Medicine
Our postgraduate and CPD provision includes courses in:
- Medical Education and Leadership
- Performance and Rehabilitation
- Urgent and Rural Medicine
- Research
- Physician Associate Practice
Many courses allow you to convert previous CPD study into academic credits towards a postgraduate award. You can study full or part-time either online or by blended learning. Some programmes use CPD blocks so you can learn alongside your professional role.
We also provide the opportunity for you to study individual modules rather than a full postgraduate course.
Teaching takes place across our three campus sites. These are in Preston, Burnley and at the National Centre for Remote and Rural Medicine (NCRRM) at Westlakes, in Whitehaven, Cumbria. Some programmes are completely online.
State-of-the-art facilities include clinical skills laboratories with high fidelity clinical human simulators. As well as this, there are human anatomy resource and learning centres containing new anatomical models. Equipment includes virtual dissection tables and VR headsets.
On some of our courses you'll gain invaluable real-life experience. This means in-built and voluntary clinical placements in urban and rural NHS settings. You'll also get patient interaction through our volunteer patient group.
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A day in the life of a postgraduate research student
The programme fits around my life and interests. I work full-time, and I wanted to do my Prof Doc full-time as well. I want to use the knowledge to further support the Health and Social Care sector.
A chance to learn rural medicine will shape my future career in any area I work in. The size of the cohort allows for teachings where its comfortable to join in discussions and on placement it’s easy for staff to get to know you.
My tutors were very supportive. They not only maintained their high expectation of the standard of work required for success but were also available to suggest alternative approaches in a helpful and kind manner.
What I like the most about studying medicine at UCLan is that, unlike many medical schools, we have patient contact early to practise our clinical and communication skills.
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- Our postgraduate provision is accredited by the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS).
- Learn from supportive teaching teams. This includes clinicians and researchers with a wealth of industry experience.
- Our MBBS programme is accredited by the General Medical Council (GMC) and listed on the World Directory of Medical Schools.
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Our Medicine courses are ranked 8th in the UK for academic support (National Student Survey, 2023) (compared with unis in the Guardian University Guide).
What jobs can you get with a medicine degree?
Our flexible postgraduate programmes will provide you with the skills and qualifications to start a new role. Or, you can develop your portfolio career whilst working in the medical or wider healthcare team.
Our undergraduate courses will enable you to progress into a career as a doctor (MBBS) or a physician associate (MPAS). Our accelerated two-year Medical Sciences degree offers a fast-track route into graduate entry medicine, dentistry or other health related courses. Our foundation entry provides a pathway into further study if you don’t have the qualifications to start an honours degree.
Future careers for medicine graduates:
- Psychiatrist
- Neurologist
- Hospital doctor
- Surgeon
- Cardiologist
- General practitioner
- Clinical radiologist
- Anaesthetist
- Pathologist
- Ophthalmologist
- Epidemiologist
- Medical sales representative
- Research scientist
- Higher education lecturer
- Health service manager
- Academic researcher
- Clinical scientist
- Toxicologist
- Physician associate
- Science writer
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Meet the team
Marie-Laure teaches across a range of subjects in all modules of the current MSc Optometry programme. Marie's favourite part about the role is tutoring students, in particular seeing their progress.
Jennifer is a clinical skills lecturer here. Jennifer has a wide range of healthcare experience and is responsible for teaching the practical skills required for undergraduate medical and physician associate students. Jennifer is a member of the Royal College of Nurses and the Nu…
Andreas is a Senior Lecturer in Medical Sciences and delivers the Chemistry and Mathematics modules on the BSc FDE Medical Science programme. Andreas has a great deal of experience in Science education and curriculum development.
Tim Thornton's research concerns conceptual issues at the heart of mental health care. The philosophy of mental health and psychiatry is a rapidly developing area of collaboration by philosophers, clinicians (e.g. psychiatrists and mental health nurses) and mental health service …
Eric is a GP by training and works with 3rd and 4th Year Medical students on their campus day teaching programme. He has extensive experience in training GPs, Physician Associates, undergraduate medical students and other postgraduate medical teachers.
Professor Gordon is the head of transitions and careers. He is the director of the Biomedical Evidence Synthesis and translations to practice (BEST) unit and the co-ordinating editor and lead for the UCLan Cochrane Gut editorial satellite group. He is an NIHR Cochrane Programme G…
Dr Dixon teaches across a range of subjects on the Physician Associate course. His background is in General Practice and community based medical education as well as a GP Trainer and Appraiser.
Rick's main role is as a General practitioner in Whitehaven, West Cumbria. He has been involved in running the GP Training Programme in the area since 2002, and has worked with UCLan in helping to set up and deliver Primary Care teaching to Medical Students since 2016.
Geraldine teaches Medicine, Physician Associate and Medical Science students with a focus on immunology and haematology subjects. She is Academic Lead for Year 1 of the MBBS (Medicine) programme as well as theme lead for Integrated Science and Clinical Medicine for Year 1 and Yea…
Dr Oatley is a lecture on the two-year accelerated Medical Sciences BSc course at the University of Central Lancashire’s Burnley campus. He teaches while keeping a keen interest in protein translocation, quality control, membrane protein structure and microscopy.
Harmony teaches Medical Statistics. With particular expertise in Epidemiology and large database research, Harmony's scholarship has led to collaborative projects mainly in the areas of Gastroenterology, alcohol-related harm, drug safety, and maternal-child health. Harmony also …
Tatiana teaches different topics in medical sciences including Biochemistry, Anatomy, Physiology, and Scientific Communications. Tatiana is Lead of Biochemistry and Body Systems Modules.
Rachel graduated from the University of Liverpool in 2016 with a BSc (Hons) degree in Anatomy and Human Biology. Since then she has worked at the Liverpool Research Eye Bank within the Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease in Liverpool before joining us at University of Central…
Michael trained as a Physician Assistant (PA) in the United States and joined us in March 2018. He has clinical experience as a Physician Assistant in Emergency Medicine in the state of Pennsylvania prior to joining us. Michael believes his familiarity with the role of the PA wit…
Simon has worked in an academic environment over the past 16 years in the areas of Public Health and Health and Social Care. Simon has taught both undergraduate and postgraduate students and has undertaken a wide range of research projects and service evaluations. Such work has i…
Emyr teaches several subjects here: primarily molecular biology, research methods, and evidence-based medicine. He leads two research modules (UM1080 and XY3040) at Level 4 and Level 6 respectively. Emyr’s research background is in molecular oncology and computational biology, an…
Russell joined UCLan in September 2017 following a full time career in professional football. Russell first qualified as a physiotherapist in 2009 and initially worked at in the NHS at Trafford General Hospital. He later moved into professional football and spent eight years at W…
Michael is Course Lead for the Clinical Practice, Management, and Education programme, the Professional Doctorate in Clinical Studies programme, and the MSc in Digital Health programme.
Helen joined us in June 2019 as one of the two Course Leaders for the postgraduate Medical Education programme. She has been involved in education at all levels and, most recently, has focused on training those in professional roles.
Johanne teaches anatomy here. Johanne is a medically trained doctor (F2), Teaching Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and has recently completed PG Certs in Education and Medical Education.
We are always looking for willing volunteer patients to take part in student teaching or assessment sessions. Volunteers should be happy to allow students to record their medical histories. And, in some cases, carry out physical examinations. Volunteers can attend sessions once or twice a year if they wish or can choose to be more active participants.
We are particularly looking for volunteers with any of the following conditions:
- Neurological problems: Parkinson’s disease, previous stroke, previous spine or brain surgery, peripheral neuropathies.
- Heart problems: angina, myocardial infarction, heart failure, hypertension, peripheral vascular disease, valve disease.
- Chest/breathing problems: asthma, COPD, pulmonary fibrosis, restrictive lung disease or anything related.
- Endocrine problems: thyroid problems, goitre, diabetes type 1 and type 2.
- Gastrointestinal problems: inflammatory diseases (Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis), stoma, liver problems.
- Kidney problems: somebody who has received a kidney transplant, polycystic kidney disease.· Joint problems: rheumatoid arthritis, severe osteoarthritis.
- Dermatological problems: psoriasis, eczema.
- Breast surgery/problems: previous breast surgery.
If you would like to get involved and your condition does not appear on the list, we still want to hear from you.
Each volunteer patient will be well looked after and provided with refreshments and free parking. Additionally, everyone who takes part will receive a small token to say ‘thank you’ for giving up your time to help our medical students’ progress.
If you want to become a patient volunteer please email us. A member of our team will contact you with further information.
People living in our most deprived communities experience severe health inequalities and the poorest health outcomes. Yet to date, we have failed to close this gap.
The Complete Care Community Programme was created to tackle the health inequalities in England. It explores how today’s NHS can contribute as Integrated Care Systems become statutory bodies and we continue to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic.
UCLan has evaluated the early development and progress of the programme.
Read the full report.Visit NHS Arden and GEM Commissioning Support Unit website.