Access to Higher Education Medicine and Medical Science Diploma

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Access to Higher Education Medicine and Medical Science Diploma

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Access to Higher Education Medicine and Medical Science Diploma

Full Time

Course Overview

This course has a strong emphasis on both biology and chemistry and learners will have the opportunity to study both equally to give a balanced view of skills to enable progression to medicine-based degree programmes.

The course has been designed to provide entry to University and is worth 21 credits in Biology, 15 credits in Chemistry and 9 credits in clinical skills. At the end of the course, you will have 45 credits which are graded and 15 credits which are ungraded study skills. The course is suitable for mature students who have been out of full-time education for at least one year and do not have the relevant qualifications for entry to higher education.

As part of your learning, resources and assignments will be uploaded to Google Classrooms for you to use.

Course Content

You will attend college three days a week between 9.30am and 3pm.

The course includes a variety of units covering biology, chemistry and clinical skills. The list of units includes the following:

Cell Biology
Nutrition and Digestion
Blood, Circulation and Gaseous Exchange for Healthcare
Diseases and body defence
Evolution and Ecology
Reproductive Biology for healthcare
Musculoskeletal System
Drugs and Food Additives
Structure and Bonding
Fundamentals of Chemistry
Separation and Analysis
Periodic Table, Ionisation Energies and Redox
Clinical Skills
Understanding the Patient Journey
Research Project
General Maths
Practical Science skills
Reviewing and planning for future
Giving a presentation to the Audience

Entry Requirement

You need to be aged 19+ from the beginning of September.
GCSE English and maths at grade C/4 or above (or equivalent)

If you do not have either English or maths you can complete this in addition to the Access course.

Assessment

This course is assessed in a variety of ways with assignments including presentations, discussions, tests, projects, practical work, problem-solving exercises, essays, scientific reports, diagrams and interviews.