Program Overview

Introduction to the Medicine with a Gateway Year Programme

The Medicine with a Gateway Year programme is a widening participation initiative designed to facilitate access to Medicine for those from under-represented backgrounds. This six-year programme is innovative, distinctive, and specifically designed to meet the challenges of 21st-century healthcare, truly preparing students for life as a doctor.

Programme Structure

The programme is divided into several phases:

• Gateway Year: The first academic year, based on the University of Hull campus, which supports the transition from school or college to university, providing an excellent foundation in human biology and clinical skills.
• Phase I: Years 1 and 2, where problem-based learning (PBL) sits at the heart of the curriculum, providing a patient-centred context for training.
• Phase II: Years 3 and 4, where students experience full-time clinical placements in GP surgeries, community settings, and hospitals, developing clinical, history-taking, examination, and problem-solving skills.
• Phase III: Year 5, the final year of the programme, where clinical placement rotations continue, preparing students for the next stage of their medical training and supporting their transition to becoming a junior doctor.
• Intercalation: An optional extra year on top of the medical degree, during which students can study another undergraduate or postgraduate degree.

Entry Requirements

• A Level: ABB-BBC
• 5 GCSEs at 9-4 / A*-C
• Admissions Test: UCAT
• Eligibility criteria: Applicants must meet the programme's eligibility criteria, particularly those from the Hull York Medical School region.

Curriculum

The curriculum includes:

• Human Biology I and II: Modules that help students transition from their science level in biology, chemistry, and mathematics to the standard required for Year 1 of the Medicine programme.
• Clinical Skills: A module that provides an introduction to clinical and communication skills.
• Health and Society: A module that gives an overview of the health service, the people who work in it, and the issues it faces.
• Professionalism and Ethics: A module that introduces professional and ethical behaviours in the study and practice of medicine.
• Medical Scholarship: A module that supports students in developing their study skills needed for the course and for transition to Year 1 of the Medicine programme.

Assessment

• Formative and summative assessments are used to measure progress and determine whether students have achieved the level of attainment required to progress through the programme and graduate as a doctor.

Student Life

• Students are based at the University of Hull campus for their Gateway Year, learning in the £28-million health campus with the stunning Allam Medical Building at its heart.
• After successfully completing the Gateway Year, students can choose to continue their Medicine studies at either of the parent university campuses: the University of Hull or the University of York.

Additional Information

• The programme is ranked third in the UK.
• 83% of students say staff value their views and opinions about the course.
• 93% of students say teaching staff have supported their learning well.
• 97% of students are in work or doing further study 15 months after the course.