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"It isn't just consultants that need a BSc": student experiences of an Intercalated BSc

Jones, M.; Singh, S.; Lloyd, M.; (2005) "It isn't just consultants that need a BSc": student experiences of an Intercalated BSc. Medical Teacher , 27 (2) pp. 164-168. 10.1080/01421590400019567. Green open access

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Abstract

More medical schools are moving towards a compulsory intercalated BSc. These courses have not traditionally been aimed at those students interested in general practice and have tended to have limited clinical relevance. This paper explores the perceptions of students who undertook a BSc in primary health care using qualitative methodology comprising semi-structured interviews with students just before completion of their course. Interviews were undertaken with 24 of the 26 students who started the course over a 4-year period. All the students have finished the course and have graduated with good honours degrees. Students refine existing skills and develop new, relevant skills for medicine. The students discussed the prestige (or lack) of a BSc in this field and how the course has impacted on their career decisions. A Primary Health Care BSc such as this appears to give students an in depth and to some, a positive view of general practice and primary care. The course allowed students to develop a more critical approach to medicine and enabled them to develop skills in addition to those acquired from their undergraduate medicine course. They perceived that these skills will serve them throughout their career in whatever branch of medicine they choose.

Type: Article
Title: "It isn't just consultants that need a BSc": student experiences of an Intercalated BSc
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1080/01421590400019567
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01421590400019567
Language: English
UCL classification: UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Primary Care and Population Health
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1200
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