Student reviews
What is studying medicine at Newcastle University actually like?
The interview gets you a place; these reports are about the five or six years after that. Gathered from current student and recent graduate forums, weighted by how many independent sources agree. These are unverified community reports, not official university information.
6 reports · 2 widely reported
Regional placements from year 3 span Tyne, Wear, Tees and Northumbria base units; students can end up as far out as Carlisle in the north or Middlesbrough in the south, meaning at least one placement year requires relocating away from Newcastle city itself.
Widely reported · 3 sources(spans several cycles)
Regional placements from year 3 span Tyne, Wear, Tees and Northumbria base units; students can end up as far out as Carlisle in the north or Middlesbrough in the south, meaning at least one placement year requires relocating away from Newcastle city itself.
"for clinical placements, students could be placed as far as Carlisle up north and as far down as Middlesbrough (paraphrase)"
The Student Room, Newcastle medicine placements? thread"Students rotate across three geographic areas, Northumbria, Tees, Tyne and Wear, with one placement near campus, one commutable, and one requiring relocation (paraphrase)"
6med Newcastle review"We have 10 clinical days spread over year 1 and 2, 5 at a GP and 5 at a hospital (paraphrase)"
Life of a Medic, interview with Sophie (3rd year student)Newcastle's famously heavy nightlife is woven directly into medical school social life through weekly MedSoc events spanning all year groups, students describe the social scene as a core part of the experience rather than a side distraction from workload.
Widely reported · 3 sources(spans several cycles)
Newcastle's famously heavy nightlife is woven directly into medical school social life through weekly MedSoc events spanning all year groups, students describe the social scene as a core part of the experience rather than a side distraction from workload.
"Medical society is a huge part of studying medicine at Newcastle. With weekly socials it really gives you the opportunity to make lots of friends (paraphrase)"
Life of a Medic, interview with Sophie"the medical social life revolves around Medbar, a weekly event every Friday night where medics gather to chat, meet people from other years (paraphrase)"
AIMS.Guide, second-year Newcastle medic interview (search-snippet summary)"Popular spots include North Terrace, MedSoc Fridays, and venues like Soho and Market Shaker (paraphrase)"
6med Newcastle reviewYears 1 and 2 use prosections rather than hands-on dissection; full-body dissection is only available later through optional self-selected components in years 3 to 4, and opinion is split on whether prosection alone teaches anatomy as well as cutting it yourself.
Several reports · 2 sources(spans several cycles)
Years 1 and 2 use prosections rather than hands-on dissection; full-body dissection is only available later through optional self-selected components in years 3 to 4, and opinion is split on whether prosection alone teaches anatomy as well as cutting it yourself.
"Newcastle doesn't do dissection, they use prosections... the only disadvantage that comes to mind is that there is no full body dissection and you have to rely on prosection (paraphrase)"
The Student Room, dissection or prosection? thread"Learning anatomy when looking at a cadaver is seriously worth it, diagrams are useless for learning anatomy in that experience (paraphrase)"
The Student Room, Pros and cons of your med school? threadClinical exposure starts unusually early at Newcastle, with roughly 10 placement days built into years 1 and 2 (split between GP and hospital) rather than being held back until later years.
Several reports · 2 sources(spans several cycles)
Clinical exposure starts unusually early at Newcastle, with roughly 10 placement days built into years 1 and 2 (split between GP and hospital) rather than being held back until later years.
"We have 10 clinical days spread over year 1 and 2, 5 at a GP and 5 at a hospital (paraphrase)"
Life of a Medic, interview with Sophie"You have placement from your 1st Year at Newcastle (paraphrase)"
6med Newcastle reviewNewcastle brands its course Case-Based Learning but at least one detailed student account says it functions in practice like a traditional, lecture-heavy course with seminar discussions attached, not genuine PBL, and that the school does not explain the CBL label well to students.
Single report(older cycle)
Newcastle brands its course Case-Based Learning but at least one detailed student account says it functions in practice like a traditional, lecture-heavy course with seminar discussions attached, not genuine PBL, and that the school does not explain the CBL label well to students.
"Newcastle is a traditional course and is very lecture heavy. The term case based learning is difficult to understand and isn't explained by the medical school very well... The course is integrated, certainly not PBL... haven't had a session which they'd call PBL at all (paraphrase)"
The Student Room, Pros and cons of your med school? threadStudents describe the early-course pace as generally forgiving with a lot of free time if you work consistently, but exams are singled out as the toughest and most stressful stretch.
Single report(spans several cycles)
Students describe the early-course pace as generally forgiving with a lot of free time if you work consistently, but exams are singled out as the toughest and most stressful stretch.
"Exams... There's a lot of exams and they're definitely the worst time but it's always worth it when you pass... you have plenty of free time. Use as you please but doing a little bit of work consistently definitely goes a very long way (paraphrase)"
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