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The Peninsula (Plymouth) Medicine courseWhat you actually study, and where you will be

Degree BMBSLength 5 yearsTeaching Case-based learningClinical contact Year 1UCAS code A100

How to get into Peninsula (Plymouth)Entry requirements & UCAT

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Overview

The Peninsula (Plymouth) medicine course at a glance

Placements from the beginning of year 1 and a strong interprofessional strand. Plymouth's graduates report some of the highest measures of feeling prepared for practice in the GMC's Foundation doctor surveys.

Teaching

How Peninsula (Plymouth) teaches medicine

"Innovative teaching" using "the latest technology and teaching approaches", built on real-life clinical case studies and hands-on learning across a variety of settings.

What that means day to day

Case-based learning

Like PBL but more structured — the case comes with defined learning outcomes and a facilitator keeps the group on the intended path.

When you first meet patients

Early clinical exposure with placements from the beginning of year 1.

Structure

Year by year at Peninsula (Plymouth)

Year 1

Core scientific foundations with social and clinical context; professional and clinical skills development.

Year 2

Deeper medical knowledge with an emphasis on pathological processes.

Year 3

The majority of time in clinical learning environments — primary care, hospital and community.

Year 4

Hospital and general-practice settings, with continued skills development.

Year 5

Integration into the healthcare team, plus a medical elective.

Placements

Where you will actually be at Peninsula (Plymouth)

Placement geography is the part of a medicine course that changes your life most and appears in prospectuses least. Here is what Peninsula (Plymouth) publishes.

The south west of England

Multiple settings with NHS partners across the south west, including sites such as Taunton and Torbay.

Worth knowing

Worth knowing about Peninsula (Plymouth)

Plymouth graduates consistently report the highest measures of feeling prepared for professional practice in GMC Foundation doctor surveys.

Next steps

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How to get into Peninsula (Plymouth)

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Entry requirements

Peninsula (Plymouth) UCAT cut-offs and offers

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Interview guide

Prepare for the Peninsula (Plymouth) interview

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Sources

Where this Peninsula (Plymouth) course profile came from

Every course detail on this page was taken from University of Plymouth's own course page, read on 2026-09-11.

Primary source: University of Plymouth — 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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