Program Overview

Primary Care iBSc

Key Information

Course type: Single honours Delivery mode: In person Study mode: Full time Duration: One year Application status: Open Start date: September 2025 Application deadline: 29 June 2025

Key Benefits

• Strong clinical focus providing practical opportunities to improve clinical and consultation skills.
• Focus on quality improvement, leadership, teamwork, as well as motivational interviewing skills.
• Leadership skills will be mentored, coached and developed, linking the theory with practical experience.
• 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.

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.

Base Campus

• Guy's Campus: The Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences, and the Institute of Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience are based at the riverside Guy's Campus, next to the Shard.

Regulating Bodies

• King's is regulated by the Office for Students.

Entry Requirements

• Full details on how to apply for King's internal students are included on KEATS.
• For further information please see the Intercalated webpage.
• Application deadlines:
  • The application deadline for King's internal students is 26th January 2025.
  • The application deadline for external students is 29th June 2025.
• Entry requirements for MBBS students:
  • King’s students must have passed Stage 1 and Stage 2.
  • External students must have first time passes for years 1 and 2 and all SSCs.
• Entry requirements for Dental students:
  • BDS students are required to pass year 2 at the first attempt and year 3 or 4 if applicable.
• Entry requirements for Veterinary students:
  • Veterinary students are required to pass year 2 at the first attempt and year 3 if applicable.

Teaching & Structure

• Teaching methods: Lectures, seminars, tutorials, and self-study.
• Location: This course is primarily taught at the King’s College London Guy’s Campus.
• Clinical placement: The clinical placement will be in a general practice setting in a practice that is approved by KUMEC and within 90 mins commute from Guy’s campus.

Assessment

• Forms of assessment typically include written assignments, presentations, and engagement reports.

Structure

• Courses are divided into modules, and students on this course take modules totalling 120 credits.
• Required modules:
  • Introduction to Primary Care (15 credits)
  • Research Methods (15 credits)
  • Leadership, Management & Quality (15 credits)
  • Clinical General Practice (30 credits)
  • Research Project in Primary Care (30 credits)
• Optional modules:
  • Teaching in Primary Care (15 credits)
  • Health Inequality (15 credits)

Employability

• 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 specialities and professions.

Tuition Fees

• Full time tuition fees UK: £9,535 per year (based on the UK Government's cap).
• Full time tuition fees International: £35,800 per year (subject to annual increases in subsequent years of study).
• Additional costs:
  • Books if you choose to buy your own copies
  • Clothing for optional course related events and competitions
  • Library fees and fines
  • Personal photocopies
  • Printing course handouts
  • Society membership fees
  • Stationery
  • Graduation costs
  • Travel costs for travel around London, between campuses and to your clinical placement

Funding

• To find out more about bursaries, scholarships, grants, tuition fees, living expenses, student loans, and other financial help available at King's please visit the Fees and Funding section.