Edge Hill University Medical School adopts a spiral curriculum and focuses on delivering this throughout the first two years with a hybrid model of case-based learning and team-based learning. The curriculum also incorporates the following teaching methods:
The medical school also follows a non-modular approach, with the curriculum centred around sixteen key themes, which you can explore in more detail here under ‘themes’.
The course involves 'early and extensive' clinical exposure, with placements focusing on community and mental health care settings, as well as medicine, surgery and a range of hospital specialities.
Within Year 5, you will undertake an 'apprentice year', which will include student assistantships and a specialist placement, to prepare you for future practice.
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Edge Hill University also offers an integrated MBChB Medicine with Foundation Year, allowing you to progress onto the MBChB Medicine course following successful completion of the Foundation Year. You can find more information about their Foundation Year programme here.
Edge Hill University Medical School uses the Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) format for its interview. Interviews take place in January each year, with those successful starting in the September that follows. You can find more information here.
The interview will assess a variety of skills and characteristics required for a career in medicine, including:
The full list of skills and characteristics outlined by Edge Hill University Medical School, as well as how the MMI is scored, can be accessed here.
Most UK medical schools require you to pass an admissions exam before you’ll be invited for interview.
Admissions exam for Edge Hill: University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT)
The UCAT will assess that you have the characteristics, attitudes and professional behaviours required for medical school. The exam is made up of 5 subtests: Abstract Reasoning, Decision Making, Quantitative Reasoning, Situational Judgement (SJT) and Verbal Reasoning.
As well as meeting the minimum academic criteria, Edge Hill’s entry requirements specify that you must meet the UCAT threshold that they set in order to be invited to interview. You must also score a band 3 or higher on the SJT subtest, as any candidate scoring band 4 (the lowest band) will automatically be rejected. Therefore, to be invited for an interview at Edge Hill Medical School, it’s vital that you perform well in the UCAT.
The free Medibuddy UCAT question bank will help you to prepare effectively for all sections of the exam. Using artificial intelligence, it carefully selects questions based on your individual strengths and weaknesses in the syllabus. This means that rather than aimlessly answering a random selection of questions, you’ll be focusing on the areas which you need to improve to achieve a higher UCAT score.
You can also easily identify how you’re performing in each subtest using the question bank dashboard (below). For example, for SJT (which you must score a minimum band 3) you can see at a glance your calculated skill level and the number of questions you’ve answered in total and correctly, so you know if you’ve “mastered” this area or need to dedicate more time to it.
There’s more support for preparing for the UCAT on our website and information on the exam in our UCAT Complete Guide.
