BMedSci (Hons) Medical Science

Develop skills and knowledge on how the human body functions, how it reacts to disease and the drugs that are used to treat disease.

Course overview

Our healthcare system relies on Medical Scientists to help diagnose disease, evaluate effectiveness of treatment a, and research into the causes and cures of diseases. During this course you will gain knowledge of topics integral to medical science and develop clinical skills.

Why study this course with us?

Medical Science is taught by enthusiastic academic and professional staff who will provide continuous support throughout your studies at Chester Medical School.

We use an integrated approach to look at molecular and clinical medicine. The course has a solid theoretical base together with laboratory practical’s and clinical skills sessions.

The academic staffs are research active and continually strive to promote research within areas of medical science, in which they have published research findings and discussed their work at national and international conferences. You will have the opportunity to join a research team to undertake your research dissertation in the final year.

This course provides an ideal springboard into postgraduate-entry Medicine or Physician Associate Studies, as well as medical or biomedical research.

Assessment

Learning is assessed by a combination of examinations and coursework. The overall balance between these two forms of assessment is approximately 50:50. Coursework assessments may consist of laboratory reports, data handling exercises, essays, poster and oral presentations, allowing a full range of skills to be developed. The end-of-module assessment is normally by examination, consisting of a combination of multiple choice questions (MCQs), short answer or long answer questions.