The study of medicine varies greatly around the world. In the US, medicine is studied in graduate school after the completion of an undergraduate degree that is not directly related to medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Elsewhere, such as in the UK, students can enroll for undergraduate clinical degrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wherever you study, almost all clinical degrees span a good number of years \u2013 more than non-clinical courses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, it\u2019s best to ensure that you make a wise choice when you commit yourself to a lengthy course of\u00a0study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The graduate school at\u00a0Stanford University\u00a0provides master\u2019s and PhD programmers to students who wish to further their medical training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Six Nobel prizewinners, 31 members of the National Academy of Sciences and 42 members of the Institute of Medicine are among the current faculty at the school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Researchers at Stanford Medicine are undertaking research across a number of different areas, including cancer, immunology, genetics and neuroscience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The school also provides healthcare for adults and children, with a dedicated centre for children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The medical programmer at\u00a0Imperial College London\u00a0offers a range of teaching approaches, from traditional theoretical classes to innovative and hands-on experience.
From the very first term, students have direct contact with patients, unlike at other universities in the\u00a0UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The six-year undergraduate qualification in medicine also includes a bachelor of science, in addition to the MBBS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Imperial\u2019s courses are heavily scientific, with an emphasis not only on clinical practice but also on research techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Entry requirements are high; most accepted students will have top grades in chemistry, biology and a third subject, and will achieve a high score in the BMAT exam. The application process also includes an interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Imperial is one of the most international institutions in the UK, but only a few overseas students are accepted on the medical programmer each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Students can enroll in an undergraduate medicine degree at the\u00a0University of Cambridge.
Graduates also have several options to study medicine, either on an accelerated graduate programmer or a condensed version of the pre-clinical and clinical courses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Half the graduates of Cambridge\u2019s medical degrees become general practitioners, and almost all will work in the NHS in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Entrance to the medicine degree requires excellent secondary qualifications and high scores on the BMAT test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cambridge students, particularly medical students, have a busy schedule, juggling studies, college social events and a variety of recreational activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Founded in 1782, the medical school at\u00a0Harvard University\u00a0is the third-oldest medical school in the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Faculty of the school also teach in other science departments at Harvard, as well as working in clinical departments at some of the hospitals affiliated to the university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are four main teaching hospitals across the Boston area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harvard has introduced problem-based learning to the curriculum. There is also a specialized programmer, accepting only 30\u00a0applicants each year, that focuses on biomedical research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Medical students at Harvard belong to one of five societies named after alumni. Students work in small groups within each society, compete in sports competitions and attend social events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Medicine at the\u00a0University of Oxford\u00a0is a traditional course, split into pre-clinical and clinical stages.
About 150 students are admitted to the course each year, and another 30 to a graduate course that condenses medical studies into just four years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the first few years, students are taught theoretically with little patient contact. In the course\u2019s later years, they move to the clinical phase, spending much more time at the John Radcliffe Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The university has two main libraries for medicine and clinical studies, one providing resources for the pre-clinical elements of the course and another focusing on healthcare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"