Leeds School of Medicine

Coordinates: 53°48′04″N 1°33′07″W / 53.801°N 1.552°W / 53.801; -1.552

Leeds School of Medicine
The Worsley building from afar
Type medical school
Established 1831
Parent institution
 University of Leeds
Dean Professor Paul Stewart
Head of Medical Education ProfessorTrudie Roberts
Location Leeds, England
Website www.leeds.ac.uk/medicine

Leeds School of Medicine is the medical school of the University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The School of Medicine was founded in 1831, before the Yorkshire College which became the University, and now forms part of the University's Faculty of Medicine and Health. It is located at the southern end of the campus in the Worsley Building, which also houses the Leeds Dental Institute (a Dental Hospital) and the University of Leeds School of Dentistry. The School of Medicine is primarily linked with two major hospitals for clinical teaching: the Leeds General Infirmary and St James's University Hospital, both run by the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, alongside smaller district NHS Trusts. As of 2008 the medical school accepts some 238 home students and a further 20 from overseas per year.[1]

History

On 6 June 1831 six physicians and surgeons set up the Leeds medical school with the aim:

The medical school admitted its first students in October of that year. It was one of ten provincial medical schools founded in the ten years between 1824-1834.

The founders were:

  • Dr James Williamson
  • Dr Adam Hunter
  • Mr Samuel Smith
  • Mr William Hey III
  • Mr Thomas Pridgin Teale
  • Dr Joseph Prince Garlick

The first premises were the Leeds Public Dispensary on North Street in the town but in 1834 the school was moved to new premises at 1 East Parade. In 1979, it moved to its current location in the Worsley Building.

Teaching

The medical training in Leeds lasts five years. An optional intercalated degree can be taken either at Leeds or another institution, making the course six years. The MBChB degree is divided into three phases. Phase I (Preparing for Clinical Practice) encompasses Years One to Three, Phase II (Clinical Practice in Context) encompasses Year Four and Phase III (Becoming a Doctor) encompasses Year Five and Foundation Year One. Leeds was ranked 19th in the Guardian medicine league table 2017.[2]

Institutes within the school of medicine

The school of medicine is split up into four institutes. These are:

  • LIME - Leeds Institute of Medical Education - Responsible for the administration and delivery of the School of Medicine's MBChB programme.
  • LIHS - Leeds Institute of Health Sciences - Includes the Nuffield Centre for International Health and Development
  • LICAMM - Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine
  • LIMM - Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine - Based at St James's Hospital

Intercalating

Every year around half of all Leeds Students take a year out to study another related degree (BSc) in a process called intercalating. Many Medical/veterinary/dental students from other universities also come to Leeds to study. The intercalated degrees on offer include; Primary care, International Health, Medical Physics, Human Physiology, Sport's Science, Neuroscience, Zoology, Pharmacology, Medical Ethics, Clinical Science, Psychology, Microbiology and Anatomy.

Notable alumni

  • David Henry Lewis - Adventurer, sailor and doctor. Graduated from University of Leeds in 1942 and as a GP supported the establishment of the NHS.[3]
  • Berkeley Moynihan - a noted British abdominal surgeon.
  • William Pickles - British general practitioner and epidemiologist.
  • Harold Shipman - General Practitioner convicted of murdering 15 of his patients; later Police found evidence that the total was closer to 250.
  • Jane Wynne - Paediatrician and expert on child abuse.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "www.ukmedicalschools.com UK Medical School Statistics". ukmedicalschools.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 8 September 2008.
  2. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/education/ng-interactive/2016/may/23/university-guide-2017-league-table-for-medicine
  3. ↑ "Obituary: David Lewis". The Telegraph. The Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "Jane Margery Wynne". Munk's Roll Volume XII. Royal College of Physicians. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
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