Guy’s Campus
Tucked next to London Bridge and the historic Borough Market, Guy's Campus is a close-knit home for health and science students. With cutting-edge labs and buzzing central location, it offers an inspiring and unique place to study.
Overview
The Intercalated BSc in Primary Care is an exciting opportunity for medical students to engage further with a general practice clinical experience whilst also studying aspects of primary care in more depth and undertaking a research project. It aims to inspire doctors and health care leaders of the future and give an excellent generalist grounding to students planning a career in both general practice and other medical careers, equipping them with the skills necessary to lead integrated and innovative care.
Key benefits
- Strong clinical focus providing practical opportunities to improve clinical and consultation skills. Students are encouraged to run own ‘health improvement' clinics.
- Focus on quality improvement, leadership, teamwork, as well as motivational interviewing skills which will be highly valuable for future careers. All students complete a 'Quality Improvement Project'.
- Leadership skills will be mentored, coached and developed, linking the theory with practical experience; with opportunities to apply leadership in practice.
- Opportunities to learn more about healthcare systems in the UK and globally, history of the NHS, health inequalities and to develop teaching skills.
- Wide range of research projects available and a high degree of student choice in the area you work on.
- Supported towards writing research papers, posters and presentations at conferences. We have a strong track record of students publishing their work and presenting at conferences. Of our 98 graduates over 6 years, 10 students have published their work and 35 have presented at conferences including SAPC, ASME, WONCA, RCGP, PCRS, HEART UK.
Course essentials
The programme is divided into three components: a clinical placement, taught modules and a research project and dissertation.
The course is run by King's Undergraduate Medical Education in the Community (KUMEC) within the Centre for Education, GKT School of Medical Education, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine and involves collaboration with the Departments of Physiotherapy and Primary Care Research.
This programme is an optional component of the MBBS and hence has been designed to develop future doctors with enhanced skills in leadership, scholarship, teamwork and an excellent grounding in general healthcare. As well as opportunities to improve clinical and consultation skills there is a focus on quality improvement, leadership, motivational interviewing and research, which are highly relevant and desirable in a wide range of specialties and professions. The academic aspect of the programme will develop and showcase your ability to research an area in depth and communicate this to the relevant audience; and there will be support with writing research papers and presenting at conferences which, again, are highly-desirable skills, providing an extra advantage in establishing a research career and in medical job applications.
The application deadline has been extended to 19th July 2026.
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