Your five‑year journey

The BM BS at BSMS blends science with clinical practice from day one. Explore the journey year‑by‑year with key skills, rotations and milestones.

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Clinical Imaging Suite

Year 1

Foundations & first encounters

• Systems‑based science • Clinical and Community Practice • Basic life support • Cadaveric dissection • Living anatomy & ultrasound • Student‑Selected Components (SSCs)

Year 2

Building skills & perspectives

• Intermediate life support • Venepuncture & phlebotomy • Emergency assessment • Four immersion weeks (GP, AHPs, community care) • Prosections • Time for Dementia (Years 2–3)

Year 3

Rotations & responsibility

• Ward‑based attachments in General & Acute Medicine, Cardiology, Elderly Medicine, Psychiatry, Surgery (Peri‑op, EM, Orthopaedics, Urology) • Scientific Basis of Medicine • Safe prescribing

Year 4

Specialism & scholarship

• Rotations: GP; ENT, Ophthalmology & Neurology; ID, Micro & Sexual Health; Rheumatology & Dermatology; Oncology, Haematology & Palliative Care; O&G; Paediatrics • Individual Research Project • Time for Autism

Year 5

Readiness for practice

• Longitudinal clinical attachments (Medicine, EM, Elderly, Surgery, Psychiatry) • Prescribing Safety Assessment • GMC Medical Licensing Assessment (AKT + OSCE) • Elective • Foundation 0 preparation placement

*Curriculum elements are reviewed annually; details for 2026 may be subject to change.

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