Teaching and Learning Methods
Each subject within Part I of the course employs a variety of teaching and learning methods, including lectures, small-group teaching sessions (supervisions), computer work, practical classes, and problem based learning. In addition, medical students undertake a programme of patient contact (PfP), and vets engage in practical animal handling as part of Farm Animal Husbandry. Vets also undertake farm practice through the Extra Mural Studies programme.
At Part II, in addition to lectures, students undertake a dissertation, based on literature review or laboratory project work.
Support for Students and their Learning
There is an extensive provision of student support and guidance, involving among other things
1) Introductory sessions at the beginning of their first year.
2) Individual course handbooks and websites.
3) University, Departmental and College libraries and computing facilities.
4) Students are assigned a Director of Studies and a personal Tutor by their College.
5) Small group tutorials (supervisions) provided by Colleges with collaboration of Departments.
6) Extensive staff contact in practical classes.
Criteria for Admission
Because students will be simultaneously gaining academic and professional qualifications, selection for admission in medicine is rather more complex than for most subjects, and involves four separate hurdles:
1) students have to satisfy the "pre-medical requirements”, which are:
a. GCSE Physics, Biology and Mathematics at Grade C or above
b. AS level Chemistry and AS level in two of Physics, Biology or Mathematics
c. A level in at least one of Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics or Biology
2) students must also meet the criteria that have been formulated by the Council of the Heads of Medical Schools as being necessary in order to start as a medical student
3) the Cambridge course is scientifically demanding and nearly all successful candidates gain at least three A grades at A-level
4) students must also undergo a check for any criminal record through the Criminal Records Bureau (or similar if from overseas).
For admission in veterinary medicine, the requirements are broadly similar:
1) students have to satisfy the "pre-medical requirements”, which are:
a. GCSE Physics, Biology and Mathematics at Grade C or above
b. AS level Chemistry and AS level in two of Physics, Biology or Mathematics
c. A level in at least one of Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics or Biology
2) the Cambridge course is scientifically demanding and nearly all successful candidates gain at least three A grades at A-level
3) students must also undergo a check for any criminal record through the Criminal Records Bureau (or similar if from overseas).
Mechanisms for evaluating and improving the quality of student learning support
Students have termly meetings with their College Tutor and Director of Studies to monitor and review their progress. This is facilitated by reports submitted to the Colleges by the student’s supervisors on each course.
Each course in the MVST has a course management (or teaching) committee, which regularly reviews the content of that course, student feedback and comments from examiners. Students are represented on these committees.
All courses have External Examiners, who are required to submit a report on the examination to the University. This is normally responded to by the DOMVE with appropriate input from the Head of Department, or an appointed deputy. The report and response is scrutinised by the General Board’s Education Committee.
The first two years of the course are managed by the MVST I Committee. This reports to the Faculty Boards of Biology and Medicine and to the Medical Education Committee which takes an overview of the whole course, pre-clinical and clinical, and advises on changes necessary to meet changing demands of the professional bodies.
All Departments who teach in the Tripos are reviewed by the General Board once every six years.
Each subject within Part I of the course employs a variety of teaching and learning methods, including lectures, small-group teaching sessions (supervisions), computer work, practical classes, and problem based learning. In addition, medical students undertake a programme of patient contact (PfP), and vets engage in practical animal handling as part of Farm Animal Husbandry. Vets also undertake farm practice through the Extra Mural Studies programme.
At Part II, in addition to lectures, students undertake a dissertation, based on literature review or laboratory project work.
Support for Students and their Learning
There is an extensive provision of student support and guidance, involving among other things
1) Introductory sessions at the beginning of their first year.
2) Individual course handbooks and websites.
3) University, Departmental and College libraries and computing facilities.
4) Students are assigned a Director of Studies and a personal Tutor by their College.
5) Small group tutorials (supervisions) provided by Colleges with collaboration of Departments.
6) Extensive staff contact in practical classes.
Criteria for Admission
Because students will be simultaneously gaining academic and professional qualifications, selection for admission in medicine is rather more complex than for most subjects, and involves four separate hurdles:
1) students have to satisfy the "pre-medical requirements”, which are:
a. GCSE Physics, Biology and Mathematics at Grade C or above
b. AS level Chemistry and AS level in two of Physics, Biology or Mathematics
c. A level in at least one of Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics or Biology
2) students must also meet the criteria that have been formulated by the Council of the Heads of Medical Schools as being necessary in order to start as a medical student
3) the Cambridge course is scientifically demanding and nearly all successful candidates gain at least three A grades at A-level
4) students must also undergo a check for any criminal record through the Criminal Records Bureau (or similar if from overseas).
For admission in veterinary medicine, the requirements are broadly similar:
1) students have to satisfy the "pre-medical requirements”, which are:
a. GCSE Physics, Biology and Mathematics at Grade C or above
b. AS level Chemistry and AS level in two of Physics, Biology or Mathematics
c. A level in at least one of Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics or Biology
2) the Cambridge course is scientifically demanding and nearly all successful candidates gain at least three A grades at A-level
3) students must also undergo a check for any criminal record through the Criminal Records Bureau (or similar if from overseas).
Mechanisms for evaluating and improving the quality of student learning support
Students have termly meetings with their College Tutor and Director of Studies to monitor and review their progress. This is facilitated by reports submitted to the Colleges by the student’s supervisors on each course.
Each course in the MVST has a course management (or teaching) committee, which regularly reviews the content of that course, student feedback and comments from examiners. Students are represented on these committees.
All courses have External Examiners, who are required to submit a report on the examination to the University. This is normally responded to by the DOMVE with appropriate input from the Head of Department, or an appointed deputy. The report and response is scrutinised by the General Board’s Education Committee.
The first two years of the course are managed by the MVST I Committee. This reports to the Faculty Boards of Biology and Medicine and to the Medical Education Committee which takes an overview of the whole course, pre-clinical and clinical, and advises on changes necessary to meet changing demands of the professional bodies.
All Departments who teach in the Tripos are reviewed by the General Board once every six years.
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