Bristol

Question 1

method of teaching

Answer 1

• a blend of lectures, case-based learning and practical work
• early clinical exposure in hospital, community and primary care settings
• state-of-the-art anatomy facilities including cadaveric prosections
• inter-professional working on placement with allied health professional students
  clinical academies
  -student choice

Question 2

what re clinical academies?

Answer 2

After two years of pre-clinical training at the University of Bristol, our medical students go on to placements at Clinical Academies across the South West region.
-from smaller rural hospitals to large city-based ones, training at the academies brings you into contact with a diverse body of patients and different medical teams.

Bath - The Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust

Gloucestershire- Gloucester and Cheltenham

North Bristol - Southmead Hospital :Learning and Research building, equipped teaching rooms, simulation suites, a library and student common room

South Bristol- Bristol Royal Infirmary (BRI), including the Bristol Heart Institute, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre, Bristol Eye Hospital and St Michael’s Hospital. You will also be taught at the University Hospitals Bristol Education Centre.

North Somerset- Weston General Hospital

Somerset - Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton and Yeovil District Hospital.

Swindon - Great Western Hospita

Question 3

opportunities?

Answer 3

Intercalation
- Biochemistry with medical biochemistry BSc
- between 3rd and 4th year