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The Worcester Medical School Medicine courseWhat you actually study, and where you will be

Degree MBChBLength 4 years (graduate entry)Teaching Problem-based learningClinical contact Year 1UCAS code A101

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Overview

The Worcester Medical School medicine course at a glance

Three Counties Medical School runs a genuine problem-based curriculum with small groups facilitated by practising doctors, and you meet patients in general practice in your first weeks.

Teaching

How Worcester Medical School teaches medicine

A "problem based learning curriculum" with "small groups facilitated by practicing doctors".

What that means day to day

Problem-based learning
You work through a patient scenario in a small group, decide what you need to learn, then go and learn it. Lectures support the case rather than lead it.

When you first meet patients

"From your first weeks as a medical student you will meet patients in general practice."

Anatomy

Anatomy at Worcester Medical School

Imaging and models. A "specialised anatomy skills room using high fidelity models for visualisation of anatomy, pathology and physiology".

Structure

Year by year at Worcester Medical School

Phase 1 (Years 1–2)
Foundations of Medicine 1 and 2, plus Projects.
Placements

Where you will actually be at Worcester Medical School

Placement geography is the part of a medicine course that changes your life most and appears in prospectuses least. Here is what Worcester Medical School publishes.

Worcestershire and the Three Counties

General practice, community hospitals and care facilities.

Worth knowing

Worth knowing about Worcester Medical School

  • Open to graduates of any discipline.
Next steps

Applying to Worcester Medical School?

Sources

Where this Worcester Medical School course profile came from

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

Primary source: University of Worcester Medical School — 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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