YOUR JOURNEY TO BECOMING AN EXCEPTIONAL DOCTOR STARTS HERE MEDICINE Undergraduate Prospectus 2021 C NFIDENT C MPASSI NATE EXCEPTI NAL DOCTORS ARE WE’RE INSPIRING MADE HERE THE NEXT GENERATION OF DOCTORS Welcome to Hull York Medical School, home of exceptional medical education and a modern, innovative undergraduate medicine programme. We are committed not just to training doctors, but to training brilliant doctors, who are equipped with the skills, agility and resilience they need to deliver excellent patient-centred care in an ever-changing healthcare environment. If you share our passion for making a difference, take a closer look… 2 | Medicine Undergraduate Prospectus 2021 hyms.ac.uk | 3 The privilege of practising medicine is the trust afforded to us by patients at times of their greatest vulnerability; the skill is being able to apply knowledge so those patients receive the best treatment and care available. Professor Una Macleod, Dean, Hull York Medical School, and GP WELCOME TO A DIFFERENT KIND OF CONTENTS MEDICAL SCHOOL A DIFFERENT KIND OF MEDICAL SCHOOL 8 Passionate about exceptional medical training elcome to Hull York Medical I studied medicine in the 1980s, and my 10 A pioneering partnership designed to make a difference School: the joint medical school career has taken me from a hospital Wof the Universities of Hull and environment into clinical and academic STUDYING WITH US York, and home to one of the UK’s most general practice, as well as leading 12 Delivering exceptional medical training exciting and innovative undergraduate research teams seeking to improve cancer medicine programmes. diagnosis, treatment and care. While 14 Early and sustained clinical experience continuing to practise as a GP, it is also my 16 A different way of learning At Hull York Medical School, we pride privilege to be Dean of Hull York Medical ourselves on producing confident, School, with responsibility for ensuring EXPLORING YOUR INTERESTS compassionate and work-ready doctors, that you are equipped with the skills whose training, grounded in patient- needed to pursue your own successful 22 Tailoring your experience centred care, has armed them with career path, whatever area of medicine 24 Electives the medical knowledge, empathy and you ultimately choose to specialise in. 26 Our research is transforming lives resilience they need not only to thrive as From surgery to psychiatry, general doctors but to make a positive difference practice to paediatrics and beyond, your to the lives of their patients. experience here will allow you to explore LIFE AT HULL YORK MEDICAL SCHOOL your interests and stand you in good stead 28 An unforgettable experience As a student here, you will experience for a long and impactful career delivering 30 Studying in Hull sustained clinical contact with real exceptional care. patients from the very beginning of your 32 Studying in York programme; benefit from a bespoke I look forward to welcoming you on the 34 A place to call home learning environment based around small first step of your career as a doctor. 36 A support network to help you succeed group study and extensive contact time 38 Measuring your progress with senior clinicians; and access the very Professor Una Macleod, best facilities that the Universities of Hull Dean, Hull York Medical School, and York have to offer. and GP YOUR APPLICATION 42 Planning your application 46 Our selection procedure 48 Making our offers 49 After you graduate 50 Fees and funding 4 | Medicine Undergraduate Prospectus 2021 hyms.ac.uk | 5 INSPIRED BY CLINICAL EXPERTS Studying at Hull York Medical School has given me the opportunity to network with and be taught by highly respected senior doctors across a range of specialisms. I plan to specialise in surgery, so being able to experience time in theatre with accomplished surgeons has been one of the highlights of my time here. Yangmyung Ma, Year 4 6 | Medicine Undergraduate Prospectus 2021 hyms.ac.uk | 7 A DIFFERENT KIND OF MEDICAL SCHOOL PASSIONATE ABOUT EXCEPTIONAL MEDICAL TRAINING hen you choose to study at Hull York Medical School, Wyou are choosing a different kind of undergraduate medicine programme. Innovative, distinctive, and specifically designed to meet the challenges of 21st century healthcare, our programmes truly prepare you for real life as a junior doctor. Our five-year Medicine programme combines patient-centred teaching, clinician-led problem-based learning, rigorous academic study and regular clinical experience from week three of your first year. This ensures you develop the confidence, proficiency and empathy for which our graduates have become known. Our six-year Medicine with a Gateway Year programme, which is a Widening Participation initiative, includes an additional year at the start, which focuses on facilitating your transition from school or college to university. It brings your scientific knowledge up to the required standard, and enhances your study skills while teaching you about professionalism and the NHS. More information about our programmes can be found from p12. At the end of your studies on either the five or six-year programme, you will graduate ready to transition into life as a junior doctor, with a UK and EU recognised MB BS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) degree, awarded jointly by the Universities of Hull and York. More information about what happens after you graduate can be found on p49. PREPARING YOU TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON PATIENTS’ LIVES You will graduate from Hull York Medical School with an in-depth knowledge of all the relevant sciences and a sensitive understanding of people, as well as the ability LEARN TO PROBLEM WE’VE DELIVER BASED ADDED to communicate effectively and to work as part of a team. CARE WITH LEARNING OVER CONFIDENCE FACILITATED DOCTORS TO THE We train you to deliver the exceptional care that will AND EMPATHY BY CLINICIANS NHS WORKFORCE transform the lives of your patients – both in the Yorkshire region and beyond. Professor Martin Veysey, Medicine Programme Director, Hull York Medical School, and Consultant Gastroenterologist at York Teaching Hospital Learn more NHS Foundation Trust hyms.ac.uk/undergraduate 8 | Medicine Undergraduate Prospectus 2021 hyms.ac.uk | 9 MIDDLESBROUGH A DIFFERENT KIND OF MEDICAL SCHOOL JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL NORTHALLERTON FRIARAGE SCARBOROUGH SCARBOROUGHHUMBER, HOSPITAL HOSPITAL COAST AND VALE SUSTAINABILITY AND A PIONEERING TRANSFORMATION PARTNERSHIP PARTNERSHIP DESIGNED YORK TO EDINBURGH 2HRS 22MINS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE ull York Medical School was established as a partnership Hbetween the Universities of Hull and York in 2003. Today, that partnership is stronger than ever, based on a commitment YORK BRIDLINGTON to collaboration, shared expertise and a belief that our training HOSPITAL should make a difference to our surrounding communities. YORK UNIVERSITIES, As well as providing access to the very best partner locations. These range from busy urban GP TWICE facilities, support networks, research opportunities practices and major trauma centres serving densely THE and academic expertise that our parent universities populated areas, to mental healthcare providers, EXPERTISE have to offer, we work closely with NHS Trusts, and rural and coastal community services. This YORK TO MANCHESTER HULL TO MAINLAND EUROPE community organisations and GP practices across range of experience will provide you with insight 1HR 17MINS the region to offer a unique breadth of clinical into a wide range of patient demographics, and HULL TO MANCHESTER HULL ACUTE experience. As a Hull York Medical School student, exposure to the diversity of career paths available 1HR 54MINS you will complete placements in several of our to you as a qualified doctor. VIA HUMBERSIDE NHS TRUST CASTLE HILL AIRPORT 1HR HOSPITAL PARTNERS LEEDS MENTAL York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides a comprehensive HULL ROYAL HEALTH range of acute hospital and specialist healthcare services for INFIRMARY PROVIDER PARTNERS approximately 800,000 people living in the region. We are pleased SCUNTHORPE to welcome Hull York Medical School students on placement at two SCUNTHORPE of our hospital sites: York Hospital, located in the heart of York; GENERAL PLACEMENTS PROVIDED BY HOSPITAL GRIMSBY and Scarborough Hospital, on the North East Yorkshire coast. Working + with the medical school, we are proud and committed to helping to train the confident and capable doctors of tomorrow, who will go on GP SURGERIES to deliver excellent patient-centred care. DIANA, YORK TO LONDON TO YORK 1HR 48MINS LONDON HULL TO 2HRS 30MINS PRINCESS Sue Symington, Chair, York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust OF WALES HOSPITAL Learn more hyms.ac.uk/partners 10 | Medicine Undergraduate Prospectus 2021 Train journey times taken from thetrainline.com, November 2019 hyms.ac.uk | 11 STUDYING WITH US YOUR MEDICINE JOURNEY Medicine With a Gateway Year programme only If you join our six-year Medicine With a you about professionalism and the NHS. Gateway Year programme, a Widening You will experience clinical taster sessions Participation initiative designed to in a GP and hospital setting, as well as a facilitate access to Medicine for those from combination of small group teaching, underrepresented backgrounds, this will self-directed learning, lectures and clinical be your first year of study. It will focus on skills. More details about the Medicine With facilitating your transition from school or a Gateway Year programme, including college to university, bringing your scientific eligibility criteria and entry requirements, knowledge up to the required standard, and can be found on p43. enhancing your study skills, while teaching On successful completion of the Gateway Year, you will progress to Phase I of the five-year Medicine programme. GATEWAY Phase I Forming the first two years of the five-year This integrated approach, centred on PBL and Medicine programme, Phase I is centred grounded in a robust scientific understanding, around problem-based learning (PBL), which strong clinical knowledge and highly developed provides a patient-centred context for your clinical reasoning skills, prepares you for training.