About the course

Experience an academic year working in emergency care and gain an intercalated degree at the same time with the BSc (Hons) in Urgent and Emergency Care. Learn skills that will enable you to work flexibly as a healthcare professional across traditional boundaries to meet the needs of the healthcare community, whilst developing as a competent and adaptive practitioner, with specialist and transferable skills.

　　You will explore opportunities to set up placements within your locality helping you with the cost of living and development of important relationships in settings where you may like to work in the future. You’ll experience working in genuinely challenging clinical environments. You will also get prepared to lead teams in the future with a specific module on management and leadership, and practice skills that will be essential as you progress to becoming a consultant.

　　Study with the only university to offer an intercalated degree in emergency care in the UK

　　Explore opportunities to set up placements within your locality helping you with the cost of living and development of important relationships in settings where you may like to work in the future

　　Experience working in genuinely challenging clinical environments, real-life experiences mean meaningful education

　　Get to grips with working and studying with a multi-professional team and all the insight that brings

　　Prepare to lead teams in the future with a specific module on management and leadership

　　Practice skills that will be essential as you progress to becoming a consultant

　　Deepen your research and audit knowledge, helping you to decide (with your emergency department mentor) what area of emergency care you will develop an audit in

　　Choose from a range of optional modules including paediatrics and mental health.

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Start dates and prices

Course fees are indicative and should be used as a guide. Speak to a counsellor to get an accurate price.

　　Duration: 1 Year(s)Fees: GB£16,300

Intake	Location
Semester 1 (September), 2024	Plymouth
Semester 1 (September), 2025	Plymouth

　　

How to apply

Entry requirements for University of Plymouth

Given the nature of the placement element, the fact that you will be working in an emergency department environment, and the point of academic entry into the course we are only able to take medical students who have successfully completed their third or fourth year.The opportunity to intercalate is open to any medical student supported by their medical school - you must have written permission to intercalate from your medical school and show evidence via transcript that you have completed clinical skills and research to the level normally expected of a fourth year undergraduate medical student.

　　IELTS (Academic): 6.0, TOEFL ibt: 76

　　

English language requirements

　　6.0

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　　TOEFL Internet based overall score: 76.0

　　

Application deadline:

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Further information

Career outcomesIf you aren’t eligible for the above entry requirements, you might want to explore pathway options at University of Plymouth. If you want to find out more, please speak to our counsellors.

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