Archived undergraduate course information

All face-to-face teaching will take place on the campus that we share with St George’s Hospital in Tooting, with appropriate social distancing measures in place. 

We have not explored alternative locations for teaching, and have no immediate plans to do so. 

If government advice on social distancing changes, we will consider ways in which we can deliver teaching onsite in a manner that is safe for students and staff. 

All face-to-face teaching will take place on the campus that we share with St George’s Hospital in Tooting, with appropriate social distancing measures in place. 

We have not explored alternative locations for teaching, and have no immediate plans to do so. 

If government advice on social distancing changes, we will consider ways in which we can deliver teaching onsite in a manner that is safe for students and staff. 

Incoming students (starting September 2021) 

All face-to-face teaching will take place at St George’s, University of London, on the campus that we share with St George’s Hospital in Tooting, with appropriate social distancing measures in place. 

We have not explored alternative locations for teaching and have no immediate plans to do so. 

If government advice on social distancing changes, we will consider ways in which we can deliver teaching on site in a manner that is safe for students and staff. 

Current students 

All face-to-face teaching will take place at St George’s, University of London, on the campus that we share with St George’s Hospital in Tooting, with appropriate social distancing measures in place. 

We have not explored alternative locations for teaching and have no immediate plans to do so. 

If government advice on social distancing changes, we will consider ways in which we can deliver teaching on site in a manner that is safe for students and staff. 

For the Year 2 industrial placements, providers will undertake an appropriate risk assessment and you will be allocated a position depending upon a combination of personal circumstances and career aspirations. 

The course will be delivered as planned at our campus in Tooting, with on-site activities in compliance with relevant government covid guidance. 

From the commencement of the academic year the students will primarily access their learning, including learning materials, via the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), Canvas. 

However, we intend to deliver hands-on practical teaching, small group tutorial and a selection of Clinical Physiology specific taught sessions on campus with appropriate social distancing and/or personal protective equipment (PPE) measures put in place, and with controls on the number of people in each location.  

We aim to deliver a minimum of 1 day per week of on-site activities per year group. 

Placement providers will continue to offer placements as they have in the previous years. We will use our existing procedures for allocating students to placements, although this may be subject to change. 

In Years 1 and 2, all university-based face-to-face teaching will take place at St George’s, University of London on the campus that we share with St George’s Hospital in Tooting, with appropriate social distancing and infection control measures in place. We have not explored alternative locations for teaching and have no immediate plans to do so. If government advice on social distancing changes, we will consider ways in which we can deliver teaching on-site in a manner that is safe for students and staff.  

For the clinical practice years (Years 3, 4 and 5), clinical placement providers will continue to offer placements as they have in the previous years. We will use our existing procedures for allocating students to placements. It is possible that if there is permanent health care configuration change as a result of Covid-19, that placement providers may necessarily change, but this will be done to achieve the required clinical experience and curricular outcomes for students.  

In Year 2, all university based face-to-face teaching will take place at St George’s, University of London on the campus that we share with St George’s Hospital in Tooting with appropriate social distancing and infection control measures in place. We have not explored alternative locations for teaching and have no immediate plans to do so. If government advice on social distancing changes, we will consider ways in which we can deliver teaching on-site in a manner that is safe for students and staff.  

T, P and F 

For the clinical practice years (Years 3, 4 and 5), clinical placement providers will continue to offer placements as they have in the previous years. We will use our existing procedures for allocating students to placements. It is possible that if there is permanent health care configuration change as a result of Covid-19, that placement providers may necessarily change, but this will be done to achieve the required clinical experience and curricular outcomes for students.  

In Year 1, university-based face-to-face teaching will take place at St George’s, University of London on the campus that we share with St George’s Hospital in Tooting, with appropriate social distancing and infection control measures in place. 

We have not explored alternative locations for teaching and have no immediate plans to do so. If government advice on social distancing changes, we will consider ways in which we can deliver teaching onsite in a manner that is safe for students and staff.  

T, P and F year students (on home and international programmes)  

The detail of this is shared on the MBBS5 template, as these are shared years between the programme, and cohorts from these years receive the same communication about the course and changes impacting the student experience.  

All face-to-face teaching will take place at St George’s, University of London on the campus that we share with St George’s Hospital in Tooting with appropriate social distancing measures in place. 

We have not explored alternative locations for teaching and have no immediate plans to do so. 

If government advice on social distancing changes, we will consider ways in which we can deliver more teaching onsite in a manner that is safe for students and staff. 

Starting in September 2021 we hope to have a minimum of two days onsite for workshops and some tutorials and practical sessions. Lectures will continue online for the autumn term. 

For clinical programmes, placement providers will continue to offer placements as they have in previous years. We will use our existing procedures for allocating students to placements. 

We also use placements outside of the NHS and social care, and these will be subject to the same quality and safety arrangements for students. 

Prior to each placement, students undertake a week of preparation, which will include any necessary Covid-19, PPE and risk assessment arrangements. 

All face-to-face teaching will take place on the campus that we share with St George’s Hospital in Tooting, with appropriate social distancing measures in place. 

We have not explored alternative locations for teaching, and have no immediate plans to do so. 

If government advice on social distancing changes, we will consider ways in which we can deliver teaching onsite in a manner that is safe for students and staff. 

All face-to-face teaching will take place at St George’s, University of London, on the campus that we share with St George’s Hospital in Tooting, with appropriate social distancing measures and PPE in place. 

We have not explored alternative locations for teaching and have no immediate plans to do so. 

If government advice on social distancing changes, we will consider ways in which we can deliver teaching on site in a manner that is safe for students and staff. 

For clinical programmes, placement providers will continue to offer placements as they have in the previous years. 

We will use our existing procedures for allocating students to placements, unless government advice changes.

Face-to-face teaching that takes place on campus will be at St George’s Hospital in Tooting with appropriate social distancing measures in place. 

Our placement providers will continue to offer placements as they have in the previous years. We will use our existing procedures for allocating students to placements.

We are not making any significant changes to the content of the Biomedical Science BSc programme. 

Overall, the course in structure and content will be similar as advertised. 

There is a possibility that government advice on social distancing may change in the future and this may restrict access to the campus. Even if this were to be the case, we expect to be able to continue to deliver the core modules of the programme and the final year specialisms and pathways as planned. 

We are not making any significant changes to the content of the Biomedical Science MSci programme. 

Overall, the course in structure and content will be similar as advertised. 

There is a possibility that government advice on social distancing may change in the future and this may restrict access to the campus. Even if this were to be the case, we expect to be able to continue to deliver the core modules of the programme and the final year specialisms and pathways as planned. 

Years 1 and 2 will operate the same as in the previous academic year, with appropriate changes due to social distancing or online delivery in line with the present guidance. 

The number of modules has not changed, but content has been modified as a standard part of curriculum development for a new course. 

Everything itemised in the course webpage and documents for Years 1, 2 and 3 will be implemented as planned unless another wave of Covid-19 sparks further government changes to university operations.

We have not made any significant changes to the content of your programme. 

Overall, the course in content and structure will be the same as advertised. 

We are not making any significant changes to the content of the Healthcare Science programme. 

There may be some minor changes to how we deliver the programme – see below table. 

There is a possibility that government advice on social distancing may change in the future and this may restrict access to the campus. Even if this were to be the case, we expect to be able to continue to deliver the core modules of the programme and the final year specialisms and pathways as planned. 

For Year 1 students 

Module/  component	Description of change
Clinical Training  (year 1)	It may be necessary to reduce the number of weeks for clinical placement if placement sites cannot accommodate students on-site at the scheduled time

For continuing students 

Module/  component	Description of change
Clinical Training  (Year 2)	We intend to increase the standard number weeks of clinical placement to make up for time lost on placement in previous year, however, due to the uncertainty of placement sites it may also be necessary to decrease the number of placement weeks.
Clinical Training  (Year 3)	We intend to increase the standard number weeks of clinical placement to make up for time lost on placement in previous year, however, due to the uncertainty of placement sites it may also be necessary to decrease the number of placement weeks.

St George’s is not making any significant changes to the content of the Medicine MBBS5 programme in relation to Covid-19.  

A curriculum review project, initiated in April 2019, is being rolled out for course delivery from September 2021 onwards for Year 1 students. This is detailed on our main content pages. 

The first 2 years of the course comprise a series of compulsory modules in which there is integrated teaching from the core educational themes which drive the knowledge and skills to achieving qualification as a doctor. We have been able to incorporate student and staff feedback from the experience of online teaching delivery during the pandemic into our new curriculum, informing which content continues to be delivered online and which will be delivered face-to-face subject to any Covid-19-related restrictions. This is detailed in the next section (below) on this page. 

Non-Covid-19 health and safety factors are impacting on access to the dissection room, as detailed on the main course pages. At least for the first term, anatomy delivery will take the form of online, interactive practical sessions, recorded dissection room videos and guided virtual dissection using ‘Complete Anatomy’ until the cohort can be accommodated safely in the dissection room. When it is safe to do so, which is not expected to be any sooner than early 2022, Year 1 students will have an initial orientation visit to the dissection room, and practical dissection sessions will resume. 

There are primary and secondary care placements within the community from the start of the course. We are planning for all primary and secondary care placements to be delivered as scheduled in 2021/22. If for any reason this is not possible, some may be replaced with virtual placement experiences. Alternative virtual experiences are also already prepared for any community placements that are not able to host students in person during 2021/22.  All students on placement will be expected to undertake a Covid-19 risk assessment and adhere to local NHS provider working patterns and guidance.  In some instances, placement experience may be supplemented by remote learning experiences. We have already prepared to cover learning normally delivered in these environments if it is not possible to attend clinical environments if temporary local restrictions are required, such that the content will be unchanged. 

Apart from the annual review and refresh cycle, we have not made any major changes to the curriculum of the clinical practice years (Years 3, 4 and 5). The content of the course, the skills to be acquired, and development of the professional attitudes, abilities and behaviours to be acquired are unchanged. There will be minor changes to the detail of some skills – for example some clinical procedures are currently unsafe to be performed on real patients during the Covid-19 pandemic (e.g., airway management, throat examination), and so simulation may be used instead of learning with real patients.  Although critical care and anaesthetics placements (final year) were suspended during 2020-21, with the content and skills being taught via lectures and small group teaching and simulation instead of experience in the clinical environment, this is resuming for the 2021/22 academic year and we anticipate should continue beyond that.   

There are student-selected components (SSCs) threaded throughout the course. Due to reduced capacity for students at placement sites, we anticipate there may be ongoing reduced opportunities to do clinical attachments for these components of the course, but there will be an expanded range of remote opportunities covering similar areas, including in clinical sciences, health service delivery, research and humanities. We cannot predict at this stage how the pandemic might impact on the potential for overseas travel in the final year SSC (elective) in the future, but we will support this providing it is safe to do so, and ensure alternative local opportunities if required.

MBBS4 Year 1 students  

We are not making any significant changes to the content of the Graduate Entry Medicine programme in relation to Covid-19. 

The first year of the course comprises of a series of compulsory modules in which there is integrated teaching from the core educational themes which drive the knowledge and skills to achieve qualification as a doctor.  

We have been able to incorporate student and staff feedback from the experience of online teaching delivery during the pandemic to inform which content continues to be delivered online, and which will be delivered face-to-face, subject to any Covid-19 related restrictions. This is detailed in the next section. 

We anticipate Problem-Based Learning (PBL) will be delivered with a combination of remote and face-to face tutorials in Year 1, with the proportion determined by government guidance for social distancing and infection control at the time. We will rotate PBL groups to ensure that all students have the opportunity for onsite face-to-face PBL, shared across students over the year should it be necessary to have only a proportion of the cohort onsite at any one time. 

Non-Covid-19 health and safety factors are impacting on access to the dissection room, as detailed on the main course pages. At least for the first term, anatomy delivery will take the form of online, interactive practical sessions, recorded dissection room videos and guided virtual dissection using ‘Complete Anatomy’ until the cohort can be accommodated safely in the dissection room. 

When it is safe to do so, which is not expected to be any sooner than early 2022, Year 1 students will have an initial orientation visit to the dissection room, and practical dissection sessions will resume. 

There are primary and secondary care placements within the community from the start of the course. We are planning for all primary and secondary care placements to be delivered as scheduled in 2021-22. If for any reason this is not possible, some may be replaced with virtual placement experiences. 

Alternative virtual experiences are also already prepared for any community placements that are not able to host students in person during 2021/22.  

All students on placement will be expected to undertake a Covid-19 risk assessment and adhere to local NHS provider working patterns and guidance.  In some instances, placement experience may be supplemented by remote learning experiences. 

We have already prepared to cover learning normally delivered in these environments if it is not possible to attend clinical environments if temporary local restrictions are required, such that the content will be unchanged. 

Apart from the annual review and refresh cycle, we have not made any major changes to the curriculum of the clinical practice years (Years 3 and 4). 

The content of the course, the skills to be acquired, and development of the professional attitudes, abilities and behaviours to be acquired are unchanged. There will be minor changes to the detail of some skills – for example, some clinical procedures are currently unsafe to be performed on real patients during the Covid-19 pandemic (e.g., airway management, throat examination), and so simulation may be used instead of learning with real patients.  

Although critical care and anaesthetics placements (final year) were suspended during 2020/21, with the content and skills being taught via lectures, small group teaching and simulation instead of experience in the clinical environment, this is returning for the 2021/22 academic year and we anticipate should continue beyond that.   

There are student-selected components (SSCs) threaded through the course. Due to reduced capacity for students at placement sites, we anticipate there m be ongoing reduced opportunities to do clinical attachments for these components of the course, but there will be an expanded range of remote opportunities covering similar areas, including in clinical sciences, health service delivery, research, and humanities.  

We cannot predict at this stage how the pandemic might impact on the potential for overseas travel in the final year SSC (elective) in the future but we will support this providing it is safe to do so and will ensure alternative local opportunities if required. 

T, P and F year students (on home and international programmes)  

The detail of this is shared on the MBBS5 template, as these are shared years between the programme, and cohorts from these years receive the same communication about the course and changes impacting the student experience.

We are not making any significant changes to the content of the Occupational Therapy BSc programme. 

However, we have remodelled placement activity for Years 2 and 3 to accommodate the original schedule for practice placements due to the interruptions caused by the pandemic. 

This has been necessary as all students on this programme must complete 1,000 hours of practice placement as part of the degree award and professional body requirements. 

All the programme modules are compulsory and must be passed for successful completion for the degree award, and for you to be eligible for registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) under the protected title of Occupational Therapist. 

There is a possibility that government advice on social distancing may change in the future and this may alter access to the campus. We expect to be able to continue to deliver all modules of the programme in a blended format (a combination of online learning and on site sessions, per the guidance given for autumn term 2021) . We will continue to adapt practice placement activities, in line with the guidance of the relevant professional bodies (Health Education England, Health and Care Professions Council and the Royal College of Occupational Therapists). 

Course content 

Incoming Year 2 students will complete their second and third placements in 2021/22. 

Incoming Year 3 year students will complete placements 3 and 4 in 2021/22.

We are not making any significant changes to the content of the Paramedic Science BSc programme. 

We will continue to deliver simulation and skills onsite using appropriate safety measures. The 12 modules of the BSc will still be delivered in full and will use a blended approach to teaching and learning, including online lectures, seminars and simulated patients. We will use a creative approach to delivering all learning outcomes and will ensure an accessible, engaging programme which places student and patient safety at the heart. 

There is a possibility that government advice on social distancing may change in the future and this may restrict access to the campus. We will have alternative provision regarding assessments if this takes place. 

We are not making any significant changes to the content of the Physiotherapy BSc programme. 

However, placement activity for Year 3 has been remodelled, as there is currently reduced placement provision from practice because of the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on placement provision. 

It is anticipated that Year 2 placements will proceed as scheduled, but it may be that there are some adjustments as has been the case in previous years due to the effect of the pandemic on placement providers. 

All the programme modules are compulsory and must be passed for successful completion for the degree award, and to make students eligible to apply for registration with the Health and Care Professions Council(HCPC) under the protected title of Physiotherapist. 

There is a possibility that government advice on social distancing may change in the future and this may restrict access to the campus. 

Even if this were to be the case, we expect to be able to continue to deliver the core modules of the programme and the final year specialisms and pathways as planned. 

At the moment we are delivering clinical skills and practical exams onsite following the government advice of social distancing and appropriate PPE. 

We have not made any significant changes to the content of your programme. All validated learning outcomes at modular and programme level will still be delivered. 

For 2021/22 (academic year) delivery teaching will follow a blended model. This means we will have some onsite skills based practical sessions (with appropriate distancing and PPE, plus limitations upon numbers in line with national and university guidance), and a mixture of onsite and online teaching. We anticipate students will be onsite a day or two a week, depending upon year group and placement commitments. There will be some small group teaching, lectures and tutorials on site. 

Online learning will consist of a mixture of live sessions and pre-recorded content for you to work through on your own. The team have organised the timetable holistically, looking at every week rather than module by module. This will hopefully give you the best experience. We will have real time interaction with students as it is essential to foster and maintain a sense of belonging and to check learning and progress. Personal tutor support and all other student support will be remote or face to face as needed. 

Changes to placement partner requirements have been managed by amending our year plans. Sites cannot accommodate more than a certain number of students from any one year group on site at any time. To facilitate this we have avoided any potential overlap. Students will adopt local Trust working patterns/guidance. They will not be placed on Covid-hot units. 

Students will have a risk assessment if they identify as vulnerable themselves or share a home with a vulnerable person. The team will liaise with each student on an individual basis. Placements will continue as planned. Simulation facilities can and will be used when appropriate to supplement clinical education however we anticipate all modules in clinical will continue as planned. 

For students in all years, the programme has been re-designed to be a hybrid delivery of lectures delivered online as pre-recorded sessions or ‘live’ (synchronous) online lectures, and ‘live’ interactive weekly Q&A and discussion sessions. 

Interactive small group tutorials, and the majority of laboratory and computer practicals will be delivered on site. 

The existing learning outcomes for our modules and courses will remain in place. 

From September to December 2021, all students will primarily access their learning, including learning materials, via the University’s Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), Canvas. 

Hands-on practical teaching and learning activities will be delivered on campus, with appropriate social distancing and personal protective equipment (PPE) measures put in place and with controls on the number of people in each location. 

The online components of the course will be designed to balance interactive real-time sessions with lecturers and other students alongside self-paced independent study. 

Students will have clear learning pathways through the activities they are expected to engage with, and there will be opportunities to check learning and progress. 

In the final year, we will continue to offer research projects that enable students to work with professional research groups tackling real medical and health problems. 

We expect to be able to deliver laboratory-based projects with appropriate social distancing measures in 2021/22. 

Our capacity to do so may change if government guidelines change. If that happens, we will do our best to provide alternative arrangements and to enable students to complete on schedule. 

Non-lab research projects will also be offered, including those involving data analysis of previously collected data, surveys/questionnaires, bioinformatic analysis/data mining, or analysis of anonymised patient data. 

To get the most from online study, hardware requirements will be established and communicated to all existing students and offer holders. Students will need their own personal computer or laptop and an internet connection in their place of accommodation. This needs to be in place at the start of the course. Once enrolled, students will have the ability to use Microsoft Office 365 as part of the University’s institutional licence, and will be able to access software required for their modules/courses via AppsAnywhere. 

In addition, we offer Microsoft Office for Mac via Office 365, but only the following applications are available for Mac: Teams, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook and OneNote. Web-based Microsoft Office applications are available on Mac. Full details are available here. 

There is a provision for students who may struggle to meet the hardware requirements through the university’s IT Hardship team. 

Incoming students (September 2021) 

The existing learning outcomes for our modules and courses will remain in place. 

From September to December 2021 all students will primarily access their learning, including learning materials, via the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), Canvas. 

Hands-on practical teaching and learning activities will be delivered on campus with appropriate social distancing and personal protective equipment (PPE) measures put in place, and with controls on the number of people in each location. 

Small-group tutorials will also be held on campus. 

The online components of the course will be designed to balance interactive real-time sessions with lecturers and other students, with self-paced independent study. 

Students will have clear learning pathways through the activities they are expected to engage with, and there will be opportunities to check learning and progress. 

Personal tutor support and all other student support, such as the Academic Success Centre, will also be online for this period, using a range of methods for staying in touch, such as telephone, email and the University’s web conferencing systems BigBlueButton and MSTeams. 

Placements are currently expected to take place with minimum changes to planned delivery or timings. All students on placement will be expected to undertake a risk assessment and adhere to local Trust working patterns and guidance.   

To get the most from online study, hardware requirements have been established and communicated to all existing students and offer holders. 

Students will need their own personal computer or laptop and an internet connection in their place of accommodation. This needs to be in place at the start of the course. 

Once enrolled, students will have the ability to use Office 365 as part of our institutional licence, and access software required for their modules/courses via AppsAnywhere. In addition, we offer Office for Mac via Ofice365, but only the following applications are available for Mac: Teams, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, OneNote. Web-based Office applications are available on Mac. Full details are available here. 

There is a provision for students who may struggle to meet the hardware requirements to contact our IT Hardship team. 

The Clinical Pharmacology degree will use a hybrid delivery system involving both remote and face-to-face teaching. 

Following student consultation and the wish for a balance between onsite and remote teaching, the expectation is that students will be on site for two days a week – primarily, though not exclusively, for small group teaching, practicals and some workshops. 

Lectures and workshops will be delivered online as pre-recorded sessions. In addition, you will come to the campus to take part in small group sessions, laboratory practicals and clinical skills sessions. These will be operated with appropriate social distancing measures in line with government recommendations. 

The Year 1 sessions at St George’s will run on Mondays and Fridays throughout the semester; occasionally it may be other days. We intend to hold a lab practical in the morning and clinical skills in the afternoon, to minimise your need to use public transport. 

You will also take part in a presentation skills workshop run by an external facilitator on campus. 

We have designed this blend of online learning that can be done at your leisure, live small group sessions done onsite and physical attendance at St George’s, plus student discussion boards and Q&A, to optimise your experience in these strained times. 

Current students 

The existing learning outcomes for our modules and courses will remain in place. 

From September to December 2021 all students will primarily access their learning, including learning materials, via the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), Canvas. 

Hands-on practical teaching and learning activities will be delivered on campus with appropriate social distancing and personal protective equipment (PPE) measures put in place, and with controls on the number of people in each location. 

The online components of the course will be designed to balance interactive real-time sessions with lecturers and other students, with self-paced independent study. Students will have clear learning pathways through the activities they are expected to engage with, and there will be opportunities to check learning and progress. 

Personal tutor support and all other student support, such as the Academic Success Centre, will also be online for this period, using a range of methods for staying in touch, such as telephone, email and the University’s web conferencing systems BigBlueButton and MSTeams. 

Placements are currently expected to resume from September 2021 with minimum changes to planned delivery or timings. All students on placement will be expected to undertake a risk assessment and adhere to local Trust working patterns and guidance.   

To get the most from online study, hardware requirements have been established and communicated to all existing students and offer holders. Students will need their own personal computer or laptop and an internet connection in their place of accommodation. This needs to be in place at the start of the course. 

Once enrolled, students will have the ability to use Office 365 as part of our institutional licence, and access software required for their modules/courses via AppsAnywhere. 

In addition, we offer Office for Mac via Ofice365, but only the following applications are available for Mac: Teams, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, OneNote. Web-based Office applications are available on Mac. Full details are available here. 

There is a provision for students who may struggle to meet the hardware requirements to contact our IT Hardship team. 

You will have become used to online delivery of lectures, workshops and small groups in your first year. 

For year 2 some of the online activities you experienced in year 1 will continue, but you will come on to the campus for small groups, practicals and clinical skills sessions. These will be organised with appropriate social distancing and hand-washing measures. 

In the semester 4 you will do a research project for six weeks, followed by industrial experience. Covid-19 considerations are built into these activities. 

For year 3 some of the online activities you experienced in year 2 will continue, but you will come onto the campus for small groups, practicals and some workshops. These will be organised with appropriate social distancing and hand-washing measures and with Covid-19 considerations built into these activities.

The existing learning outcomes for our modules and courses will remain in place. 

The online components of the course will be designed to balance interactive real-time sessions with lecturers and other students, with self-paced independent study. 

Students will have clear learning pathways through the activities they are expected to engage with, and there will be opportunities to check learning and progress. 

Approximately 25% of the course will be delivered remotely, whilst 25% will be delivered on site and 50% will be delivered at the placement provider sites (Clinical Departments).

The existing learning outcomes for our modules and courses will remain in place. From the commencement of the academic year the students will primarily access their learning, including learning materials, via the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), Canvas. However, we intend to deliver hands-on practical teaching, small group tutorial and a selection of Clinical Physiology specific taught sessions on campus with appropriate social distancing and/or personal protective equipment (PPE) measures put in place, and with controls on the number of people in each location.  

We aim to deliver a minimum of 1 day per week of on-site activities per year group, However, some year groups may have more on site activities than others. 

The online components of the course will be designed to balance interactive real-time sessions with lecturers and other students, with self-paced independent study. Students will have clear learning pathways through the activities they are expected to engage with, and there will be opportunities to check learning and progress. 

Personal tutor support and all other student support, such as the Academic Success Centre, will also be online for this period, using a range of methods for staying in touch, such as telephone, email and the University’s web conferencing systems BigBlueButton and MSTeams. 

Clinical placements are currently expected to take place under timetables traditionally used prior to Covid-19, with year one currently scheduled to commence in January 2022, year two in October 2021 and year three in September 2021. As indicated we intend to increase the standard number of weeks of clinical placements for year two and three students to make up for time lost on placement in the previous year, however, due to the uncertainty of placement sites it may also be necessary to decrease the number of placement weeks. All students on placement will be expected to undertake a risk assessment and adhere to local Trust working patterns and guidance.   

To get the most from online study, hardware requirements have been established and communicated to all existing students and offer holders. Students will need their own personal computer or laptop and an internet connection in their place of accommodation. This needs to be in place at the start of the course. Once enrolled, students will have the ability to use Office 365 as part of our institutional licence, and access software required for their modules/courses via AppsAnywhere. In addition, we offer Office for Mac via Ofice365, but only the following applications are available for Mac: Teams, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, OneNote. Web-based Office applications are available on Mac. Full details are available here. 

There is a provision for students who may struggle to meet the hardware requirements to contact our IT Hardship team. 

All years 

The online components of the course will be designed to balance interactive real-time sessions with lecturers and other students alongside self-paced independent study. Students will have clear learning pathways through the activities they are expected to engage with, and there will be opportunities to check learning and progress. Access to course materials, including curriculum information, learning resources, and, where applicable, recordings of live lectures/sessions will continue to be via the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), Canvas. Hands-on practical teaching including clinical and communication skills, and many small group tutorials (dependent on government guidance for universities) will be delivered on campus with appropriate social distancing and personal protective equipment (PPE) measures put in place, and with controls on the number of people in each location. If restrictions increase, some early years sessions may be delivered remotely, or rescheduled until later in the course. Students in Years 1 (and 2) will come to the campus on average at least twice a week for scheduled face-to-face teaching for sessions which require a physical presence and/or direct interaction with others – for example, learning clinical skills, communication skills sessions, and a proportion of small group tutorials.   

We are planning for all primary and secondary care placements to be delivered as scheduled in 2021/22. If for any reason this is not possible, some may be replaced with virtual placement experiences. Alternative virtual experiences are also already prepared for any community placements that are not able to host students in person during 2021/22.  Primary and secondary care placements for students in Years 3, 4 and 5 have been continuing on site since early autumn 2020, including through pandemic peaks, and we expect this to remain the case in the future. All our providers are now experienced in continuing to provide an educational experience, and adapting this as required depending on the prevalence of Covid-19 and NHS service capacity during peaks, and the consequent risks to students of being on placement. This is supported by now well-established infection control policies, and the ongoing commitment of our providers, backed up by Health Education England and the General Medical Council (GMC) to keep students on placement now that organisations have had time to prepare. 

In the clinical practice years (Years 3, 4 and 5), the curriculum is driven by 15 clinical outcomes which change in content each year and by speciality. These outcomes, together with the list of priority conditions for each speciality, drive your learning as you progress through the course and ultimately graduate. In 2021, using those 15 outcomes and priority case framework, we will teach to the same outcomes using a blended approach to support clinical placement experience, informed by the St George’s online educational framework, which involves:  

Remote delivery for teaching where suitable: knowledge dissemination, clinical interventions and videos of operations, case discussions, clinical reasoning, diagnostic investigations, treatments, presentations, debates, and quizzes. Staff have been trained in adapting teaching for remote learning using the online education framework.  

More focused clinical placements which are orientated to the safety of the student and the learning and practice of skills which medical students need to develop as doctors in the clinical workplace: witnessing and participating in patient safety processes; clinical communication and examination of patients; real-time investigation and treatment of patients; teamworking; multi-disciplinary team working; and practical procedures. We anticipate providing all speciality placements, including contact with patients who may have, or do have Covid-19, where this is essential for student learning. 

Enhanced provision of digital resources on Canvas, our virtual learning environment. We are steadily increasing the digital resources relating to clinical medicine which are available for medical students to review, if clinical experience available to the students on placement dips again, as it did in March 2020.  

Increased face-to-face, remote, low and high-fidelity simulation where required.  

Even if the Covid-19 pandemic disappears, the success of our blended learning programme while placements were closed has led us to continue with parts of the blended delivery that were considered valuable by students, e.g., video tutorials about operations, but returning to the delivery of clinical education in healthcare environments for those clinical outcomes which cannot be otherwise taught.   

Additional teaching about personal protective equipment (PPE), Covid-19, and how to learn effectively in a remote or blended environment has been developed.   

Module changes published* 

Anatomy teaching across all year 1 and 2 modules	2021/22	Dissection room practical experience replaced with online interactive practical sessions, recorded dissection room videos and guided virtual dissection using ‘Complete Anatomy’ at least for term one
Anatomy teaching across all year 2 modules	2021/22	Dissection room practical experience replaced interactive practical sessions, recorded dissection room videos and guided virtual dissection using ‘Complete Anatomy’ at least for term one

*This was Covid-19 related in 202021, but changes to non-Covid-19 health and safety regulations have precluded return to the dissection room until these are resolved as detailed on the main course pages 

MBBS4 year 1 students  

The learning outcomes for our modules have undergone the normal annual review and refresh cycle and remain largely the same. There is a similar amount of contact time, though some of this will now be delivered remotely.  

Year 1 of the course comprises of a series of compulsory modules, in which there is integrated teaching from the core educational themes which drive the knowledge and skills to achieve qualification as a doctor. The online components of the course will be designed to balance interactive real-time sessions with lecturers and other students alongside self-paced independent study. 

Students will have clear learning pathways through the activities they are expected to engage with, and there will be opportunities to check learning and progress.  

Access to course materials, including curriculum information, learning resources, and where applicable recordings of live lectures/sessions will continue to be via the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), Canvas. Hands-on practical teaching including clinical and communication skills, and many small group tutorials (dependent on government guidance for universities) will be delivered on campus with appropriate social distancing and personal protective equipment (PPE) measures put in place, and with controls on the number of people in each location.  

If restrictions increase, some early years sessions may be delivered remotely, or rescheduled until later in the course. Students in Year 1 should expect to come to the campus on average at least twice a week for scheduled face-to-face teaching for sessions which require a physical presence and/or direct interaction with others – for example, learning clinical skills, communication skills sessions, and a proportion of small group tutorials. 

Currently we anticipate all the clinical and communication sessions will be onsite throughout the first year. 

We are planning for all primary and secondary care placements to be delivered as scheduled in 2021/22. If for any reason this is not possible, some may be replaced with virtual placement experiences. Alternative virtual experiences are also already prepared for any community placements that are not able to host students in person during 2021/22.  

Primary and secondary care placements for students in Years 3 and 4 have been continuing on site since early autumn 2020, including through pandemic peaks, and we expect this to remain the case in the future.

All our providers are now experienced in continuing to provide an educational experience, and adapting this as required depending on the prevalence of Covid-19 and NHS service capacity during peaks, and the consequent risks to students of being on placement. 

This is supported by now well-established infection control policies, and the ongoing commitment of our providers, backed up by Health Education England and the General Medical Council (GMC) to keep students on placement now that organisations have had time to prepare. 

In the clinical practice years (Years 3 and 4), the curriculum is driven by 15 clinical outcomes which change in content each year and by speciality. These outcomes, together with the list of priority conditions for each speciality, drive your learning as you progress through the course and ultimately graduate. 

In 2021, using those 15 outcomes and priority case framework, we will teach to the same outcomes using a blended approach to support clinical placement experience, informed by the St George’s online educational framework, which involves:  

1. Remote delivery for teaching where suitable: knowledge dissemination, clinical interventions and videos of operations, case discussions, clinical reasoning, diagnostic investigations, treatments, presentations, debates, and quizzes. Staff have been trained in adapting teaching for remote learning using the online education framework.  

2. More focused clinical placements which are orientated to the safety of the student and the learning and practice of skills which medical students need to develop as doctors in the clinical workplace: witnessing and participating in patient safety processes; clinical communication and examination of patients; real-time investigation and treatment of patients; teamworking; multi-disciplinary team working; and practical procedures. We anticipate providing all speciality placements, including contact with patients who may have, or do have Covid-19, where this is essential for student learning. 

3. Enhanced provision of digital resources on Canvas, our virtual learning environment. We are steadily increasing the digital resources relating to clinical medicine which are available for medical students to review, if clinical experience available to the students on placement dips again, as it did in March 2020.  

4. Increased face-to-face, remote, low and high-fidelity simulation where required.  

Even if the Covid-19 pandemic disappears, the success of our blended learning programme while placements were closed has led us to continue with parts of the blended delivery that were considered valuable by students, e.g., video tutorials about operations, but returning to the delivery of clinical education in healthcare environments for those clinical outcomes which cannot be otherwise taught.   

Additional teaching about personal protective equipment (PPE), Covid-19, and how to learn effectively in a remote or blended environment has been developed.   

Changes published for Year 1* 

Module/component	Academic year to which the change will apply	Description of change
Anatomy Teaching across all Year 1 modules	2021/22	Dissection room practical experience replaced with online interactive practical sessions, recorded dissection room videos and guided virtual dissection using ‘Complete Anatomy’ at least for term one

 *This was Covid-19 related in 2020/21, but changes to non-Covid-19 health and safety regulations have precluded return to the dissection room until these are resolved as detailed on the main course pages. 

T, P and F year students (on home and international programmes)  

The detail of this is shared on the MBBS5 template, as these are shared years between the programme, and cohorts from these years receive the same communication about the course and changes impacting the student experience. 

The Occupational Therapy BSc programme intends to ensure a minimum of 2 days per week spent on site at the university, where possible. 

The existing learning outcomes for our modules and courses will remain in place. 

From September to December 2021 all students will primarily access their learning, including learning materials, via the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), Canvas. 

Hands-on practical teaching and learning activities will be delivered on campus with appropriate social distancing and personal protective equipment (PPE) measures put in place, and with controls on the number of people in each location, as per current government guidance. 

The online components of the course will be designed to balance interactive real-time sessions with lecturers and other students, with self-paced independent study. Students will have clear learning pathways through the activities they are expected to engage with, and there will be opportunities to check learning and progress. 

Personal tutor support and all other student support, such as the Academic Success Centre, will also be online for this period, using a range of methods for staying in touch, such as telephone, email and the University’s web conferencing systems and Microsoft Teams. 

All students on placement will be expected to undertake a risk assessment and adhere to local Trust working patterns and guidance.  

To get the most from online study, hardware requirements have been established and communicated to all existing students and offer holders. Students will need their own personal computer or laptop and an internet connection in their place of accommodation. This needs to be in place at the start of the course. Once enrolled, students will have the ability to use Office 365 as part of our institutional licence, and access software required for their modules/courses via AppsAnywhere. In addition, we offer Office for Mac via Office 365, but only the following applications are available for Mac: Teams, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, OneNote. Web-based Office applications are available on Mac. Full details are available here. 

There is a provision for students who may struggle to meet the hardware requirements to contact our IT Hardship team. 

The existing learning outcomes for our modules and courses will remain in place. From September 2021 all students will primarily access their learning, including learning materials, via the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), Canvas. 

Hands-on practical teaching and learning activities will be delivered on campus with appropriate social distancing and personal protective equipment (PPE) measures put in place, and with controls on the number of people in each location. 

We are hoping also to resume some fact to face lectures as and when it is safe to do so. 

The online components of the course will be designed to balance interactive real-time sessions with lecturers and other students, with self-paced independent study. Students will have clear learning pathways through the activities they are expected to engage with, and there will be opportunities to check learning and progress. We deliver a mix of theoretical and practical sessions throughout the programme and are hoping that there will be no change to practical elements of the course. 

Personal tutor support and all other student support, such as the Academic Success Centre, will also be online for this period, using a range of methods for staying in touch, such as telephone, email and the University’s web conferencing systems BigBlueButton and Microsoft Teams. 

Placement opportunities are expected to continue and subject to risk assessment. 

To get the most from online study, hardware requirements have been established and communicated to all existing students and offer holders. Students will need their own personal computer or laptop and an internet connection in their place of accommodation. This needs to be in place at the start of the course. Once enrolled, students will have the ability to use Office 365 as part of our institutional licence, and access software required for their modules/courses via AppsAnywhere. In addition, we offer Office for Mac via Office 365, but only the following applications are available for Mac: Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote. Web-based Office applications are available on Mac. Full details are available here. 

There is a provision for students who may struggle to meet the hardware requirements to contact our IT Hardship team. 

The existing learning outcomes for our modules and courses will remain in place. From September to December 2021 all students will primarily access their learning, including learning materials, via the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), Canvas. Hands-on practical teaching and learning activities will be delivered on campus with appropriate social distancing and personal protective equipment (PPE) measures put in place, and with controls on the number of people in each location if required to meet social distancing requirements. Some tutorials and lectures that do not require physical contact will also be delivered on campus. 

The online components of the course will be designed to balance interactive real-time sessions with lecturers and other students, with self-paced independent study. Students will have clear learning pathways through the activities they are expected to engage with, and there will be opportunities to check learning and progress. Personal tutor support and all other student support, such as the Academic Success Centre, will also be online for this period, using a range of methods for staying in touch, such as telephone, email and the University’s web conferencing systems BigBlueButton and Microsoft Teams. 

All students on placement will be expected to adhere to the hosting practice organisations’ working patterns and guidance.

The blended approach enables us to deliver a mixture of on site and off site teaching in addition to the clinical placement learning. 

Clinical placements continue to run for the planned weeks, with shift patterns in place at local trusts to fit with their covid management plans. 

Academic blocks will have four days of direct learning and one day allocated to study. 

The weekly timetable is managed holistically with learning and the student experience a priority. 

We anticipate up to 3 days a week onsite each week, in general (subject to change to accommodate current regulations and timetable commitments). 

Learning on site will be organised for the whole day to minimise the need to travel in for just one session.   

Students can come on site to access the library and study areas if they prefer, with university and national restrictions allowing. 

We are expecting to deliver the course within the planned timescales, and for successful students to graduate at the expected time.

Incoming students (starting September 2021) 

We are expecting to deliver the course within the planned timescales, and for students to progress and graduate without delay. 

Although some assessments are designed to be taken on site, we have developed an alternative strategy allowing assessments to be completed remotely without coming on to campus. 

However, this programme does include practical elements that are delivered in laboratories, clinical cubicles and in our Dissection Room. These will run as planned in 2021/2 with appropriate social distancing measures in place. It may be the case (to be confirmed) Dissecting Room sessions will be on-line and/or simulated. 

There is a possibility that government advice on social distancing may change. If that is the case, we will endeavour to delay practical components of the programme to a subsequent semester (or year) to protect the safety of our students. 

Current students 

We are planning to deliver the course within the planned timescales, and for students to progress and graduate without delay. 

Although some assessments are designed to be taken on site, we have developed an alternative strategy allowing assessments to be completed remotely without coming on to campus. 

However, this programme does include a year 2 research project, which may be delivered in laboratories. This will run as planned in 2021/2 with appropriate social distancing measures in place. 

Our capacity to do so may change if government guidelines change. However, we will strive to ensure that alternative arrangements are in place to enable you to complete on schedule, including the use of previously acquired data from supervisors or data banks. 

We are currently intending to put all year 2 students into a workplace experience for five weeks in May 2022. This will occur only if the company completes a risk assessment and can assure effective social distancing. 

Our ability to obtain placements may be affected by Covid-19 and we have contingency plans involving seminars from different company employees to provide industrial experience. 

We do not intend to delay placements if we can avoid it, as this could impact on students’ ability to complete the course and graduate on schedule. 

Same as Biomedical Science BSc & MSci

We are expecting to deliver the course within the planned timescales, and for students to progress and graduate without delay. 

Placement providers will continue to offer placements as they have in previous years. Their capacity to offer placements may change if, in the event of a further outbreak of Covid-19, delivering care to affected patients becomes the overriding priority. If that happens, we will limit the impact on students where possible. For first and second year students it may be necessary to delay placements to the following academic year to protect student safety. However, there is a possibility that graduation for some final year students may be delayed until they can complete all placements.

We expect to deliver the course within the planned timescales to enable successful students to progress through the programme and graduate without delay. Information about contingencies for teaching, placement experience and assessments to facilitate this in the event of further outbreaks of Covid-19 are detailed in other sections. 

2, T, P and F year students  

We expect to deliver the course within the planned timescales to enable successful students to progress from one year of the programme to the next and to graduate without delay. Information about contingencies for teaching, placement experience and assessments to facilitate this in the event of further outbreaks of Covid-19 are detailed in other sections. However, for students in Final year whose personal circumstances preclude attending placements at times of high covid-prevalence, in the event of further outbreaks there is a possibility that graduation may be delayed until they are able to complete all placements. 

MBBS4 Year 1 students  

We expect to deliver the course within the planned timescales to enable successful students to progress through the programme and graduate without delay. Information about contingencies for teaching, placement experience and assessments to facilitate this in the event of further outbreaks of Covid-19 are detailed in other sections. 

T, P and F year students (on home and international programmes)  

The detail of this is shared on the MBBS5 template, as these are shared years between the programme, and cohorts from these years receive the same communication about the course and changes impacting the student experience.

At this stage, we expect to deliver the course within the planned timescales to enable successful students to progress through the programme, and to graduate without delay, providing they meet the requirements of the programme. 

Some assessments are designed to be taken on-site or in small groups. Where necessary we have developed alternative assessment strategies to enable students to complete assessments remotely and without coming to campus. Students will be coached on how to use the relevant online platforms to enable them to do this. 

The programme does include practical, clinical and skill-based elements that are delivered in specialist teaching rooms and with specialist equipment. Practical classes in our specialist teaching rooms will be arranged to minimise travel to and from the site (approximately twice a week during September–December 2021) with appropriate social distancing measures and PPE if required by government guidelines. Anatomy sessions normally delivered in our Dissection Room will be delivered online with video recordings in the first term (September–December 2021). Practical, clinical and skills-based teaching will run as planned for the remainder of the 2021/22 academic year. 

We have currently planned for placement activity for Years 1, 2 and 3 of the programme and will use our normal systems and processes to allocate students to placements. We will consider any necessary risk assessments for individual students and plan their placements accordingly. 

There is a possibility that government advice on social distancing may change. If that is the case, we will endeavour to adjust practical components of the programme in order to maximise a positive student experience.  

We will continue to offer final-year research projects in small groups which enable students to work with staff on topics related to occupational science or occupational therapy. Depending on government advice and guidance, we may be able to offer face-to-face data collection. However, projects will be designed to be flexible, in case this is not possible. 

For clinical programmes, placement providers will continue to offer placements as they have in previous years. Their capacity to offer placements may change if there is a further outbreak of Covid-19 and delivering care and treatment to affected patients becomes the overriding priority. If this happens, we will limit the impact on students where possible. We will place students in those placement sites that do continue to accept students, and if necessary, we will use our simulation facilities or remote placements to offer a comparable clinical experience. 

For continuing students, it may be possible to delay placements to the following academic year to protect student interests. However, there is a possibility that graduation for some final year students may be delayed until they are able to complete all placements.

At this stage, we expect to deliver the course within the planned timescales to enable successful students to progress through the programme and to graduate without delay. 

Although some assessments are designed to be taken onsite, you will be aware that we have developed an alternative strategy to enable students to complete assessments remotely without coming to campus.

The programme does include practical elements that are delivered in our paramedic simulation centre. These will run as planned in 2021/22 with appropriate social distancing measures in place.  There is a possibility that government advice on social distancing may change. If that is the case, we will endeavour to delay practical components of the programme to a subsequent semester (or year) to protect the safety of students. 

Placement providers will continue to offer placements as they have in the previous years. Their capacity to offer placements may change if, in the event of a further outbreak of Covid-19, delivering care to affected patients becomes the overriding priority. For continuing students, it may be possible to delay placements to the next academic year to protect their safety. However, there is a possibility that graduation for some final year students may be delayed until they are able to complete all placements. 

Incoming students 

At this stage, we expect to deliver the course within the planned timescales to enable successful incoming students to progress through the programme and to graduate without delay. 

Some assessments are designed to be taken onsite or in small groups, wearing appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE). Where necessary we have developed alternative assessment strategies to enable students to complete their assessments remotely. 

Training in the use of the relevant online platforms will be provided. The programme does include practical, clinical and skill-based elements that are delivered in specialist teaching rooms and with specialist equipment. Practical classes in our specialist teaching rooms will be arranged where possible to minimise travel to and from the site with appropriate social distancing and PPE if required. 

Anatomy sessions normally delivered in our Dissection Room will delivered online with video recordings in Term 1 (September–December 2021). 

Communication skills sessions will be online in Term 1. 

Practical, clinical and skills-based teaching will run as planned for the remainder of 2021/22. 

We have currently planned for placement activity in Years 1 and 2 of the programme and will use our normal systems and processes to allocate students to placement. 

We will consider any necessary risk assessments for individual students and plan their placements accordingly. 

There is a possibility that government advice on social distancing may change. In that case, we will endeavour to delay practical components of the programme to a subsequent semester (or year) to protect the safety of students. 

Current students 

At this stage, we expect to deliver the course within the planned timescales to enable successful current students to progress through the programme and to graduate without delay if successful. 

We have currently planned for placement activity for Years 2 and3 of the programme and will use our normal systems and processes to allocate students to placement. We will consider any necessary risk assessments. .for individual students and plan their placements accordingly. We will continue to offer final-year research projects that enable students to work with staff on topics related to physiotherapy science, education and therapy. 

Depending on government advice and guidance, we may be able to offer face-to-face data collection. However, projects will be flexible if this is not possible. 

For clinical programmes, placement providers will continue to offer placements as they have in previous years. The capacity to offer placements may change if, in the event of a further outbreak of Covid-19, delivering care to affected patients becomes the overriding priority. If that happens, we will limit the impact on students where possible. 

We will rotate students through the sites that are continuing to accept students and, where possible, will use physiotherapy placements that engage in remote consultations to offer a comparable clinical experience and will manage each student profile so you continue to have a variety of experience at the end of your programme. 

For continuing students, it may be possible to delay placements to the next academic year to protect student safety. However, there is a possibility that graduation for some final-year students may be delayed until they are able to complete all placements. 

We are expecting to deliver the course within the planned timescales to enable students to progress through the programme and graduate without delay. 

We have amended the timing of holidays to enable all students to get their full clinical education placements. These are communicated to all years in advance. 

We assess the knowledge, skills and attributes of our students in a variety of ways. These include formal written examinations, practical examinations and in-course assessments, which might include essays, practical write-ups and special study reports, oral presentations, poster presentations and research project vivas. 

Formal written examinations, practical examinations, oral presentations and poster presentations would normally take place onsite. 

However, we have developed online assessments so that these can go ahead regardless of whether students can attend site in the coming months. 

Although some assessments are designed to be taken onsite, we developed an alternative strategy in 2020/21 to enable students to complete assessments remotely without coming to campus. 

Through the process to agree changes to assessments, criteria were developed to ensure that they remained fair, valid and reliable and did not disadvantage any student. 

This means that the assessment tasks will not change, but will be delivered online. 

The impact will be limited because, although the way in which the assessment is being delivered is different, the assessment tasks, the learning outcomes that are being tested and the assessment criteria are the same. 

The online assessments are also the same in terms of the challenges they present to students. The assessments are therefore consistent with the way they were intended to be delivered. 

If assessments take place online, as in 2020/21, students will have (formative) practice exams, to get familiar with the process and make sure your WiFi, IT and environment are suitable for the exams. 

In order to maintain an inclusive and equitable approach that recognises, for example, challenging domestic circumstances and poor home internet connections, we recognise that students will need to find an appropriate environment in which to take the assessment and make sure that they have IT equipment and a reliable internet connection. This may not be possible for all students. 

Our aim is to lend equipment to students if their own facilities are inadequate. 

We are also allowing students to apply to take their exam on campus using a networked computer or laptop with Wi-Fi connectivity. 

Students can request assistance by contacting examonsite@sgul.ac.uk ideally 4 weeks before their exam if they think they will have difficulties meeting the requirements. 

Incoming students (starting September 2021) 

We assess the knowledge, skills and attributes of our students in a variety of ways. 

One method that was deemed very successful by the previous cohort is a weekly quiz on the past week’s learning material, held in a small group session with your personal tutor and about eight other students. These cover all 6 modules and provide the majority of the in-course assessment. 

There will also be other forms of in course assessment that will assess your ability to handle numbers and apply statistical analysis. The course involves a lot of peer review (students rating their colleagues), and this makes your development and progress more manageable. 

At the end of the Christmas and Easter terms there is a larger quiz in the same format as the weekly ones. This reinforces your understanding and builds confidence. 

All formal written examinations take place in June. At this stage, we expect to deliver these assessments as planned. Although some assessments are designed to be taken on site, St George’s successfully developed an alternative assessment strategy in 2019/20 and 2020/1 to enable students to complete assessments remotely and without coming on to campus. 

Regardless of the assessment format, all students will receive considerable practice at exam questions so they feel comfortable undertaking these assignments. 

Current students 

You will already be used to the weekly quizzes and end of term ‘big quizzes’. These will continue throughout the first semester of year 2. 

At the end of the semester, you will sit exam papers either on-site or via online methods. As the exam format will be new to you, you will receive plenty of formative exercises to get familiar with the question type and how to answer exam questions effectively. 

In the second semester of year 2, you will do a research project that will be assessed by writing a project outline and a short research paper. Neither will be affected by the adaptions to Covid-19. The final assessment will be an oral PowerPoint presentation. Currently, we expect this to be delivered on site. If there is a further Covid-19 wave and government advice changes, we will use appropriate online methods. 

Year 3 students will undertake core courses in semester 5, assessed by a written Research Project and examination. Semester 6 will comprise of optional courses which are assessed by In-course assessment (including quizzes) and examination.

Examinations will be delivered onsite. 

We have developed online assessments so that these can go ahead regardless of whether students can attend site. 

The assessment tasks are not changing, but may be delivered online. The impact will be limited because, although the way in which the assessment is being delivered is different, the assessment tasks, the learning outcomes that are being tested and the assessment criteria are the same. The assessments are therefore consistent with the way they were intended to be delivered.  

The online assessments are also the same in terms of the challenges they present to students. The assessments are therefore consistent with the way they were intended to be delivered.  

To maintain an inclusive and equitable approach that recognises, for example, challenging domestic circumstances and poor home internet connections, we recognise that students will need to find an appropriate environment in which to take the assessment and make sure that they have IT equipment and a reliable internet connection. This may not be possible for all students. 

We aim to lend equipment to students if their own facilities are inadequate. We are also allowing students to apply to take their exam on-campus using a networked computer or laptop with WIFI connectivity. Students can request assistance by contacting examonsite@sgul.ac.uk ideally 4 weeks before their exam if they think you will have difficulties meeting. 

Through the process to agree changes to assessments, criteria were developed to ensure that they remained fair, valid and reliable and did not disadvantage any student.  

We will continue to provide live assessment briefings, with opportunities for students to ask any questions or request targeted revision sessions. We don’t run mock exams per se, however many sessions are supported with Canvas quizzes with feedback for their individual lectures, using the same delivery system and format as the online exam.  For initial examination in the first year a mock paper is available for students to take in their own time. It is in two formats; one is without answers, the other has answers and explanations. 

The changes will have no bearing on the accreditation of the programme by the NSHCS and RCCP or graduates from it. 

The applied clinical and scientific knowledge, clinical skills and professional attributes of our students is assessed in a variety of ways. These include formal written examinations (mainly Single Best Answer with some Short Answer Questions), Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) and a professionalism portfolio that varies in content over the duration of the course.   

We intend to carry out all of the assessments as outlined in the programme specification for students in 2021/22. 

Written assessments will be in the format previously specified, and delivered online, as will be the case for the national Medical Licensing Assessment (MLA) at Finals. Whether cohorts are required to be on campus, or expected to access assessments remotely will depend on local or national health conditions restrictions in relation to large gatherings at the time, and site capacity depending on social distancing requirements. We successfully delivered online assessments in 2020 and 2021. All assessments will be invigilated either in person (on site), or via remote proctoring if students are sitting remotely.  Students with special circumstances (meaning they would find it difficult to find suitable space and facilities to sit assessment remotely) will be able to take assessments on campus. 

If conditions mean large-scale OSCEs for all cohorts are not possible, our contingency plan is to either use remote clinical examinations or to defer assessment until later in the academic year, or even following year. Decisions on this will depend upon the degree and extent of disruption at the time and throughout the academic year. The professionalism portfolio will be assessed as described in the programme specification. Again, if health conditions interrupt the academic year, we may have to modify certain elements of this assessment. In the first year, however, major changes should not be required. 

All students in all years  

The undergraduate Medicine MBBS5 programme is accredited and quality assured by the General Medical Council (GMC). We have discussed the changes that we are making with our regulators who have confirmed that the programme continues to meet their standards.  Graduates will, therefore, be eligible to apply for provisional GMC registration when they complete the programme.  

2, T, P and F year students  

We assess the applied clinical and scientific knowledge, clinical skills and professional attributes of our students in a variety of ways. The methods that we use include formal written examinations (mainly Single Best Answer with some Short Answer Questions), Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) and a professionalism portfolio that varies in content over the duration of the course.   

We intend to carry out all of the assessments as normal for students in 2021/22. Written assessments will be of the same format as specified and delivered online as will be the case for the national Medical Licensing Assessment at Finals. Whether cohorts are required to be on campus or expected to access assessment remotely will depend on local or national conditions in relation to large gatherings at the time, and site capacity depending on social distancing requirements. We successfully delivered online assessments in 2020 and 2021. All assessments will be invigilated either in person (on site), or via remote proctoring if students are sitting remotely.  Students with special circumstances meaning they would find it difficult to find suitable space and facilities to sit assessment remotely will be able to take assessments on campus. 

If conditions mean large scale OSCEs are not possible, our contingency plan is either to use remote clinical examinations, to use a clinical portfolio-based approach, or to defer assessment. We have already looked at and trialled remote OSCE delivery platforms as a back-up plan. We do not anticipate the need for their use, but will revisit this if the situation requires it. Decisions on this will depend upon the degree and extent of disruption at the time and throughout the academic year. If that happens, graduation for some final year students may be delayed until you are able to complete all assessments, because we have any obligation to our regulators to confirm that our students have met the clinical and practical outcomes for the programme before they graduate. This was not an issue in 2020-21, so we think very unlikely it will be so in 2021-22. 

The professionalism portfolio will be assessed as described in the programme specification. Again, if Covid-19 impacts on clinical contact time on placements, we will have to modify certain elements of this assessment. We may need to use ‘student selected components’ and ‘elective time’ to ensure you have adequate clinical placement time. Where this is required, and a student has as a result not been able to complete an SSC or elective, any associated assessment requirements will also be amended to reflect the change. We have a formal, institutional process for any assessment amendments that are requires and this has worked well so far when needed. Workplace-based assessments are another important part of this assessment which may be affected by reduced clinical contact time where the make-up and numbers may need to be modified proportionally to any disruption. All other strands of this portfolio will be delivered as normal. This was less of a problem in 2020-21 than we had prepared for, and we expect few, if any adjustments will be required in future years.

The applied clinical and scientific knowledge, clinical skills and professional attributes of our students is assessed in a variety of ways. These include formal written examinations (mainly Single Best Answer with some Short Answer Questions), Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) and a professionalism portfolio that varies in content over the duration of the course. We intend to carry out all assessments as normal for students joining in 2021/22.   

Written assessments will be in the format previously specified, and delivered online, as will be the case for the national Medical Licensing Assessment (MLA) at Finals. Whether cohorts are required to be on campus, or expected to access assessments remotely will depend on local or national health conditions restrictions in relation to large gatherings at the time, and site capacity depending on social distancing requirements. We successfully delivered online assessments in 2020 and 2021. All assessments will be invigilated either in person (on site), or via remote proctoring if students are sitting remotely.  Students with special circumstances (meaning they would find it difficult to find suitable space and facilities to sit assessment remotely) will be able to take assessments on campus. 

If conditions mean large-scale OSCEs for all cohorts are not possible, our contingency plan is to either use remote clinical examinations or to defer assessment until later in the academic year, or even following year. Decisions on this will depend upon the degree and extent of disruption at the time and throughout the academic year. The professionalism portfolio will be assessed as described in the programme specification. Again, if health conditions interrupt the academic year, we may have to modify certain elements of this assessment. In the first year, however, major changes should not be required.  

The Graduate Entry Medicine MBBS4 programme is accredited and quality assured by the General Medical Council (GMC). We have discussed the changes that we are making with our regulators who have confirmed that the programme continues to meet their standards.  Graduates will, therefore, be eligible to apply for provisional GMC registration when they complete the programme.  

T, P and F year students (on home and international programmes)  

The detail of this is shared on the MBBS5 template, as these are shared years between the programme, and cohorts from these years receive the same communication about the course and changes impacting the student experience. 

Incoming students (starting September 2021) 

We assess the knowledge, skills and attributes of our students in a variety of ways. The methods that we use include formal written examinations, practical examinations and in-course assessments. These might include essays, practical write-ups and special study reports, oral presentations and poster presentations. 

All formal written examinations take place in December 2021. At this stage, we expect to deliver these assessments as planned. Although some assessments are designed to be taken on-site, we successfully developed an alternative assessment strategy in 2019/20 and in 2020/21 in order to enable students to complete assessments remotely without coming  to campus. For example, formal examinations and some presentations were taken remotely by students within a window stipulated by us. If the government advice on social distancing does not change by December 2021, we will take this approach again. 

Current students 

The university-based assessments will continue, and students will submit online as usual. Some assessments have been adapted slightly (e.g. the small group presentation assessments) to ensure each student can achieve the learning outcomes. You will be informed of these changes at the start of each module. 

Assessments, where students are directly observed performing a practical or clinical skill by an examiner, can only be delivered on campus or on practice placement. For assessments within which a student’s ability to communicate appropriately with a patient or simulated patient can also only be delivered onsite, we expect at this stage to be able to deliver assessments of this kind onsite or during practice placement. 

However, if government advice changes and the campus is closed, we would not be able to deliver these assessments as planned. In that case, it might be possible to delay these assessments to the following academic year to protect student safety. If that happens, graduation for some final-year students may be delayed until you are able to complete all assessments, because we have an obligation to our regulators to confirm that our students have met the clinical and practical outcomes for the programme before they graduate. 

Assessments where students are directly observed performing a practical or clinical skill by an examiner can only be delivered on campus. Assessments which test a student’s ability to communicate appropriately with a patient or simulated patient can also only be delivered on site. At this stage, we expect to be able deliver assessments of this kind on site.  

However, if government advice changes and the campus is closed, we would not be able to deliver these assessments as planned. In that case, it might be possible to have alternative online assessments in some instances, or it may be necessary to delay these assessments to the next academic year of the course to protect student safety. 

If that happens, graduation for some final-year students may be delayed until students are able to complete all assessments, because we have an obligation to our regulators to confirm that our students have met the clinical and practical outcomes for the programme before they graduate.

Incoming students 2021 

For students starting in 2021, we assess the knowledge, skills and attributes of our students in a variety of ways. These include formal written examinations, practical examinations (formative and summative) and in-course assessments which might include essays, practical write-ups and special study reports, oral presentations and poster presentations. 

We expect to deliver most of these assessments as planned. Assessments where students are directly observed performing communication skills by an examiner will be arranged on the university campus. Exams have also been designed to be taken onsite. However, we successfully developed an alternative assessment strategy in 2020/21 to enable students to complete some of these assessments remotely and without coming on to campus. For example, formal examinations were taken remotely by students at a time of their choosing within a window stipulated by us, and communication skills were conducted over MS Teams which reflects telehealth consultations which have become much more standard practice since the pandemic. 

If the government advice on social distancing changes, we will take this approach again. 

Current students 

For current students, the university-based assessments will continue and you will complete them as usual. Some assessments have been adapted slightly – you will be informed of these changes at the start of each module. 

Assessments where students are directly observed performing a practical or clinical skill by an examiner will be arranged on the university campus wearing appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE). 

Other assessments of practice performance will be on practice placements, either face-to-face or via online methods. At this stage, we expect to be able to deliver assessments of this kind during practice placements. However, if government advice changes and our campus is closed, we will not be able to deliver these assessments as planned. If that is the case, it might be possible to delay these assessments from one year of the course to the next in order to protect student safety. 

However, there is a possibility that graduation for some final-year students may be delayed until they are able to complete all assessments and practice placements because we have an obligation to our regulators to confirm that our students have met the clinical and practical outcomes for the programme before they graduate. 

All assessment modifications we have implemented and will implement were discussed with students and approved by the assessment modification committee at the University. 

We have a mix of assessments, some to be taken online and some taken onsite. The impact will be limited because, although the way in which the assessment is being delivered is different,  the assessment tasks, the learning outcomes that are being tested and the assessment criteria are the same.  The assessments are therefore consistent with the way they were intended to be delivered.  

In order to maintain an inclusive and equitable approach that recognises, for example, challenging domestic circumstances and poor home internet connections, we recognise that students will need to find an appropriate environment in which to take the assessment and make sure that they have IT equipment and a reliable internet connection. This may not be possible for all students. 

Our aim is to lend equipment to students if their own facilities are inadequate. We are also allowing students to apply to take their exam on-campus using a networked computer or laptop with WIFI connectivity. Students can request assistance by contacting examonsite@sgul.ac.uk ideally 4 weeks before their exam if they think you will have difficulties meeting. 

To ensure students are as well prepared for assessments as possible regular assessment and module briefings take place, including Q&A opportunities with module leads. All students have the chance to check internet and device suitability via mocks and quizzes using canvas. 

Examples of previous coursework have been shared to support student understanding of rubrics, in addition to dedicated sessions discussing assessment criteria. Drafts are offered as formative assessments on all modules (with coursework). 1-to-1 tutorials and personal tutor support remains in place. 

The Radiotherapy and Oncology BSc programme is accredited by the HCPC and regulated by the society and college of radiographers, our professional body). 

Graduates from the programme will therefore be eligible to apply for registration when they complete the programme. 

The majority of laboratory and computer practicals will be delivered onsite. 

Although practical assessments in Years 1 and 2 are designed to be taken onsite, we have developed an alternative strategy allowing assessments to be completed remotely without coming to campus. This includes the majority of lab practical assessments and those previously undertaken onsite in computer rooms. 

There is a possibility that government advice on social distancing may change. If that is the case, we will endeavour to re-design sessions, or delay practical components of the programme to a subsequent semester (or year), to protect the safety of our students. 

In the final year, we will continue to offer research projects that enable students to work with professional research groups tackling real medical and health problems. 

We expect to be able to deliver laboratory-based projects with appropriate social distancing measures in 2021/22. Our capacity to do so may change if government guidelines change. If that happens, we will do our best to provide alternative arrangements are to enable students to complete on schedule. 

Non-lab research projects will also be offered, including those involving data analysis of previously collected data, surveys/questionnaires, bioinformatic analysis/data mining, or analysis of anonymised patient data. 

We are continuing to offer the optional Professional Training Year between Years 2 and 3 of the programme. 

However, some placements may not be available, depending on government advice at the time and the restrictions that the placement providers have to apply.

It is the intention that all placements will be facilitated (including lab-based projects). 

Contingency arrangements in case of need would include on-line placements and projects. 

Clinical placements are currently expected to take place under timetables traditionally used prior to Covid-19, with year one currently scheduled to commence in January 2022, year two in October 2021 and year three in September 2021. 

As indicated we intend to increase the standard number weeks of clinical placements for year two and three students to make up for time lost on placement in the previous year, however, due to the uncertainty of placement sites it may also be necessary to decrease the number of placement weeks. 

All students on placement will be expected to undertake a risk assessment and adhere to local Trust working patterns and guidance. 

In all years of the course, the programme does include essential practical elements (clinical examination skills, procedures and communication skills) that require some learning and assessment on campus, as well as on clinical placements in a range of NHS settings. We have identified the elements of learning and assessment essential to progression and graduation that must  be delivered on-site, and aim to deliver these as planned in 2021/22 with appropriate social distancing and personal protective measures. 

Clinical placement providers are continuing to offer placements as they have in previous years, but with reduced capacity in some areas, and with substantial changes to how services are delivered. Their capacity to offer placements may change if, in the event of a further outbreak of Covid-19, delivering care to affected patients becomes the overriding priority.  

If that happens, it is expected that students will remain on their placements and continue to benefit from the experience of apprentice-style learning in a clinical environment, although opportunities in some specialist areas may be reduced. We will limit the impact on students where possible. We will rotate students through the sites that are continuing to accept students and, where necessary and possible, we will use remote and simulation facilities to offer a comparable clinical experience.   

2, T, P and F 

The programme does include practical elements (clinical examination skills, procedures and communication skills) that require delivery on campus, as well as experience in clinical placements in a range of NHS settings. We have identified the elements or learning and assessment essential to progression and graduation that have to be delivered on-site, and were able to deliver these during 2020/21 with appropriate social distancing and personal protective measures. 

Clinical placement providers are continuing to offer placements as they have in the previous years, but with reduced capacity in some areas, and with substantial changes to how services are delivered. Their capacity to offer placements may change if, in the event of a further outbreak of Covid-19, delivering care to affected patients becomes the overriding priority.  

If that happens, it is expected that students will remain on placements and continue to benefit from the experience of apprentice-style learning in a clinical environment, although opportunities in some specialist areas may be reduced. We will limit the impact on students where possible. We will rotate students through the sites that are continuing to accept students and, where necessary and possible, we will use remote and simulation facilities to offer a comparable clinical experience. For continuing students, it may be possible to delay placements until the following academic year to protect their safety. 

In all years of the course, the programme does include essential practical elements (clinical examination skills, procedures, and communication skills) that require some learning and assessment on campus, as well as on clinical placements in a range of NHS settings. 

We have identified the elements of learning and assessment essential to progression and graduation that must be delivered on-site, and aim to deliver these as planned in 2021/22 with appropriate social distancing and personal protective measures. 

Clinical placement providers are continuing to offer placements as they have in previous years, but with reduced capacity in some areas, and with substantial changes to how services are delivered. Their capacity to offer placements may change if, in the event of a further outbreak of Covid-19, delivering care to affected patients becomes the overriding priority.  

If that happens, it is expected that students will remain on their placements and continue to benefit from the experience of apprentice-style learning in a clinical environment, although opportunities in some specialist areas may be reduced. We will limit the impact on students where possible. We will rotate students through the sites that are continuing to accept students and, where necessary and possible, we will use remote and simulation facilities to offer a comparable clinical experience.   

Currently it is anticipated that students will resume face-to-face General Practice placements (11 visits throughout the first year), in-line with public health guidance.  

T, P and F year students (on home and international programmes)  

The detail of this is shared on the MBBS5 template, as these are shared years between the programme, and cohorts from these years receive the same communication about the course and changes impacting the student experience.

We do not expect students to incur any extra costs over and above those that we have advertised on the course page. 

You will need a personal laptop or computer and access to the internet to participate in online lectures. 

Information is available on recommended device specification. 

If you are worried you might struggle to meet these requirements, you should email IThardship@sgul.ac.uk so we can look at support options for you. 

Personal protective equipment (PPE), if needed, will be provided for you by the university. 

We do not expect students to incur any extra costs over and above those that we have advertised on the course page.

We do not expect students to incur any extra costs over and above those that we have advertised on the course page. 

As a result of our courses beginning with most lectures and some tutorials being delivered online, you will need a personal laptop or computer and reliable access to the internet to participate in online learning. Information is available on the recommended device specification. 

If you are worried you might struggle to meet these requirements, you should email IThardship@sgul.ac.uk so we can look at support options for you. 

Personal protective equipment in line with guidance at the time will be provided for free to students who attend for onsite practical sessions at the university, and also to those on clinical placements, as long as the NHS supply chain to those placements is maintained.  

2, T, P and F year students  

We do not expect students to incur any extra costs over and above the normal level, as previously advertised on the course page.  

Personal protective equipment in line with guidance at the time will be provided to students who attend for onsite practical sessions at the university will go on clinical placements, as long as the NHS supply chain to those placements is maintained.  

Additional cost items	Cost	Notes
Students will be expected to travel to placements at different locations throughout the programme.	Costs of travel vary depending on students’ placement allocation.	Students will be expected to cover costs of travel to placement.  Students who are in receipt of a NHS bursary these costs will be reimbursed in the Clinical Years (T, P and F), subject to specific criteria.  Travel to placements local to St George’s (within Greater London) is not normally reimbursed.     In the final year of the course, some students may need to pay for accommodation costs for their five-week General Practice placement; a loan is available for this and those in receipt of a NHS Bursary can reclaim this cost (according to specific criteria).

We do not expect students to incur any extra costs over and above those that we have advertised on the course page.  

As a result of our courses beginning with most lectures and some tutorials being delivered online, you will need a personal laptop or computer and reliable access to the internet to participate in online learning. 

Information is available on the recommended device specification. 

If you are worried you might struggle to meet these requirements, you should email IThardship@sgul.ac.uk so we can look at support options for you.  

Personal protective equipment in line with guidance at the time will be provided for free to students who attend onsite practical sessions at the university, and also to those on clinical placements, as long as the NHS supply chain to those placements is maintained.  

T, P and F year students (on home and international programmes)  

The detail of this is shared on the MBBS5 template, as these are shared years between the programme, and cohorts from these years receive the same communication about the course and changes impacting the student experience.  

Additional cost items	Cost	Notes
Students will be expected to travel to placements at different locations throughout the programme.	Costs of travel vary depending on students’ placement allocation.	Students will be expected to cover costs of travel to placement.  Students who are in receipt of a NHS bursary these costs will be reimbursed in the Clinical Years (T, P and F), subject to specific criteria.  Travel to placements local to St George’s (within Greater London) is not normally reimbursed.   In the final year of the course, some students may need to pay for accommodation costs for their five-week General Practice placement; a loan is available for this and those in receipt of a NHS Bursary can reclaim this cost (according to specific criteria).

We do not expect students to incur any extra costs over and above those that we have advertised on the course page. 

As a result of our courses beginning with the majority of teaching online in autumn term 2021, you will need a personal laptop or computer and access to the internet to participate in online lectures. Information is available on recommended device specification here. 

If you are worried you might struggle to meet these requirements, you should email IThardship@sgul.ac.uk so we can look at support options for you. 

Personal protective equipment (PPE) will be provided for you if needed. 

If government guidance changes and we need to postpone or alter placements, then you may need to cover living expenses might be beyond the standard term dates of the programme. 

We do not expect students to incur any extra costs over and above the normal level, as previously advertised on the course page. 

Personal protective equipment (PPE) will be provided for you if needed. 

We do not expect students to incur any extra costs over and above those that we have advertised to students. 

Students will be provided with a tablet to enable assessment in clinical placements. These can be used for online learning, however a PC or laptop would be helpful as students progress into year 2 and 3. The new NHS bursary will help (£5000 plus £1000 in year 1). 

If students need to they can also find out if the university can offer any support with IT equipment by contacting IThardship@sgul.ac.uk. 

The placement partners (Trusts) will provide personal protective equipment (PPE) in the radiotherapy department. 

Students will receive additional uniforms to ensure they can meet Trust requirements of a ‘fresh’ uniform every day. 

For students in all years, the programme has been redesigned to be a hybrid delivery of lectures delivered online as pre-recorded sessions or ‘live’ (synchronous) online lectures, and ‘live’ interactive weekly Q&A and discussion sessions. 

Meetings with personal tutors, interactive small group tutorials, the majority of laboratory and computer practicals, and some interactive weekly Q&A and discussion sessions will be delivered onsite. 

Onsite delivery is expected to be 2 to 3 days per week.

Year 1 will include 2 sets of on-site small group tutorials (‘Hubs’ and Drugs Based Learnings) plus lectures and workshops. Laboratory and clinical practicals will also be held. Approximately 2 days per week will be on site, Monday and Friday, subject to confirmation. 

Year 2, semester 3 will continue to include weekly (or fortnightly) small group tutorials plus lectures and workshops. Laboratory and clinical practicals will also be held. Approximately 2 days per week will be on site, Tuesday and Friday, subject to confirmation. Semester 4 will comprise a practical research project and a work placement block. 

Year 3, semester 5 will continue to include fortnightly small group tutorials and regular quizzes. There will also be a written research project. Semester 6 will comprise of optional modules. Approximately two-three days per week will be on-site. 

Course timetables are normally available a month before the start of the semester. Please note that while we make every effort to ensure that timetables are as student-friendly as possible, scheduled teaching can take place on any day of the week (Monday–Friday). Wednesday afternoons are normally reserved for sports and cultural activities.

This will be variable, with potentially 2 to 3 days per week spent remotely and the rest taking place on site. Currently the dates are not known but any onsite teaching should be for the whole day. 

Practice placement time will be 5 days a week spent at the clinical placement site. 

Generally speaking a typical week study will involve 4 scheduled days of taught content/activities, with 3 of these taking place online, using a combination of live and self-directed sessions, and 1 day per week of on-site activities. 

During placement periods students will be required to attend placement for 30 hours per week, spread across 4 days, with the fifth day being utilised for either independent study or scheduled taught activities. 

Course timetables are normally available 1 month before the start of the semester. 

Please note that while we make every effort to ensure that timetables are as student-friendly as possible, scheduled teaching can take place on any day of the week (Monday–Friday). Wednesday afternoons are normally reserved for sports and cultural activities.

This is a full-time course. Timetables are normally available 1 month before the start of each module or placement. 

While we make every effort to ensure that timetables are as student-friendly as possible, students should expect to be on placement, or available for virtual or campus-based teaching Monday through Friday during normal working hours, apart from Wednesday afternoons which are normally reserved for sports and cultural activities. 

In later years of the course, some placements also offer, or occasionally require out-of-hours shifts with on-call teams (other than for students with approved exceptional circumstances). 

It is the course team’s intention, in-line with current public health advice, to deliver small group face-to-face teaching on site. This currently includes twice-weekly Problem-Based Learning (PBL), clinical and communication skills. As covered elsewhere, we hope at least some anatomy lessons may also resume on site, though no earlier than January 2022. All lectures for at least the first two terms will be delivered online.  

The situation will be reviewed throughout the first term, and should there be a need to increase or reduce face-to-face teaching, all student cohorts will be informed in good time. 

Year 2 

It is the course team’s intention, in-line with current public health advice, to deliver small group face-to-face teaching on site, this would average at least twice weekly onsite teaching, for clinical and communication skills or selected tutorials. As covered elsewhere, we hope at least some anatomy may also resume on site though no earlier than January 2022. All lectures for at least the first two terms will be delivered online. The situation will be reviewed throughout the first term, and should there be a need to increase or reduce face-to-face teaching all student cohorts will be informed in good time 

Years T, P and F 

This is a full-time course. Timetables are normally available 1 month before the start of each module or placement. While we make every effort to ensure that timetables are as student-friendly as possible, students should expect to be on placement, or available for virtual or campus-based teaching Monday – Friday during normal working hours, other than Wednesday afternoons which are normally reserved for sports and cultural activities. In later years of the course, some placements also offer, or occasionally require other than for students with approved exceptional circumstances, out of hours shifts with on-call teams. 

The MBBS4 is a full-time course. 

In Year 1 skeleton timetables will be released a month before the scheduled teaching; due to the nature of the pedagogy underpinning the curriculum, detailed content is published during the learning week. Skeleton timetables allow students to plan their lives outside of the university and will distinguish between what is delivered onsite and what content will be delivered remotely. 

While we make every effort to ensure that timetables are as student-friendly as possible, students should expect to be on placement, or available for virtual or campus-based teaching Monday through Friday during normal working hours, apart from Wednesday afternoons which are normally reserved for sports and cultural activities. 

In later years of the course some placements also offer, or occasionally require out-of-hours shifts with on-call teams (other than for students with approved exceptional circumstances). 

It is the course team’s intention, in-line with current public health advice, to deliver small group face-to-face teaching on site. This currently includes twice weekly Problem Based Learning (PBL), clinical and communication skills. 

As covered elsewhere, we hope at least some anatomy lessons may also resume on site, though no earlier than January 2022. All lectures for at least the first two terms will be delivered online.  

The situation will be reviewed throughout the first term and, should there be a need to increase or reduce face-to-face teaching, all student cohorts will be informed in good time. 

T, P and F year students (on home and international programmes)  

The detail of this is shared on the MBBS5 template, as these are shared years between the programme, and cohorts from these years receive the same communication about the course and changes impacting the student experience. 

A typical timetable will vary each year of the course. 

Students will complete anywhere from 1 to 2 placements per year depending on the year of the course they are currently completing. 

Depending on the government guidance surrounding Covid-19, the hope is that most teaching will return to site in January 2022 following the end of social distance guidelines. 

Year 1 

Students will typically have sessions (both remote and onsite) Monday to Friday from 9:00-17:00 with breaks interspersed throughout the day. 

Students will typically be on site most Thursdays and Fridays, and possibly some Mondays in the first term. 

Students will complete a four-week placement after Easter. 

Year 2 

Students will typically have sessions (online and onsite) Monday to Friday from 9:00-17:00 with breaks interspersed throughout the day. 

Students will typically be on site on Mondays and Tuesdays in the first term. 

Students will complete an eight-week placement in the autumn term and another eight-week placement after Easter. 

Year 3 

Students will typically have sessions (online and onsite) Monday to Friday from 9:00-17:00 with breaks interspersed throughout the day. 

The days students are on site will vary in the first term.   

Students will complete two eight-week placements in January 2022 and in April 2022 in order to be able to graduate by July 2022. 

This will depend on social distancing guidance. 

At least 1 day of clinical skills/simulation on site per week and 1 to 2 days teaching (either on site or online),plus self-directed study.

Year 1 

Classes onsite for Term 1 (likely to change for Term 2 onwards): 

• Mondays, 9am to 5pm (but not necessarily the whole period) 

• Tuesday, 9am to 12pm (alternate weeks) 

• Thursday, 10am to 12pm (alternate weeks) 

• Friday, 9am to 4pm (but not necessarily the whole period). 

Online delivery Tuesday, Thursday and Friday between the hours of 9am to 5pm (but not necessarily the whole period). 

Year 2 

Classes onsite for Term 1 (likely to change for Term 2 onwards): 

• Tuesday, 9am to 5pm 

• Wednesday, 9am to 1pm 

• Thursday, 9am to 5pm 

• Friday, 9am to 5pm (teaching rooms available for self directed practicals). 

Online delivery Monday, 9am and 5pm (but not necessarily the whole period). 

Year 3 

Practice placements x 2 for Term 1 with some preparatory online tutorials/lectures. 

For 3 weeks between placement classes onsite will be held: 

• Monday, 9am to 12pm 

• Wednesday, 9am to 1pm 

• Thursday, 9am to 5pm 

• Friday, 9am to 5pm. 

This is an example of a typical few weeks in Year 1 Term 1 (Image). 

This is draft and subject to minor changes, but it gives an idea of our planning for your learning and likely days on site. 

If you have concerns about the quality of course delivery, please use the existing feedback mechanisms which will be explained to you at the start of your course, to raise these with your course team, in the first instance. 

If you wish to take a more formal route, guidance is available to you in our student concerns and complaints procedure. 

2, T P and F 

If you have concerns about the quality of course delivery, please continue to use the existing feedback mechanisms you will be familiar with to raise these with your course team in the first instance. If you wish to take a more formal route, guidance is available to you in our student concerns and complaints procedure.

If you have concerns about the quality of course delivery, please use the existing feedback mechanisms which will be explained to you at the start of your course to raise these with your course team in the first instance. 

If you wish to take a more formal route, guidance is available to you in our student concerns and complaints procedure. 

T, P and F year students (on home and international programmes)  

The detail of this is shared on the MBBS5 template, as these are shared years between the programme, and cohorts from these years receive the same communication about the course and changes impacting the student experience.