Course description
Access to Higher Education Diploma Medicine (Distance Learning)
Our Access to HE Diplomas give you the opportunity to apply for a degree in Medicine. Medical degrees as a first degree take 5 years. If your medical degree is your second undergraduate degree, it may be 4 years long but, more often, it will still be 5 years. After completing a medical degree, you then need to complete two years of foundation training, followed by three to seven years of specialist training.
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Access to Medicine Diplomas
You need to have a UK residential address to study this qualification.
To become a doctor, entry requirements vary, but to be successful in an application to university for Medicine you normally need at least five GCSEs at grades A* (9) or A, (8 or a 7) including English, Maths and the Sciences. Science Double award is usually accepted. If you do not have these already, you can study them with us first.
The entry requirements for this course are that you must currently hold the correct number and grades at GCSE for university applications and have the skills and experiences relevant to the course such as current NHS or social care experience.
Our Access to HE Diplomas are fully accredited through an Authorised Validating Agency (AVA) and regulated by the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA), so are part of the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF).
For more information about admission requirements, please visit the institute website.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
All of our Access to HE Diplomas are fully accredited by recognised awarding bodies who are regulated by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA), the official regulator for Access to HE. This means that our Access to HE Diplomas are accepted by the majority of universities and Higher Education Institutions in the UK.
Training Course Content
Access to Higher Education Diploma (Medicine) Option 1
Subject Set: Developmental
- Developmental - Preparing to Progress
Subject Set: Medicine
- Medicine - Professional Behaviours
- Medicine - Fundamentals of Chemistry
- Medicine - Applied Biochemistry
- Medicine - Core Principles of Chemistry (Ex)
- Medicine - Further Organic Chemistry
- Medicine - Experiments in Chemistry
- Medicine - Mathematics for Medics
- Medicine - Cell Biology for Medicine
- Medicine - Aspects of Human Physiology (Ex)
- Medicine - Biomolecules and Key Biochemical Principles (Ex)
- Medicine - Experiments in Biology
- Medicine - Medical uses of Radioisotopes
- Medicine - Principles of Physics (Ex)
Course delivery details
Our Access to HE Diplomas are delivered completely online. This means that you can study when it suits you, your family, and your job. With our learning materials and your own personal tutor, you will have the one-to-one support and guidance that you need to succeed when studying an Access Diploma online.
Continuing Studies
Doctors work in all areas of health care, providing you with a wide range of career options. These include areas such as:
- General Practice
- Surgery
- Emergency Medicine
- Intensive Care
- Anaesthesia
- Radiology
- Paediatric
- Ophthalmology
- Public Health
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