King's College London (King's'S College London typically admits 23 students each year to its four-year medical postgraduate entry programme, and in autumn 2024 the programme will expand to include an additional 54 students at the new King's Branch Campus at the University of Portsmouth Medical School. A 2022 report from the Nuffield Trust** highlighted the scarcity of GPs per patient in Portsmouth. The recruitment of general practitioners and other specialists is just one of the areas where medical schools are looking to help improve.
Portsmouth has an above-average level of social poverty, putting enormous pressure on primary and secondary health care. The course aims to alleviate this problem by producing graduates, but also through the wider benefits that medical schools bring to the local communities they serve.
The programme offers graduates of the Biomedical Life Sciences Honours degree the opportunity to fast-track their way to a medical degree in four years instead of five years. The course will be offered in Portsmouth and will lead to a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from King's College London。The focus of the curriculum is to integrate medical science with clinical teaching and to learn in close contact with patients.
Professor ***ij Kapur, Vice-Chancellor and Dean of King's College London, believes that this new partnership is an unprecedented opportunity for both institutionsCombine King's College London's prestigious, highly regarded medical education with the University of Portsmouth's expertise in rare diseases, genomics and neurology。By co-creating a new medical school in Portsmouth, there will be an opportunity to help correct health disparities in Portsmouth and train the next generation of doctors for the region.
Portsmouth is a vibrant, culturally rich seaside city that offers an ideal learning environment for students. The University of Portsmouth is recognised for its leadership in the field of simulation technology, with state-of-the-art facilities, including state-of-the-art anatomy simulation suites. The Student Office's recent £2 million investment will further enhance these facilities to create a cutting-edge learning centre for healthcare students. Clinical education will take place in local NHS hospitals, community and general practice clinics.
Students will have the opportunity to study in both academic and clinical settings, including Queen Alexandra Hospital of Portsmouth Hospital University NHS Trust**, which will be the main clinical partner of the new medical school, as well as participating in in-depth clinical research with other healthcare institutions and partners such as Southern, Solent and IOW NHS Trust**.