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UNIT VALUE
1. The total unit value of the The whole programme is administered as 4 terms (modules) each of 10 week duration, each year for 2 years. Total number of terms (modules)- 8. Each unit is equivalent to 10 hours of teaching/study. For all modules except for Buckingham, the breakdown is as follows: Total Contact Hours: 450 Theory Lectures: 65 hours Tutorials (Clinical): 200 hours Problem Based Learning (Clinical): 135 hours Private Study: 50 hours. For the Buckingham module, the breakdown is as follows: Total Contact Hours: 450 Theory Lectures: 150 hours Dissertation: 200 hours Audit: 50 hours Private Study: 50 hours The Buckingham module is not administered as a discrete package but is taught as one full day every week throughout the MD programme. 2. The total unit value of the University of Buckingham 3 year Clinical MD is 360 units, 120 units in each year. The whole programme is administered as 4 terms (modules) each of 10 week duration, each year for 3 years. Total number of terms (modules)- 12. Each unit is equivalent to 10 hours of teaching/study. For all modules except for Buckingham, the breakdown is as follows: Total Contact Hours: 300 Theory Lectures: 40 hours Tutorials (Clinical): 140 hours Problem Based Learning (Clinical): 90 hours Private Study: 30 hours. For the Buckingham module, the breakdown is as follows: Total Contact Hours: 300 Theory Lectures: 100 hours Dissertation: 130 hours Audit: 35 hours Private Study: 35 hours 3. The total unit value of the University of Buckingham 1 year Medical Research plus 2 year Clinical MD is 360 units, 180 units in each of the final 2 years. The research year has no unit value. The first year is entirely laboratory based. This is followed by Clinical MD with the whole programme administered as 4 terms (modules) each of 10 week duration, each year for the 2nd and 3rd year. Total number of terms (modules)- 8. In the 2 years of Clinical MD, each unit is equivalent to 10 hours of teaching/study. For all modules except for Buckingham, the breakdown is as follows: Total Contact Hours: 450 Theory Lectures: 65 hours Tutorials (Clinical): 200 hours Problem Based Learning (Clinical): 135 hours Private Study: 50 hours. For the Buckingham module, the breakdown is as follows: Total Contact Hours: 450 Theory Lectures: 150 hours Dissertation: 200 hours Audit: 50 hours Private Study: 50 hours. In all three MD programmes described above, the Buckingham module is not administered as a discrete package but is taught as one full day every week throughout the MD programme. Please note that the exact breakdown for any module is meant to be flexible and is subject to change in order to enhance the programme. All candidates, in any MD programme, must achieve the above-mentioned 360 units to be eligible for the award of MD degree in General Internal Medicine; the university requires nothing more, nothing less. In reality, the candidates may want to obtain even more clinical experience and training over and above that stipulated by the university for the award of MD degree. We welcome candidates to work in the hospital during weekends, evenings & nights and in between official term times for this. However, this is strictly optional and is entirely upto the candidate's wishes. Finally, please note that the 3 year Clinical MD programme is subject to full validation and approval by the university's Learning & Teaching Committees and Senate. |
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Postgraduate Medical School.