King's College London

We will provide you with high-level teaching from experts, which you will put into practice on your placements.

Stage and year Advanced Medical	Lectures, seminars and similar	Placement	Self-study time
Stage 2, year 2	60%	25%	15%
Stage 2, year 3	45%	40%	15%
Stage 3 (years 4 and 5)	15% including small group and case-based teaching in clinical blocks	75%	10%

Typically, one credit represents 10 notional hours of learning.

 

Assessment

Assessment is split between that which is formative (where the primary role is to give feedback to student, this does not contribute towards the overall module/degree score) and summative (where the primary role is to demonstrate competence against course standards and learning outcomes).

Formative assessment occurs through the years. Of note, there is an early formative learning assessment in Stage 1 to identify those who need extra support. Summative assessment includes:

Portfolio-based summative assessment which begins in Stage 1 and continues throughout the course in preparation for professional life.

• Written examinations at the end of Stage 1, becoming progress tests in Stage 2 and Stage 3.
• OSCEs (formative mid-stage, summative end-of-stage) in Stages 2 and 3.
• Project assessment in Stages 2 and 3, with prior formative experience in Stage 1.

There is also one external assessment in Stage 3 that is necessary to support your Foundation Year 1 training. It is not currently essential to pass this in order to graduate from the MBBS course.

The GMC has decided to introduce a Medical Licensing Assessment (MLA) for students graduating in 2024/25 onwards to demonstrate that those who obtain registration with a licence to practise medicine in the UK meet a common threshold for safe practice.

Applicants should be aware that to obtain registration with a licence to practise, medical students will need to pass both parts of the MLA, pass all Stage 3 modules and demonstrate their fitness to practise.

Location

We will use a delivery method that will ensure students have a rich, exciting experience from the start. Face to face teaching will be complemented and supported with innovative technology so that students also experience elements of digital learning and assessment. You will learn in a wide variety of hospital and community care settings. Students undertake placements at general practices and district general hospitals located in south London and southern England, currently they are mostly in Kent and Sussex. Placements outside of London offer a different and rich perspective on clinical learning, complementing the experiences gained in central London hospitals.

Unless there are exceptional circumstances, all students will experience placements at London and peripheral sites during their programme.