School of Medicine and Dentistry

Professionally accredited courses

Many courses are accredited and/or approved by professional bodies. These include the General Medical Council, the General Dental Council, the General Optical Council and the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

On-campus clinics

We one of the few universities in the UK with our very own on-campus Dental Clinic. We are fully equipped to give all dental students direct access to practical experience in high-end dental work within the institution.

Vision Sciences students will treat patients in our on-campus Eye Health Clinic. The clinic is equivalent to a high street practice and open to members of the public.

Clinical placements

On some of our courses you'll gain invaluable real-life experience. You'll have the opportunity to take part in in-built or voluntary clinical placements. These could be in urban or rural NHS settings. You'll also be able to interact with our volunteer patient group.

Inter-professional learning

Inter-professional learning sessions are important to courses such as MBBS or Physician Associate. You’ll work alongside students from other professional healthcare programmes. This includes Pharmacy and Nursing. You'll graduate as a well-rounded member of the healthcare team.

Learn while you earn

Many postgraduate courses can be studied part-time or as individual modules with much of the teaching taking place online. This means you can upskill whilst working in your current role.

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Patient volunteer programme

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. They may also carry out physical examinations in some cases.

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. For example: Parkinson’s disease, previous stroke, previous spine or brain surgery, peripheral neuropathies.

Heart problems. For example: angina, myocardial infarction, heart failure, hypertension, peripheral vascular disease, valve disease.

Chest/breathing problems. For example: asthma, COPD, pulmonary fibrosis, restrictive lung disease or anything related.

Endocrine problems. For example: thyroid problems, goitre, diabetes type 1 and type 2.

Gastrointestinal problems. For example: inflammatory diseases (Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis), stoma, liver problems.

Kidney problems. For example: somebody who has received a kidney transplant, polycystic kidney disease.

Joint problems. For example: rheumatoid arthritis, severe osteoarthritis.

Dermatological problems. For example: psoriasis, eczema.

Breast surgery/problems. For example: previous breast surgery.

If you would like to get involved and your condition does not appear on the list we would still love 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.

Are you interested in becoming a patient volunteer? Please email our team and someone will contact you with further information.

Our team

Our supportive teaching staff include clinicians, dental and healthcare professionals with a wealth of experience. Discover more about our academic staff.

We’re proud to say that our Dental Surgery, BDS course has been awarded 4 QS Stars (Very Good) for programme strength (2025). With access to state-of-the-art facilities such as our Dental Education Centres and our on-campus Dental Clinic, we enable trainee dentists to develop advanced clinical skills and treat real patients under expert supervision. Our 4 QS Stars reflects our outstanding teaching, high student satisfaction and the success of our graduates. 4 QS Stars (Very Good) for programme strength (Dental Surgery, BDS)

Our School has a duty of care to its staff, students and the patients with whom they interact. As a key part of this we need to record and manage any safeguarding and professionalism issues which occur. It is therefore necessary to hold, use and process the personal information contained in the submitted structured event reporting forms (SERF) to meet these obligations effectively.

We may also use your email details to contact you for additional information or clarification if that is necessary to manage issues appropriately.

Your personal information will be erased once the individual(s) involved are no longer employed by or studying at UCLan.

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