Medicine

We appreciate that starting a Medicine programme is a major step for our new students and acknowledge that it is the longest and one of the most demanding academic programmes, so we make sure that pastoral and academic support is accessible to students with a dedicated personal tutor. 

• Our learner-centred approach includes small group teaching and learning so you’ll benefit from more contact time with your lecturers.
• The Year 1 curriculum is based on small group teaching, including Case Based learning which links your scientific learning to real-life patient stories and places the patient at the centre of your studies.

Studying medicine in Wales, a bilingual country, helps you to develop valuable communications skills. The ability to feel confident to treat patients whose first language is not your own will equip you to work anywhere in the world, and you will frequently consult with interpreters working across the UK.

• A VR room provides immersive scenario training allowing students to become competent at dealing with clinical problems that occur rarely but require immediate recognition and action.
• Anatomy teaching takes advantage of modern technology, including the ‘Anatomage’ electronic dissecting table, glassless 3D Video screens and mobile apps.

• There are many opportunities during year 2, the Year 3 LIC and across Year 4 and 5 placements to gain experience of remote, rural and mountain medicine in the stunningly beautiful North Wales geographic setting.
• The programme includes a unique Rural Health simulation day ‘in the field’, delivered in partnership with voluntary services including Mountain Rescue, Welsh Ambulance Service, North Wales Fire and Rescue Service, RNLI and specialist University and Health Board staff.