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Medicine at the University of Warwick Medical School & Interview Questions in 2024

Overview of Warwick Medical School

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Warwick Medical School’s accelerated graduate-entry MB ChB programme is the largest graduate-entry course in the UK and is challenging but extremely rewarding programme. It’s designed to help students become highly competent, compassionate and strongly motivated doctors. The course has an intake of 193 graduates each year.


Across all four years, the educational activities will include case-based learning, lectures, small group sessions, experiential learning, clinical skills and e-learning.



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Warwick Graduate Medicine Course Structure

Warwick Medicine Course structure consists of four years.


Year One:In the first year, students will experience a blend of university-based teaching and integrated clinical exposure. Learning will be organised into small groups of around ten students from diverse backgrounds, enhancing the learning experience through peer interactions. The year is structured into five blocks of five weeks each, covering essential clinical and professional competencies. 


Key components include:

  • Term 1: Welcome Week, Health, Metabolism, and Homeostasis, Blood, Lungs, and Heart

  • Term 2: Brain and Behaviour, Locomotion

  • Term 3: Reproduction and Child Health

Anatomy teaching utilises plastinated specimens and 3D imaging. Clinical skills are developed through supervised work with patients in hospital and community settings within Coventry and Warwickshire.


Year Two: The second year builds on the first, with increased time spent in healthcare settings. By mid-year, students will be immersed in community and hospital-based clinical teaching, experiencing a range of patient contacts in secondary care, community care, mental health, and regional General Practices. 


The year includes:

  • Academic Block

  • Core Clinical Education

  • Student Selected Component


Year Three: Learning focuses on specialist clinical blocks, enhancing knowledge and developing professional skills. Most learning occurs in GP practices and hospitals through partner trusts. The curriculum includes:

  • Student Selected Component

  • Advanced Cases 2

  • Specialist Clinical Placements

Year Four: The final year continues to be based in community and hospital settings, preparing students for practice as a Foundation Year I (FY1) doctor. A six-week elective allows observation of medical practice in different settings, including international environments. The curriculum includes:

  • Assistantship

  • Elective

  • Advanced Clinical Cases

  • Specialist Clinical Placements


This structure ensures a comprehensive education, integrating theoretical knowledge with practical clinical experience.

Warwick Medical School Entry Requirements

GCSE

Not Required

A Levels

Not Required

IB

-

Scottish Higher

-

Scottish Advanced

-

Degree (Graduates)

Degree: A minimum of an upper second class honours (2:1) degree Candidates with a lower second class degree should hold either a Master's or a doctoral qualification to be considered for entry to the MB ChB Warwick Postgraduate Medicine. 


International applicants are required to meet the same entry criteria and go through the same process as home/EU candidates, and must satisfy the University that their standard of English is acceptable for study. 


You will be required to submit an English Language test certificate confirming a score of (or equivalent to) IELTS 7.0 with a maximum of two component scores at 6.0 or 6.5.

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Graduate Entry Medicine Warwick WMS Admission Tests

UCAT

Yes

How Does Warwick Medical School Look At The UCAT?


Warwick UCAT Cut Off 2024 for 2025 Entry


(2024 Entry): For entry to WMS, you need to achieve at least the overall mean score on the Verbal Reasoning sub-test across ALL test-takers. 


The verbal reasoning (VR) cut-off for 2024 entry was 590. Any applicant with a VR score below 590 will automatically be rejected.


There is no Warwick UCAT cut off score; scores are combined with previous academic achievements in our shortlisting process.


We do not consider your score on the Situational Judgement Test.



Warwick UCAT Cut-off scores: 

  • 2023 entry UCAT Cut off: 2580

  • 2022 entry UCAT Cut off: 2660

  • 2021 entry UCAT Cut off: 2670

  • 2020 entry UCAT Cut off: 2570

  • 2019 entry UCAT Cut off: 2600


Contextualisation of UCAT scores

Applicants who are a recent care-leaver or refugee/asylum seeker into the UK will be eligible for a reduction of 20 points in the minimum Verbal Reasoning (VR) cut-off score and an uplift of 60 points for their total score. 


“Recent” means in the five years prior to the UCAS application deadline. Evidence, including of dates, must be provided before the UCAS deadline. Other circumstances will not be considered for contextualization.


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BMAT

No

GAMSAT

No

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