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ADMISSIONSBefore you arriveThis section of the web will provide you with information you need to know before you start at HYMS Contents1. Campus allocation2. Agreement to conditions of medical training2.1 Agreement to conditions of medical training 3. Occupational health3.1 General considerations 4. Learning resources4.1 Blackboard 5. Reading list & stethoscopes6. Accommodation6.1 The University of Hull 7. Fees & bursaries7.1 Home fees 1. Campus allocationAllocation to Hull or York is normally randomly by ballot, and we don't allocate accommodation until applicants have firmly accepted a place at HYMS (normally in May). We reserve the right to alter campus allocations after A-level results have been confirmed, if this is absolutely necessary to correct a serious imbalance which might otherwise endanger clinical learning opportunities. Requesting a specific campusWe will consider requests for a specific campus allocation, but normally only if you fall into one of the following categories:
If any of these categories applies to you, you can request either to be allocated to the campus near you, or you can choose to enter the random ballot along with other applicants. If you have a sibling at one of our parent universities, you can request either to be allocated to that university or to the other one! To make a request, you must firmly accept our offer, and then send a written request with relevant documentation to the Admissions Officer, HYMS, University of York YO10 5DD. You will hear the result of your request from us by June at the latest. If HYMS was only your insurance offer in April, we can't guarantee to meet your request. In years 3, 4 and 5, all students undertake placements across the whole of our region, including Hull, York, Scarborough, Scunthorpe and Grimsby, regardless of their home campus. 2. Agreement to conditions of medical training2.1 Agreement to conditions of medical training: The degree of MB BS (Hull York) for which you are studying confers the right to apply to the General Medical Council for provisional registration as a doctor and work as a Foundation Trainee. During your student years your training will take place in a medical environment. It is therefore essential that you fulfil the requirements based on the General Medical Council statements on the requirements of a doctor (Good Medical Practice,2006; Medical Students: Professional behaviour and fitness to practise, 2007; The New Doctor, 2007)) and that as a student you exhibit the highest standards of conduct and behaviour at all times and also that you demonstrate the physical and mental capacity required of a registered medical practitioner. The following standards and capacities are required by HYMS as evidence of fitness to practise medicine. Failure to meet the standards set out below may cause a student’s fitness to practise to be considered by the HYMS Fitness to Practise Committee. I [Print name]________________________________________________________________________ a student registered at the University of [Hull / York] I confirm that I have been truthful in my application to HYMS, that I did not omit important information relevant to my application and that I have kept HYMS informed of changes to that information in accordance with my previous undertakings. I understand and accept that the duties of a doctor include acting quickly to protect patients from risk and agree to notify HYMS Associate Dean for Students if I have good reason to believe or suspect that I or a colleague may not be fit to practise. I understand that if I breach the terms of this undertaking I may be subject to disciplinary action by HYMS and/or the University which could lead to my withdrawal from the degree programme. Date: Signature: Witness (Print name) : Signature: Witness address: HULL YORK MEDICAL SCHOOL CONDITIONS OF TRAINING 2009 -2010 [Medical students cannot complete the undergraduate curriculum without coming into close, and sometimes intimate, contact with members of the public who may be vulnerable or distressed.] [The appearance of a student or medical practitioner should not be such that it potentially affects a patient’s confidence in that person’s medical judgement or competence]. [To ensure adequate communication, students are required not to cover their faces in clinical areas, in areas where they are working with teachers other than lectures, and areas where they are expected to work together with other students. Students will have to uncover their faces for identification purposes, including entry to examinations and the library. This requirement reflects the cultural norm of professional medical practice within the UK.] [In order to qualify as a doctor in the UK, it is required that the practitioner is willing to examine any patient as fully and as intimately as is clinically necessary.] [Classes may be timetabled between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday to Friday and regular attendance is expected of all students. Students on clinical placement may be required to work outside these hours including occasional evenings or weekends. Students with unsatisfactory attendance at problem based learning sessions, clinical skills sessions or clinical placements, for whatever reason, will not normally be allowed to take the end of year summative assessment.] [There are several medical defence organisations, all of which offer free membership to medical students. HYMS will invite representatives of the medical defence organisations to the School to facilitate this. It is necessary because, although NHS and general practices carry insurance that protects the organisation against being sued for malpractice, their insurance does not protect you as an individual student.] [Although students are required to have a Criminal Record Bureau [CRB] check before entering the school we also need to know if a student has a subsequent conviction especially if there is a possibility that this will affect fitness to be a clinical student or a doctor. Failure to inform the school will lead to investigation under the HYMS Fitness to Practice regulations and could lead to dismissal from the programme. Further CRB checks may be required during the course.] Occupational health3.1 General Considerations: There are few health problems, which, once stabilised, are a bar to entry to the medical course, although certain infectious diseases require specific actions by the medical student and medical school in order to minimize risk to patients. The most likely conditions to put a patient at risk are certain psychiatric problems. Otherwise an individual who has achieved high grades at ‘A’ levels, despite a medical handicap, is very likely to be well motivated and to continue that success into their subsequent career. Where a decision is required about a candidate with a health problem where the prognosis is not clear, the problem will be considered by the Fitness to Practise Committee before an offer of a place is made. 3.2 Medical Examination Occupational health assessment: On the basis of the health questionnaire, some candidates will be asked to attend the HYMS occupational health service for assessment before taking up their place. All new students are required to attend for medical screening by the occupational health service on entry to the medical school. Confidentiality and Data Protection: Successful applicants are required to provide explicit consent for the occupational health provider for HYMS to hold and share with HYMS as necessary the medical data required both to allow the Universities to satisfactorily undertake their duty of care, and to allow HYMS to exercise its role in assuring patient safety under HYMS Fitness to Practise procedures. Data relating to the health of applicants who gain entry to HYMS will normally be kept until satisfactory completion of the Foundation programme and for the recommended term following completion. 3.3 Disability: Candidates with a disability or medical condition that has not been declared on their UCAS application must provide this information on their Health questionnaire, and should contact the disability adviser of Hull or York University (as appropriate) well before the start of term so that any special provisions can be made. Failure to provide this information may result in forfeiture of the place. Dyslexia: Applicants to HYMS should declare on their UCAS application if they have dyslexia and, if so, to provide evidence of any examination by an appropriate psychologist. It is the convention of both Universities that a student with dyslexia will be allowed additional time in written components of assessment. However there will be no concessions for dyslexic students in clinical examinations. This is because all medical graduates must achieve the core educational outcomes set out by the General Medical Council (GMC) in Tomorrow’s Doctors, must be fit to practise as Foundation programme doctors and must meet the standards of competence, care and conduct set by the GMC in its statement of principles on Good Medical Practice. 3.4 Infectious diseases 2 Hepatitis C: All applicants who accept an offered place at HYMS, and meet the academic conditions will be tested for Hepatitis C at entry medical screening. Those found to be positive may find themselves limited in their career choice within medicine, as they will not be able to perform exposure prone procedures where there is a chance of transmission of infection. See Hepatitis C for further details. 3 TB: All students are required to produce evidence of immunity to TB. This may be documented evidence of BCG in the presence of a scar. For those not previously immunised or displaying a scar, appropriate action will be taken at entry medical screening. 4 HIV: Currently HIV testing is not routinely performed but can be offered if students have specific concerns. However, DOH guidelines in the future may recommend the introduction of HIV testing. Applicants who are HIV positive may find themselves limited in their career choice within medicine as they will not be able to perform exposure prone procedures where there is a chance of transmission of infection. 5 Other transmissible viral diseases: At the time of health screening immune status to a number of infectious diseases will be checked, this will include, rubella, chicken pox, measles and mumps. Students who have not had two MMR vaccinations are advised to ask their GP for this as soon as possible and ensure this is done in good time before they come to university. See Mumps and MMR for further details. 4. Learning resources4.1 Blackboard: Blackboard is a web-based "Virtual Learning Environment" (or VLE). This is a special type of web site, which you can use to view course information, and to communicate with other students and staff. During induction week you will be given a proper introductory session training session to Blackboard. At HYMS, we use Blackboard extensively to keep in touch with all of our students, whether in Hull, York, or on placement in the NHS. As a member of HYMS, you will be logging in to Blackboard every day, to check for important announcements and to ask questions of your tutors and fellow students. Using Blackboard, you will also gain access to a wide range of important course materials, on-line discussions, and links to other relevant web sites which will be essential for your studies. All applicants who firmly accept a place at HYMS will be given the opportunity to log in and preview the system before they arrive. In this special "pre-arrival" area of Blackboard you can use the discussion board to post messages to other new students, existing students, and staff. There is a collection of medical-related books and journals at both university libraries, many of which are available electronically, and students have ready access to online databases such as Medline, Embase and the Cochrane Library. Textbooks and other library resources specific to the HYMS curriculum are available at both university libraries. In addition, students on clinical placement will have access to local NHS library facilities, where library staff are working to extend and develop existing services to deliver all that HYMS needs. Click here for further information about HYMS library services 5. Reading list & stethoscopesWe do not have a reading list; there is no need to do any preparatory reading. If you wish to read something then we advise that you download the phase 1 handbook and HYMS PBL guide; both of these can be found in the "students" section of the web site (alternatively click here). 6. Accommodation6.1 The University of Hull: The University of Hull offers many different types of accommodation, including catered halls of residence, self-catering on-campus flats, and self-catering university-owned student houses. Although all of these options are available to HYMS students, the university recommends that student houses or the Taylor Court flats are best suited to HYMS students’ needs, due to their location and longer contract lengths, which fit HYMS’ longer terms. See www.hull.ac.uk/accom/accommodationhome.html for further information 6.2 The University of York: York University accommodation is divided between the seven undergraduate colleges and each student is allocated to one of these. All rooms are single and third of them have en suite facilities. Colleges have a range of café bars and dining rooms, and most have basic kitchen facilities or an area for preparing snacks, allowing students a mixture of catered and self-catered. All first year students who complete their accommodation application by the stated deadline are guaranteed university accommodation. See www.york.ac.uk/admin/accom/ for further information Moving in: Students allocated to the Hull campus are usually able to move in to their accommodation during the week before the start of term. Students allocated to the York campus will move into temporary accommodation on the Sunday before the start of term and will then move to permanent accommodation about 10 days later when the University of York term starts. Students will be contacted directly by the University Accommodation Offices of Hull or York (in early summer for Hull, in late summer for York). 7. Fees & bursaries7.1 Home Fees: Tuition fees for 2009/10 will be £3,225 per annum as approved by the Office for Fair Access (OFFA).
Bursaries will be paid in two installments, February and May, and are subject to the student continuing in registration on the MBBS programme as the time of payment. In order to apply students should complete and submit a PN1 application form, including Sections 11 & 13. This form can be found at www.studentsupportdirect.co.uk. There is no need to apply directly to the University of Hull or the University of York. Notification of the bursary amount takes place once Hull or York Universities have received notification of entitlement from the Student Loans Company (SLC). Students must have applied through the SLC to receive payment. For further information see www.hull.ac.uk/money/uoh_scholarships_and_bursaries/ or www.york.ac.uk/studentmoney/prospective/hyms.shtml For details about financial help available see www.dfes.gov.uk/studentsupport/ If you are unclear about your fee status see the tuition fees guidance note on www.ukcosa.org.uk terms of use | accessibility | feedback
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