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Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Medical School voted number one in London

5 January 2012

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Medical School has been ranked number one in London, and joint fourth in the UK by the National Student Survey 2011.

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Medical School voted number one in London Achieving a student satisfaction score of 95%, the results show an impressive improvement in the Medical School's overall score.

Professor Jane Dacre, Director of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Medical School said: "We look forward to maintaining these excellent results as the Medical School continues to strive to provide its students with the best possible experience, which will help them learn to provide the best possible patient care."

Areas scoring particularly well included the quality of the course, teaching, personal development and learning resources. In common with other medical schools featured, feedback on assessment scored the lowest, but this something that Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê has targeted for continued development in future.

Professor Sir John Tooke, Head of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Medical School, said: "Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê is one of the top twenty-five universities in the world with great research strengths, particularly in the life and biomedical sciences, and a genuine commitment to educational excellence and preparing students for their future role as a doctor and postgraduates to thrive in their developing careers.

We look forward to maintaining these excellent results as the Medical School continues to strive to provide its students with the best possible experience

Professor Jane Dacre

"Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê together with its prestigious hospital partners is now one of five designated Academic Health Science Centres in the UK providing the optimal environment for combining research, educational and clinical care excellence - a perfect place to lay the best foundations for your subsequent careers", he added.

With 2012 seeing the launch of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê medicine's new MBBS curriculum, the change is designed to maximise the advantages of training at one of the UK's Academic Health Sciences Centres, ensuring that Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê continues to train the highest quality doctors for practice in the 21st Century.

"We are proud of our MBBS programme at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê", said Dacre, "and are keen to attract those with a genuine desire to excel as a doctor."

With Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê medicine graduates achieving a 100% employment rate in the Foundation Programme for 2012, medicine at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê is in excellent health, with a recent Preparedness for Practice survey demonstrating thatÌý the junior doctors qualifying from Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê feel much better prepared for the world of work.

Credit: Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Medical Illustration at Royal Free Campus


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