1. Our aim
To produce excellent doctors who:
are compassionate and skilled practitioners
provide safe, individualised care based on a sound knowledge of health, disease and society
work in a professional manner
are equipped to work as part of, and to lead a multi-professional health care team
are prepared for on-going professional and personal development and, through this, are able to adapt to future developments in practice
are well prepared to succeed in their medical career

2. Teaching Methods
Medical Course: Your choice!
Traditional
(Oxford, Cambridge, some London)
Problem solving
(Liverpool, Glasgow, Manchester,
UEA)
Integrated
(Newcastle, Sheffield, Southampton
etc)

3. Teaching Methods
Features of the Newcastle Course- “Blended” approach:
Case-led approach
Early patient contact
Early clinical and communication skills
Development of professional identity
Mixed teaching approach- small/ large group, face to face, e- learning and guided self-study
Academic mentorship

4. Case-led approach
Case presentation
Supported by bespoke virtual learning environment
Learn about the patient journey
Holistic approach. Not just physiology, pathology, signs and symptoms etc, but understanding your patients and how to best care for them
Application of knowledge and skills and development of clinical reasoning

5. Early patient contact
Patient involvement in classroom teaching e.g. clinical skills, communication skills and lectures/seminars
Hospital visits
General Practice visits
Community agency visits
Early Clinical Experience bank of opportunities to choose from

6. Clinical Skills developed from Year 1
Early Clinical Skills
Clinical Skills developed from Year 1
First learn how to take blood from an arm trainer
Select a good friend with a good vein

7. Developing skills competence with safe simulation

8. Academic mentors
Academic mentors review and support your progress throughout each year
One-to-one face-to-face meetings, including an end of year appraisal
Assist in identifying areas of relative strength, areas in need of improvement and creation of personal development plans
Point of contact for support and guidance

9. The early years of the course

10. MBBS MBBS @ Newcastle Based in Newcastle (Medical School)
5-years (A100N)
Year 1
Graduate entry 4-years (A101)
Year 1
Based in Newcastle (Medical School)
Year 2
Year 3
Year 2
Clinical placements in north of England
(Base Units)
Year 4
Year 3
A places
A places
TOTAL 343
Year 5
Year 4
MBBS

11. Year 1 & 2 “Essentials of Medical Practice”
Foundation
A101 is delivered in same way, just over one extended academic year
Delivery structured around a series of clinical cases
&
Early clinical & community
experience
Transition to Clinically Based Practise

12. Integrated Medical Practice Medicine, Surgery & Acute Care
Year 3: “Clinically Based Practise”
Integrated Medical Practice
Placements in
Medicine, Surgery & Acute Care
SSC 1
Integrated Clinical Placement Child & Adolescent Health
Integrated Clinical Placement Women’s Health
Integrated Clinical Placement Mental Health

13. Medical & Surgical Clinical Placements
Year 4: “Complexity in Medical Practise: Continuity, Co-morbidity & Context”
SSC 2
Clinical Reasoning
Medical & Surgical Clinical Placements
Long Term Conditions
Elective

14. (Medicine, Surgery & Primary Care)
Year 5: “Transition to Medical Practitioner”
Assistantship
Child & Adolescent Health
Assistantship
Primary Care
Preparing to Practise
Assistantship
Mental Health
Assistantship
Women’s Health
Critical Care
Senior Assistantship
(Medicine, Surgery & Primary Care)
Graduation

15. Regional Medical School: Base Units

16. Regional Medical School: General Practice
Northumbria
TYNE
TEES
WEAR

17. Regional Medical School: Distributed delivery of learning
University
Academic
Educational
Resource
Centres
Base
Unit
Key:
AHT: Acute Hospital NHS Trust
GP: General Practice
MHT: Mental Health NHS Trust
Com: other community & voluntary organisations
Com GP
AHT
Base Unit
Constituents
MHT

18. Student choice
Student Selected Components (SSCs) Year 3 & Year 4
Elective Summer between Year 4 & 5
Intercalated degrees BSc or Masters level

19. Student support
Academic guidance
Academic mentor
Bespoke virtual learning environment
Learning outcomes
Study Skills Adviser
Non-academic support
Peer mentors
Senior tutor for support
Academic mentors and other staff