The Barts and The London (Queen Mary) Medicine courseWhat you actually study, and where you will be
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The Barts and The London (Queen Mary) medicine course at a glance
One of the few remaining London courses with genuine dissection — year 1 students dissect the limbs, year 2 the thorax and abdomen. Placements start in September of year 1 and are concentrated in east London, close enough that you commute daily rather than relocate.
How Barts and The London (Queen Mary) teaches medicine
Teaching runs across three Queen Mary campuses — Whitechapel, Mile End and West Smithfield — through lectures, practical anatomy and physiology teaching, and group work in problem-based and team-based learning, clinical and communication skills settings.
What that means day to day
When you first meet patients
Clinical placements start in September of year 1 with a group placement in a community-based setting.
Anatomy at Barts and The London (Queen Mary)
Full-body dissection. "All Year 1 students will practise dissection in the anatomy lab. Year 1 students dissect the limbs; year 2 students dissect the thorax, and abdomen." The dissecting room accommodates up to 100 students.
Where you will actually be at Barts and The London (Queen Mary)
Placement geography is the part of a medicine course that changes your life most and appears in prospectuses least. Here is what Barts and The London (Queen Mary) publishes.
These are classified as "in-firms" because of their proximity to the university — the expectation is that you commute daily rather than stay on site.
- The Royal London Hospital
- Homerton Hospital
- Newham Hospital
- Whipps Cross Hospital
- King George Hospital
- Queen's Hospital
Intercalation at Barts and The London (Queen Mary)
Intercalated degree options include Experimental Pathology, Global Medical Humanities, Neuroscience, Pharmacology and Innovative Therapeutics, Prehospital Medicine, and Sports and Exercise Medicine.
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How to get into Barts and The London (Queen Mary)
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Primary source: Queen Mary University of London — official course information.
Courses are restructured between cycles. Anything here that decides your application — an anatomy offer, a placement city, a compulsory intercalated year — should be confirmed against the official page for your entry year.
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