Studying at Bangor University

Studying at Bangor

Introduction

The North Wales Clinical School at Bangor University was launched in January 2005. One wing of the University’s Brigantia Building was funded via the NWCS to accommodate academics and facilitate research. This houses the newly established School of Medical Sciences, part of the College of Health and Behavioural Sciences, which will work on developing not only the undergraduate experience but also postgraduate developments in medical education and research.

Bangor University’s key educational contribution to the further development of the NWCS is the provision of opportunities for medical undergraduate students from the School of Medicine at Cardiff University to undertake clinical placements in an academic environment. These Student Selected Component (SSC) placements give Year 3 and Year 5 students the opportunity to study areas of particular personal interest that are not part of the ‘core’ medical undergraduate syllabus; these usually take the form of a research project for up to nine weeks.

While NWCS generally follows the existing Cardiff curriculum, it also seeks to make a distinctive contribution to medical education across North Wales, in particular by addressing the challenges to traditional health care presented by a rural and substantially bilingual population. These special study modules exploit the resources of North Wales in general and Bangor University in particular, notably in cognitive neuroscience, exercise science, and health and social care research. In these ways the NWCS aims to enhance not only medical education across North Wales but also the recruitment and retention of clinical staff across North Wales, and thus health and social care in general.

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Bangor University website