the issues presented.

You will, through our Research Methods

sessions, develop your knowledge

o key principles in medical research.

You will also explore an area o your

own choice in our Student Selected

Study programme including the

opportunity to undertake dissection

in anatomy. Later in the programme

you will be positively encouraged to

broaden your academic horizons in our

Studies outside Medicine modules.

You will have time or independent study.

You will take part in Inter-proessional

Learning (IPL) where youll meet up with

other students rom various health related

disciplines to exchange knowledge.

One day a week you will see knowledge

in practice within a GP surgery. And

at the end o the week, all the PBL

groups join up or a eedback session

to consolidate the weeks learning.

and all this while youre enjoying

a ull and varied university lie.

Research and audit

Research orms an extremely important

part o the course. The Faculty o

Medicine and Health Sciences has

consciously ingrained the principle o

being research active in its culture. It is

a culture that will help to encourage you

to develop not only your own interest in

research, but to develop an enquiring,

challenging and open-minded approach

to evidence-based health provision.

This will underpin your proessionalcapability throughout your career.

Your main ocus on research will be in

years three and our o the course, where

you will be involved in an audit project

into whether practice meets a standard

and writing-up a report on your ndings.

Intercalated degree

The MB/BS course does oer you

the opportunity to take a year out o

the course, typically ater the ourth

year, to complete a Masters degree

in a related subject, beore returning

to complete your medical studies.

The University oers Masters in

Clinical Education and also Masters in

Research, both o which are an excellent

complement to the MB/BS course.

Facilities

We have rst class acilities on the campus

which are purpose built or learning. The

teaching and learning acilities are in a

modern and well-equipped School o

Medicine with excellent seminar acilities

and dedicated PBL rooms. The Norolk

and Norwich University Hospital, which

is next to the campus and opened in

2001, is a state-o-the-art building oering

a superb teaching environment with a

dedicated clinical skills teaching area.

I chose to study atthe University o East

Anglia, primarilybecause o ProblemBased Learning. As amature student I eltthat this was more inkeeping with my own

style o learning.

My expectations othe course were prettyhigh and now that I amat the University it has,in act, well surpassedthese expectations.Early patient contact

in primary andsecondary careplacement have, orme, been the real starso the course so ar.

Trevor Killeen second year student


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Teaching and assessment

Our balanced emphasis on Problem

Based Learning encourages your

learning through whole class discussion,

lectures and seminars. PBL triggers a

process o private study, research and

group problem learning which will be

undamental to your studies on the course.

Many o your teachers are research

active, with a culture o working with

evidence that shapes the direction o

clinical practice, and so encouraging youto adopt a similarly dynamic approach.

You will also gain clinical experience in

general practice and in hospitals under

the supervision o expert clinicians,

learning on the ront line o patient care.

Measured progress

Your progress will be regularly assessed

and this is a positive process to help

you throughout the course. Your work

in each module is assessed through

whats known as an Objective Structured

Clinical Examination (OSCE) a short test

o your knowledge and clinical ability.

Other assessments include: short

answer and multiple choice exams

in years one to our (one each year);

assignments on research methods and

your student project; and assessments

o presentations on your Student

Selected Study to your ellow students.

Throughout your time with us, you will

keep a portolio and write one essay

each year to refect on your proessional

development, and the values and attitudes

you are developing as a member o the

medical proession.

Ater graduating

You will be entitled to provisional

registration with the General Medical

Council (GMC) with a licence to practise,

subject to demonstrating to the GMC

that your tness to practise is not

impaired. This becomes a ull license

ater a year o satisactory service in

approved positions as a Foundation

programme doctor. We are condent

that youll be superbly prepared or your

Foundation programme o general clinicaltraining. The condence you will have

developed through early patient contact

and our emphasis on inter-disciplinary

training throughout your time on our

course, complements the Foundation

programme, where youll gain more

experience across a variety o specialities

beore choosing your own specialism.

On graduation, at least 98 per cent

o our students are employed in the

health proession.

One o the highlightso studying at NorwichMedical School iscontact with patientsrom the very outseto the course. Its aantastic experience inthe ront-line o health

provision, meetingpatients with a hugevariety o conditionsand needs. It hasbrought my studiesinto really sharp ocus.

Working with GPs andin hospitals has really

helped me understandthe demands andchallenges I will aceevery day as a doctor.Its hugely motivatingto see theory andscientifc knowledgeapplied in everydayinterventions. I

wouldnt want to learnin any other way.

Matthew Roberts - third year student

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Developing an enquiring

mind that will underpin

your proessional capability

throughout your career


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About you

The academic requirements or the

course are high, but they are not the

only criteria. We are looking or people

who we believe will have the potential to

make excellent doctors: you need to be

hard working, motivated, empathetic,

collaborative / team-orientated,

knowledge seeking, contributory,

refective and open to ideas.

When considering the course, you should

be aware that all doctors need to be

able to diagnose diseases in patients,

so all our students are expected to

be able undertake a ull consultation,

including ull clinical examination and

various basic procedures, which

can be physically demanding.

We also will want to be sure that you

have the commitment to engage in a

course where the year group has to

work closely and positively together,

and with your tutors, and in placements

with the National Health Service.

Equal opportunity

The University has a clear commitment

to equal opportunity. All candidates are

treated equally within the admissions

process. The University welcomes

candidates with disabilities. No candidate

will receive less avourable treatment

on the grounds o sex, age, marital

status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic

origin, political or religious belie, or

sexual orientation.

I you have a disability, we welcome

your application and request that you

declare this on your UCAS orm. I you

are invited to interview, and declare

a disability in advance, you may be

oered the opportunity to meet with

Occupational Health and / or the Disability

Co-ordinator on the day o your interview

to identiy which reasonable adjustments

can be made or you rom the start o

the Medicine degree. Any inormation

provided at such meetings is not disclosed

to the Admissions Oce and is treated

separately rom the admissions process.

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International students

The University is home to more than 2,500

students rom over 100 countries. We

oer 13 places to international students

each year with appropriate academic

qualications on the MB/BS course.

How to applyFor a degree in the Norwich

Medical School.

All applications to the NorwichMedical School must be made

through UCAS (Universities &

Colleges Admissions Service).

You can get a UCAS application orm

and handbook rom: UCAS, Rosehill,

New Barn Lane, Cheltenham,

Gloucestershire, GL52 3LZ UK

Web: www.ucas.com

Help with your application

I you need more help or clarication

about applying, please call the

admissions oce, or email us. You will

nd our contact details on page 18.

Application

The academic entry requirements

are listed to the right:

All our candidates are required to

take the UKCAT Clinical Aptitude Test

beore submission o their application

to UCAS. Further details o this test

can be ound at: www.ukcat.ac.uk.

You will only be considered as an

applicant or these courses or two

consecutive years. I you are in the

position o needing to reapply, you

should contact the admissions oce

beore you do so or urther advice.

MB/BS Medical Degree (UCAS course code A100)

All candidates are expected to have six GCSEs, or equivalent, at Grade A;

including English language, Maths and two science subjects.

Entry route Grade Subjects

A Level entry A Level grades A A A At ull A2 Level to include

biology and excluding General

Studies, Critical Thinking

AS Level grade B 4th AS Level subject

Irish Leaving Certifcate Higher level grades A A A A A A Must include higher level Biology

Scottish Highers Advanced A A A To include Biology and a B grade in

a ourth standard Highers subject

International Baccalaureate Overall score o 34 points To include six in higher level

Biology and sixes in two other

higher level subjects

Access / Foundation

/ Pre Medical

For candidates who do not ull the traditional academic requirements, or

who may have training in a completely dierent eld but are embarking

upon a career change, there is a range o approved access to medicine

courses which can provide routes into the MB/BS degree programme.

Courses must include a strong biology component. The standard

requirement or this type o course is distinctions in all orty-ve Level 3

credits which must be accompanied by a minimum o BBB rom three A

Levels. Please email [email protected] or urther inormation.

Graduate entry Minimum 2.1

Classication or a rst degree

in any subject* and BBB rom

three A Level subjects.

Proo o a sound knowledge in

the Biological Sciences

Normally in the orm o an A Level,

or equivalent alternative qualication,in Biology or Human Biology

preerably with a grade B or above.

* I graduate applicants meet the 2.1 degree requirement in a non-science

subject and do not have Biology at A level we recommend completion o the

Level Two Open University module, course code SK277 Human Biology.

Achievement o 60+% in this 30 credit Open University unit will be

recognised as ullling the Biology pre-requisite or entry to our MB/BS

Medicine degree course.

EU and international

qualifcations

The Admissions Oce can advise on the ull range o qualications accepted

and the grades required. In all cases candidates must have taken Biology

at higher level as part o their European or international qualication.

International students require an English Language qualication such as

IELTS 7.5, or an equivalent TOEFL score.

Applying or the Courses

MB/BS Medical Degree with a Foundation Year (UCAS course code A104)

All candidates must have ve GCSEs, or equivalent, at Grade B;

including English Language, Maths and a single science subject.

Entry route Grade Subjects

A Level entry A Level grades B B B Excluding General Studies,

Critical Thinking

International Baccalaureate Overall score o 31 points

Scottish Highers Standard B B B B B

Advanced B B B

To include Biology and a B grade in

a ourth standard Highers subject

Other qualifcations Please note that graduates, EU and International applicants are not eligible

or this programme. Access programmes are not an appropriate entryqualication or this course.

* These entry requirements are subject to change, and beore submitting their application,

applicants should check the website or the most current list o entry requirements.


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Accommodation

A great place to live

The University has around 3,500 student

rooms, with 700 new study bedrooms built

on the campus in the last ew years; each

with its own en-suite shower and WC.

Equally impressive are our award-winning

Constable Terrace and Nelson Court,

which also have en-suite acilities, and the

Grade-2 listed pyramid shaped Ziggurats

o Norolk and Suolk terrace which enjoy

stunning campus views and are among

the best known sights o the University.A typical residence provides ully-

urnished, centrally heated, single or

twin-bedded rooms grouped round a

shared kitchen.

Living in residences is a great way to meet

people and make riends; and i you have

any worries or questions you can talk to

your Resident Tutor, who will normally be a

second semester student or postgraduate.

We have about 46 two-bedroom units

or students with amilies. And there

is accommodation that has been

adapted or students with disabilities.

All our accommodation is sel catering

though i you eel like a change rom

cooking or yoursel or riends, there

are plenty o places to eat and drink on

campus. All our study rooms have a ree

connection to the University computer

network and ast access to the internet.

* The name Ziggurat comes rom a type o

pyramidal tower built in ancient Mesopotamia.

Accommodation guaranteed

You will be guaranteed a place in university

residences provided you have accepted

an oer o a place and applied or

accommodation by 1 September and

that your registered address is more than

12 miles rom the University. I you are

rom a non-European Community country,

you are guaranteed accommodation

throughout the course.

Living in the private sector

Ater your rst year youll nd that

UK/EU students will normally leave the

University residences and live in private

sector housing, which is relatively easy to

nd in Norwich. Youll nd that you can

get airly reasonable accommodation

or around 250 per month.

Help with private sector

accommodation

Our Students Union operates Home

Run (the Union housing bureau) and

has a team who will help you nd

sae, comortable and air priced

accommodation with responsible

landlords. They produce a ree House

Hunting Guide and regularly update

lists o available accommodation. The

Home Run team is also happy to

explain contracts beore you sign them.


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Top University

For ve years running the University has

been placed in the top ve universities

or student satisaction; its sae and

a great place at which to live, study

and make lie-long riendships.

Almost 13,000 students, including 2,500

non-UK students, study across the

range o sciences, arts and humanities,

social sciences and proessional

studies. The past ten years has seen

antastic period o development at the

University, with new buildings providing

modern, high quality accommodation,

library, welare and teaching acilities.

On campus, set in 320 acres o stunning

parkland, we have restaurants, a ood

hall, banks, post oce, book shop

and travel shop. A new purpose-built

medical centre provides a range o

medical services including general

practice and specialist clinics. There is

also an on-campus pharmacy, a dentist

oering NHS treatment and a nursery.

Sports and entertainment

The University is home to the Sportspark,

the biggest indoor sports centre in

Britain. It boasts an Olympic-sized

swimming pool, athletics track and gym.

It has an extensive range o activities

including aerobics, archery, athletics,

badminton, basketball, climbing, cricket,

encing, hockey, indoor ootball, martial

arts, squash, table tennis, trampolining

and yoga.

Arts

The Sainsbury Centre or Visual Arts has

permanent exhibitions o world art and a

diverse range o touring exhibitions

unrivalled by other universities.

Support

The Students Union provide a wealth o

support services and social opportunities.

The LCR plays host to a wide range o

popular bands, with around 60 gigs on

campus each year. The Union oers

sports clubs and societies or everydiversion, rom cocktail appreciation,

to capoeira, to Amnesty International.

For more inormation about the

Union, see www.ueastudent.com.

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Lie at the University o East Anglia

Being a campusuniversity, thereare so many acilitieswhich enhance youruniversity experience;there are banks,laundrettes, shops,union bar & club

which also doublesas a great gig venue!

Being a relatively smallcampus, most o what

youll need is within aten minute walk and

you get to recogniseaces whether its rom

the student union orjust around campus.

Paul Frith second year student


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The Independent named Norwichas one o the top 10 coolest placesto be a student in the UK.

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Norwich has all thecharacteristics oa university city,and more. Vibrantnew developmentscomplement thestriking Normancathedral and castle,

with cobbled streetslined with charminghal-timbered houses.

Nights out

Norwich has a wide array o clubs,

restaurants, along with pubs. Whatever

your tastes, you will nd somewhere

to suit. As well as the Universitys

renowned LCR, many pubs and clubs

in the city have live music. Among the

most popular are the Norwich Arts

Centre and The Waterront, a city

centre venue run by the UEA Students

Union. The city hosts the largest annual

real ale estival outside London.

Shopping

Norwich is one o the top ve shopping

destinations in the country, served by a

new 375m shopping centre, the largest

six-day open-air market in the country, and

a diverse range o independent stores and

speciality shops in the Norwich Lanes.

Entertainment

Film lovers can choose rom two

multiplexes and Cinema City, an art

house cinema. Norwich has six theatres

including the Theatre Royal, the most

successul regional theatre in the

country, and the Playhouse, which oers

big names rom stand-up comedy.

Arts

Museums and galleries in the city centre

include the contemporary Norwich Gallery

and the Castle Museum & Art Gallery

which has regular touring exhibitions,

as well as a gallery devoted to works

by artists o the Norwich School.

Out and about

The surrounding area oers a range

o diversions beautiul countryside,

historic market towns, un-lled

seaside resorts and the unique Norolk

Broads. Norwich has excellent public

transport with trains every 30 minutes

to London. Norwich International

Airport is only 15 minutes rom the

city centre and has links worldwide

via our daily fights to Amsterdam.

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Norwich on Your Doorstep


18/2018 MB / BS Medical Degree Contacts and Useul Inormation

Contacts and Useul Inormation

For enquiries or the course contact:

Admissions Ofce

Faculty o Medicine and Health Sciences

Edith Cavell Building

University o East Anglia

Norwich NR4 7TJ

Tel: (+44) (0) 1603 591072

Fax: (+44) (0) 1603 597019

Email: [email protected]

Web: www.uea.ac.uk/med

Other useul contacts

International Ofce

Contact or urther details about living

and studying in the UK.


Tel: +44 (0) 1603 593280

Web: www.uea.ac.uk/international

Marketing and Admissions Services

Contact or urther details about studying

at UEA and Open Days.


Tel: +44 (0) 1603 591515

Web: www.uea.ac.uk/admissions

Accommodation Ofce

Contact or urther inormation about

University residences.


Tel: +44 (0) 1603 592092

Web: www.uea.ac.uk/accommodation

Union o UEA Students

Contact or urther inormation about

student lie, clubs and societies.


Tel: +44 (0) 1603 593272

Web: www.ueastudent.com

Disclaimer

We have taken great care in compiling the

inormation contained in this brochure,

which is accurate at the time o going topress. However, the provision o courses,

entry requirements, acilities and other

arrangements described in this brochure

are regularly reviewed and may be subject

to change without notice. Any changes will

be incorporated in subsequent editions.

This brochure does not orm any contract

between persons and the University.

Photography Credits Include

Photographic Unit, Pete Huggins,

David Kirkham.

Edited by

Norwich Medical School (June 2011)

Design and Production

www.o2-creative.co.uk

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Norwich NR4 7TJ

Tel: +44 (0) 1603 456161

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