Medical school

A medical school is a tertiary educational institution—or part of such an institution—that teaches medicine, and awards a professional degree for physicians and surgeons. Such medical degrees include the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS, MBChB, BMBS), Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO). Many medical schools offer additional degrees, such as a Doctor of Philosophy, Master's degree, a physician assistant program, or other post-secondary education.

Medical schools can also employ medical researchers and operate hospitals. Around the world, criteria, structure, teaching methodology, and nature of medical programs offered at medical schools vary considerably. Medical schools are often highly competitive, using standardized entrance examinations, as well as grade point average and leadership roles, to narrow the selection criteria for candidates. In most countries, the study of medicine is completed as an undergraduate degree not requiring prerequisite undergraduate coursework. However, an increasing number of places are emerging for graduate entrants who have completed an undergraduate degree including some required courses. In the United States and Canada, almost all medical degrees are second entry degrees, and require several years of previous study at the university level.

Medical Student

Medical Student may refer to:

Medical Student Newspaper

The Medical Student (TMS) is a monthly print newspaper published entirely by full-time medical students from the five medical schools in London (King's College London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Imperial College School of Medicine, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, UCL Medical School, St George's, University of London). TMS is affiliated to London Medgroup, a collective body of Students' Union presidents and British Medical Association representatives from each of the five member medical schools.

It is an editorially independent publication with control over content and editorial appointments vested in the elected Editor-in-Chief and executive committee.

TMS regularly publishes stories concerning medical politics, Modernising Medical Careers, London medical student issues, society, culture and United Hospitals sports news.

History

The newspaper was founded in February 2004 by the University of London Union Medical Students Officer, Johann Malawana, as a means to inform London medical students of the key national medical and political issues affecting them, as well as publishing news concerning the five London medical schools. The initial motivation for founding the publication was to inform students of the changes that would ensue as a result of the Modernising Medical Careers policy.