University of Aberdeen School of Medicine and Dentistry

Aberdeen Medical School
Type Medical school
Established 1497
Head of School Steve Heys
Students ~ 850
Location Aberdeen, Scotland
Affiliations University of Aberdeen
Website The School of Medicine and Dentistry

Aberdeen University Medical School is the medical school in the College of Life Sciences and Medicine at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland.

Medicine has been taught at the university since the founding of King's College in 1495. The formal establishment of a medical school supporting a broad curriculum appears to postdate 1787 when there were calls "for the establishment of a medical school" in Aberdeen.[1]

In 2013 the Medical School had an annual intake of 168 students and 20 of these came from outside the UK.[2]

Administration

Surgical wards at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary

The Institute of Education for Medical and Dental Sciences is part of the School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition in the College of Life Sciences and Medicine.

Units

  • Centre for Rural Health
  • Dugald Baird Centre for Research on Women's Health
  • Health Economics Research Unit[3]
  • Health Services Research Unit[4]

Locations

The Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital, one of the school's teaching hospitals

Today, the school is based in the Suttie Centre for Teaching & Learning on the Foresterhill campus in Aberdeen and in the Centre for Health Science in Inverness. Undergraduate placements are mainly in hospitals but also in general practice and community settings. The variety of placements offered, both within Aberdeen and in other locations in the Highlands and Islands, allows students to gain experience of both inner-city medicine and to see how healthcare is delivered in areas far removed from large teaching centres.[5]

The main teaching hospitals are in Aberdeen: Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen Maternity Hospital, the Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital, Woodend Hospital and the Royal Cornhill Hospital.

Teaching is also provided in Inverness: mainly at Raigmore Hospital and also New Craigs Hospital. Elgin: at Dr Gray's Hospital. In Fort William: Belford Hospital. In Stornoway, Isle of Lewis: Western Isles Hospital. In Kirkwall, Orkney: Balfour Hospital. In Lerwick, Shetland: Gilbert Bain Hospital. In Wick: Caithness General Hospital

People

The current Head of School is Prof Steve Heys. There are two active Regius Professorships, the Regius Chair of Medicine and Regius Chair of Surgery. The Regius Chairs of Midwifery and Anatomy are in abeyance.

Courses

The University of Aberdeen offers undergraduate courses in medicine (MB ChB), dentistry (BDS) and a BSc programme in Health Science.[6]

Aberdeen offers a five-year programme, leading to the award of the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, MB ChB. Most teaching is traditional and didactic and problem-based learning is used rarely, unlike in Glasgow. There is also the opportunity to undertake a further year of study to gain a BSc (Hons) in Medical Science.[5]

The Institute of Medical Sciences, where medical science research is performed

The school offers an intercalated BScMedSci (Hons) in Medical Science,[7] at the end of Year 3 or Year 4. The programme, which comprises both taught and research elements, is one year long and allows study in depth of an area of biomedical or clinical science. Appropriate training is provided. Each student works on an individual research project of their choice. By the end of the programme students are able to undertake and critically evaluate research and understand the basic principles of research methodology.[5]

The school also offers Medical Science graduates the opportunity to study in Medicine, Dentistry or the Physician Associate programme.[6] Postgraduate degrees are offered as taught courses, generally leading to the degree of Master of Science (MSc), and as research degrees either at a master's (MSc, MRes, ChM) level or at doctoral (PhD, MD) level.[8]

Medical Society (Medsoc)

Aberdeen Medsoc was a society set-up originally to bring medical students together in a social capacity. It is the oldest Aberdeen University Student Society and today it has over 600 members. Annual social activities include Beerienteering, Medsoc Ball, Doctors v Medics Sports Day, Medsoc Revue and most recently a Fashion Show with proceeds going to a local children's charity.

There are a range of societies and groups that are open to medical and dental students, catering for a variety of interests.[9]

Famous alumni

References

  1. ↑ A complete collection of the papers ... - Google Books
  2. ↑ FAQs: Admission Data 2013 Entry, University of Aberdeen |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  3. ↑ "Health Economics Research Unit". University of Aberdeen. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
  4. ↑ "Health Services Research Unit". University of Aberdeen. Retrieved 9 October 2007.
  5. 1 2 3 "Study here: undergraduate: medicine". University of Aberdeen. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  6. 1 2 "Undergraduate Study". University of Aberdeen. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  7. ↑ "Intercalating". University of Aberdeen. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  8. ↑ "Research". University of Aberdeen. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  9. ↑ "Registered student societies". School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Aberdeen. Retrieved 27 April 2014.

Coordinates: 57°09′23″N 2°08′03″W / 57.1564°N 2.1343°W / 57.1564; -2.1343

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