Green Light to Increase Medical Student Places at UEA
By: News Archive
UEA has been given the green light to increase the number of medical student places at Norwich Medical School by a further 25 places from September 2019 and create more opportunities for people to train as doctors.
The announcement comes after an additional 16 places for September 2018 were awarded last year. This latest increase takes the total number of medical student places offered at Norwich Medical School, UEA from 167 in September 2017 to 208 for September 2019.
The additional 25 medical student places are part of the 1,000 medical training places announced by Government today and provides new opportunities for aspiring doctors.
UEA Norwich Medical School is rated in the Top 3 in UK Medical Schools for Best Prepared Junior Doctors category by the General Medical Council National Training Survey 2017.
Prof. Dylan Edwards, Pro-Vice Chancellor for Medicine and Health Sciences, said: “We are very pleased that our application to increase the number of places has been successful. We believe that the University of East Anglia is in an ideal position to expand its medical education provision and can help to address the national situation that we face.”
Prof. Michael Frenneaux, Head of Norwich Medical School, UEA said: “I am delighted that we have been awarded these additional places. This decision is a recognition of the excellent training that we provide to our students”
Prof. Alys Burns, MB BS Course Director at UEA Norwich Medical School, added: “I’m very pleased that our bid was successful. The MB BS course at Norwich Medical School has patient contact from month one giving students the chance to gain experience through a range of placements from acute wards through to General Practice.
“Our focus is on small group teaching and working through a programme of integrated learning across 15 modules, based on campus and on clinical placement. We offer first-hand experience and our vision is to prepare students to be highly competent and confident 21st century doctors who make patients their first concern.”
UEA had to bid for the right to increase the number of places to the Higher Education Funding Council for England which worked with Health Education England to allocate the additional places.
This expansion of medical training at Norwich Medical School, UEA will help to:
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Provide extra places to help in areas that have difficulty recruiting doctors
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Widen participation in medical training, training doctors that are more representative of the communities they serve, in a way that reflects the needs of the local population where most relevant.
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Create more opportunity for people to train as doctors
The successful bid met the Government’s criteria for courses that invest in innovation in delivery with new training models and inter-professional learning and help to widen participation.
The vision of Norwich Medical School, UEA is to be a world-leader in clinical research and medical education. UEA opened the award-winning Bob Champion Research and Education (BCRE) building in 2014 providing extra and integrated teaching and research space, and this sits alongside the world-leading Norwich Research Park.
Later this year the Quadram Institute building will open with a focus on food science, gut biology and health for people in Norfolk. It is designed to deliver solutions to worldwide challenges in food related diseases and human health.
Find out more about the UEA MB BS course and view the Norwich Medical School, UEA video.
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