Intercalate

The intercalated year aims to provide a balance between classical anatomical studies and the modern understanding of cell and developmental biology, genetics and disease mechanisms.

You will have the opportunities to spend an academic year in a research-active environment where your learning is aligned closely to the research areas that are very much at the forefront of the advancement in medicine and development of contemporary medical technologies such as tissue engineering.

Many recent and continuing developments in medicine have been underpinned by biochemical research; for example, the development of targeted cancer therapies, the exploitation of stem cells and RNA-based therapies, and the appreciation of the importance of protein mis-folding in neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease and CreutzfeldtJakob disease.

The Intercalated degree in Biochemistry provides you with the opportunity to join a research-led course in this highly relevant and rapidly advancing subject.

Core modules develop an advanced understanding of cutting-edge research in genomics, gene regulation, synthetic biology and protein engineering, including the 3D structure and dynamics of the genome and the applications of engineering principles to biological systems.

Neuroscience is a rapidly evolving area of biomedicine as new sophisticated experimental approaches are constantly developed to address the complexity of the nervous system.

You will be provided with the opportunity to spend an academic year in a research-led teaching institution in which neuroscience is a burgeoning area. The modules that you study reflect the increasing applications of molecular biology, genetics, psychopharmacology, neurophysiology and behavioural science to understanding the nervous system and the associated neuropsychiatric disorders.

You will study advanced physiology and pathophysiology using information derived from current research to understand how the cardiovascular, renal, gastrointestinal, respiratory and endocrine systems are controlled from the molecular level to integrated body function.

We have optional modules available to enable you to select and explore specific topics of interest (e.g. tissue engineering, musculoskeletal biology, cancer).

You will also undertake a physiology-focused final year project in a laboratory, or you can do some educational research, data analysis or a science communication project

The Emergency, Pre-hospital and Immediate Care intercalated BSc (EPIC iBSc) route provides you with a solid grounding in acute care.

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Our structured curriculum enables you to develop the knowledge and clinical skills needed to undertake the difficult challenges of rapid diagnosis and treatment in emergency conditions. Modules include:

• Sports, Pre-hospital and Other Emergencies
• Emergency Diagnostics
• Resuscitation Science
• Trauma Science
• Paediatric Emergency Medicine
• Intercalated Research Project

University teaching weeks consist of lectures, tutorials, clinical skills and simulation sessions at our Heath Park campus in Cardiff.

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Clinical placements are based in busy Emergency Departments across Wales and are punctuated with weekly pre-hospital exposure with the Welsh Ambulance Service (either in an ambulance or on a rapid response vehicle). Each clinical placement week is themed to a syllabus topic for which you will partake in a journal club (critically appraising a landmark paper), sit a mock examination and receive a placement tutorial. You will also attend joint training days with postgraduate emergency medicine trainees.

The placement journal club ensures you build the critical appraisal skills required to successfully complete the Intercalated Research Project, whilst hands-on research experience will be supervised by an experienced emergency medicine physician or researcher.

This degree will prepare you for an exciting future career in emergency and/or pre-hospital hospital medicine.

Please view further detailed information about the EPIC iBSc course.

Please read the frequently asked questions (FAQs) prior to applying for the EPIC iBSc programme. On applying to the programme, you will be asked to confirm you have read, understood and agree with the information contained on the FAQ page.

Every doctor is expected to teach. On this course, you’ll explore learning theory and practice in contemporary medical education, develop your teaching skills, discover and use new educational technologies and conduct research into key issues in clinical teaching.

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Pharmacology is the study of how drugs and medicines work at the cellular and sub-cellular level to produce their useful (and sometimes harmful) effects in man.

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This intercalated BSc degree programme produces graduates with a sound understanding of the biological effects and mechanisms of action of a wide range of bioactive substances, in particular those used for the treatment of human diseases.

During the Population Medicine BSc, you will study the application of epidemiology to problems encountered in the delivery of care or treatments to individuals.

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Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events (including disease), and the application of this study to the control of diseases and other health problems.

You will gain a broad and solid foundation of research methods that can be applied to improving health and health care and will identify how health practices and research findings can be applied to specific topic areas (e.g. infections, long term conditions, public health, improving clinical care, inequalities and rural health).

Read 'Reflections And Awards Of A Supervised Intercalated Student' - an open and honest blog from one of our intercalating students.

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The main objective of the degree course is to promote knowledge and understanding of psychology in medicine at both conceptual and practical levels.

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You will be encouraged to evaluate critically the theory and methodology of a variety of psychological subject areas and make the link between basic psychological processes and psychiatric and neurological symptoms and conditions.

This will be achieved through the combination of the content in our route’s core module and the modules from the School of Psychology that will be made available to students. Hands-on research experience will be obtained by conducting a project, which will be supervised by an established scientist.

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Designed by international experts working in the areas of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation. Studying on this full-time programme will enable you to maximise your exposure to the research expertise in the Division of Infection and Immunity and the Systems Immunity University Research Institute.

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Upon completion of this MSc, you will have developed a critical awareness of current issues and developments in clinical and basic science subjects aligned with Infection, Immunity and Inflammation.

The BSc in Neuropsychology is taught by neurologists, clinical neuropsychologists and neuroscientists from the internationally acclaimed Wolfson Centre for Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience.

It gives you the opportunity to study in depth the human brain in health and disease and undertake a research project in one of their human neuroscience laboratories.

Find out more about studying Neuropsychology at Bangor University.

Following a research based approach to study, the key aspects of this sports science degree include the study of how physical and mental performance can be improved to help individuals to achieve their personal potential.

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Find out more about studying Sports Science at Bangor Univeristy.