MBChB (Hons) Medicine and Surgery Bachelor's degree at the University of Leeds

You'll develop an understanding of basic research skills, core biomedical principles, foundational sociological concepts and basic psychological models of health, illness and disease. Key components of wellness and health promotion will be explored alongside epidemiological fundamentals.

You'll develop awareness of healthcare delivery context, the clinical learning environment and the principles of patient-centred care. You'll begin to develop communication and clinical skills, and explore the theoretical basis of clinical reasoning and principles of safe prescribing.

You'll be introduced to and begin to develop the core personal and professional values, attitudes and behaviours to train as a doctor along with developing an awareness of the socio-legal and ethical history of the healthcare-professional relationship.

You'll work with your tutor to begin a personal development plan, a personalised roadmap that helps you set goals, reflect on your progress, and capture achievements throughout your degree. You'll reflect on your transition to university life and begin a portfolio that will chart your journey from student to doctor.

You'll further develop research skills. You'll examine how social factors influence health, the interaction between psychological and medical conditions, the essentials of preventative interventions, and effective ways to communicate risk. Developing an insight into clinical laboratory science and how disease processes are diagnosed and monitored, you'll also learn about the mechanisms of disease including the utility of genetics in medicine. You'll further develop your knowledge of anatomy.

You'll develop communication, consultation, clinical reasoning and practical skills and put these into practice on clinical placements. You'll expand your understanding of safe prescribing and drug administration and be introduced to the clinical information systems used in practice.

You'll understand and demonstrate the personal and professional values required for working with patients and in healthcare systems, including how practical application of professional skills and reflective practice improves patient safety and quality of care. Students will begin to develop their ethical reasoning skills through application of foundational principles to clinical cases.

You'll have opportunity to explore co-curricular learning experiences or dive deeper into elements of the curriculum that interest you.

You'll evaluate population-level healthcare while applying sociological and psychological frameworks to clinical cases, recognising how health behaviours and social contexts shape treatment outcomes and clinical decision-making.

You'll learn predominantly in a clinical environment consolidating communication and consultation skills in more complex presentations. You'll start to develop the skills of framing medical problems clearly and concisely, to enhance collaboration with colleagues and patients. Prescribing skills will advance to understanding higher risk prescribing situations.

You'll learn to understand and differentiate between the types of teams in a variety of healthcare settings. You'll explore the professional values required for working with colleagues with an emphasis on self-awareness and professional boundaries. Building on ethical and legal foundations, you'll identify ethical issues on placement and explore these through facilitated discussion.

You'll explore a health problem in a service delivery setting, selecting an appropriate method of presentation. Your personal development plan expands, reflecting the skills gained from your wider life, showing how every experience contributes to your growth as a future doctor.

You'll integrate evidence-based public health principles to clinical care in a range of settings and integrate complex sociological and psychological knowledge with reflections on clinical experience.

Combining theoretical learning with experience from placement you'll develop communication and prescribing skills in specialist areas; you'll have the opportunity to practice specialist examinations and advance your clinical reasoning, using evidence-based management skills and decision aids.