Norwich Medical School

Norwich Medical School

Type	Medical school
Established	2002
Location	Norwich, Norfolk, England
Affiliations	University of East Anglia
Website	http://www.uea.ac.uk/medicine

Norwich Medical School (NMS) is a medical school based at the University of East Anglia, in Norwich. It was previously called University of East Anglia School of Medicine Health Policy and Practice.The school has a 5-year MBBS course, with the possibility of intercalation after year 3 or 4.^[1] The first intake of 110 students was in 2002, of whom 56% were not straight from school.^[2]

Courses

Norwich Medical School offers two undergraduate courses: a five-year MBBS and a six-year MBBS with a foundation year. Students must complete the foundation year to a satisfactory standard before progressing to the rest of the course; they join the five-year program after foundation.^[3][4]

Students undertake clinical rotations throughout their course at various general practice surgeries and the following hospitals: Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, James Paget University Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn, and Ipswich Hospital.

Notable alumni

• D. N. Samarasekera, Chair of Surgery at the University of Colombo
• Leah Totton (graduated 2011), winner of series nine of The Apprentice^[5]

Notable faculty

• Sir Tom Shakespeare, 3rd Baronet, sociologist
• Professor Amanda Howe, general practitioner

References

1. "MBBS Medicine". Retrieved 2013-08-05.
2. "New perspectives—approaches to medical education at four new UK medical schools". Retrieved 2013-08-05.
3. "Undergraduate Degrees - Norwich Medical School". Retrieved 2013-08-12.
4. "MBBS Medicine With a Foundation Year". Retrieved 2013-08-12.
5. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/the-apprentice/10184750/Apprentice-winner-Leah-Totton-says-My-pout-makes-me-cringe-its-just-terrible.html