Norwich Medical School

Norwich Medical School is a medical school based at the University of East Anglia, in Norwich. It was previously called University of East Anglia School of Medicine Health Policy and Practice.The school has a 5-year MBBS course, with the possibility of intercalation after year 3 or 4.[1] The first intake of 110 students was in 2002, of whom 56% were not straight from school.[2]

Norwich Medical School

Motto	Omnium artium medicina nobilissima est
Type	Medical school
Established	2002
Parent institution	University of East Anglia
Dean	Professor William Fraser (acting)
Students	~1000
Location	Norwich , Norfolk , England
Website	www.uea.ac.uk/medicine

As of March 2018, the medical school is expanding from 167 to 208 places per year by 2019 as part of the government plan to increase training places within the UK. [3]

Courses

Norwich Medical School offers two undergraduate courses: a five-year MBBS and a six-year MBBS with a foundation year. Students must complete the foundation year to a satisfactory standard before progressing to the rest of the course; they join the five-year program after foundation.[4][5]

The Bob Champion Building, one of the main sites of Norwich Medical School

The Medical School also offers postgraduate courses, the newest of which (Founded in 2016) is an MSc in Physician Associate Studies - which in 2016 is one of only 11 courses in the UK.[6]

Students undertake clinical rotations throughout their course at various general practice surgeries and the following hospitals: Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, James Paget University Hospital, Colchester General Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn, and Ipswich Hospital.

Notable alumni

• D. N. Samarasekera, Chair of Surgery at the University of Colombo
• Leah Totton (graduated 2011), winner of series nine of The Apprentice[7]

Notable faculty

• Colin Cooper, cancer researcher
• Amanda Howe, General Practitioner and President of the World Organisation of Family Doctors [8]
• Sir Tom Shakespeare, 3rd Baronet, sociologist
• Ailsa A. Welch, nutritional epidemiologist [9]

Societies

The Medical School has various active medical societies, including the MedSoc which offers some education and social events.[10] The MedSoc activities include "MedSoc's got talent" and MRAG week (Medicine Raising and Giving week). The society's selected charity for the 2016/17 academic year is "Medical Aid for Palestinians". [11]

Norwich Medics Hockey Club (NMHC) is amongst one of the popular sports clubs set up by medical students in 2010. They compete in the local league during the summer as well as representing the medical school in the National Association of Medical School (NAMS) hockey tournament each year. [12] The medical student rugby club, Norwich Medics RFC, was established in 2005 by a group of medical students and continues to compete in the Eastern Counties league and local or inter-school competitions.

References

1. "MBBS Medicine". Retrieved 2013-08-05.
2. "New perspectives—approaches to medical education at four new UK medical schools". Retrieved 2013-08-05.
3. Scott, Geraldine. "More than 40 new medical school places created at UEA over two years". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 2018-07-01.
4. "Undergraduate Degrees - Norwich Medical School". Retrieved 2013-08-12.
5. "MBBS Medicine With a Foundation Year". Retrieved 2013-08-12.
6. "MSc Physician Associate Studies Postgraduate Study - UEA". www2.uea.ac.uk. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
7. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/the-apprentice/10184750/Apprentice-winner-Leah-Totton-says-My-pout-makes-me-cringe-its-just-terrible.html
8. "Professor Amanda Howe - UEA". www.uea.ac.uk. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
9. "Dr Ailsa Welch". uea.ac.uk. University of East Anglia. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
10. "UEA MedSoc". www.uea.su. University of East Anglia Students' Union. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
11. "Charity". UEA MedSoc. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
12. "hockey". MedSoc. Retrieved 5 May 2019.