Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry

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The Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry is a relatively new medical school run jointly by the University of Exeter and the University of Plymouth. It consists of medical school a dental school and postgraduate health institute.

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[edit] Peninsula Medical School

Established on 1 August 2000 following a successful bid to the Government, as part of a national expansion of medical student numbers in the UK. The school was opened as a part of the British Government's attempts (under the Labour Party) to train more doctors, which also saw Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Hull York Medical School and Keele University Medical School open their doors.

[edit] Undergraduate Degree Programme

Peninsula Medical School’s Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (BM,BS) degree programme has been designed specifically to develop students to meet the challenges facing health care in the new century. The first intake of 130 undergraduate students commenced their studies on 30 September 2002. From September 2003, the annual intake rose to 167 and in January 2006 the Secretary of State for Health, Patricia Hewitt, announced that the Peninsula Medical School had been awarded funding for an additional 33 undergraduate student places. The additional UK and overseas places will increase the School's intake to 214 from September 2006.

Highlights of the training include:

  • Being community-wide. The School involves the student in health care provision in a wide range of community-based settings throughout Devon and Cornwall and thus provides a clinical educational experience more suited for the new NHS.
  • Placing particular emphasis on training doctors to be part of a multi-professional team and to understand and appreciate the roles of other health care professionals.
  • Emphasising the importance of competence and confidence in Clinical Skills.

[edit] Undergraduate Programme Structure

For the first two years of the undergraduate programme students are based at either the University of Exeter or the University of Plymouth. The learning emphasis is placed upon biomedical sciences, taught within the context of relevant clinical problems. From the first week of the programme students learn in various community-based clinical environments.

In years three and four, students spend the majority of their time in acute and community-based clinical placements and are based at one of the School's 3 main localities in Exeter, Truro or Plymouth.

During year five students are attached to clinical apprenticeships with general practitioners and consultants throughout Devon and Cornwall.

[edit] Peninsula Dental School

Established on 26 January 2006 following a successful bid to the Government, as part of a national expansion of dental student numbers in the UK. It is the first dental school to open in the U.K for three decades.

[edit] Peninsula Postgraduate Health Institute

The Peninsula Postgraduate Health Institute and the Faculty of Health and Social Work provide taught programmes and research opportunities in medicine, health and social care working in collaboration with the NHS in Devon and Cornwall.

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UK Medical Schools
England Birmingham, Bristol, Brighton and Sussex, Cambridge, Durham*, UEA, Hull York, Keele, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, London (Barts, Imperial, King's, Royal Free and UCL, St George's), Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Oxford, Peninsula, Sheffield, Southampton, Warwick.
Scotland Aberdeen, Bute (St Andrews)*, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow.
Wales Cardiff, Swansea.
Northern Ireland Queen's Belfast.
* Durham and Bute (St Andrews) offer a pre-clinical course only, with students transferring to another university to complete their clinical studies
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