University of Central Lancashire (UCLan)
UCLan is the largest provider of health and social care education in Lancashire and Cumbria and is one of only five universities in the country delivering medicine, dentistry and pharmacy, complemented by a wide-range of other health related subjects such as nursing, midwifery and paramedic practice.
The Trust has been taking UCLan learners of all specialities for many years. However, our relationship strengthened in September 2015 when the university opened its doors to the first cohort of MBBS students. ELHT is the main teaching hospital for UCLan medical students and the first cohort arrived in September 2017 to begin their clinical years. Now approaching five years operational, with students soon to be across all years and UCLan now recognised as a UK Medical school, the course goes from strength to strength. Such is the reputation of the MBBS programme student numbers are increasing year on year beyond the predicted estimates.
As part of the programme students attend ELHT for a variety of placements over the 5 year programme.
Placements are based across all ELHT sites and the students are always greeted with a warm East Lancashire welcome!
The Trust has been taking UCLan learners of all specialities for many years. However, our relationship strengthened in September 2015 when the university opened its doors to the first cohort of MBBS students. ELHT is the main teaching hospital for UCLan medical students and the first cohort arrived in September 2017 to begin their clinical years. Now approaching five years operational, with students soon to be across all years and UCLan now recognised as a UK Medical school, the course goes from strength to strength. Such is the reputation of the MBBS programme student numbers are increasing year on year beyond the predicted estimates.
As part of the programme students attend ELHT for a variety of placements over the 5 year programme.
Placements are based across all ELHT sites and the students are always greeted with a warm East Lancashire welcome!
Year 1 |
Students attend for a 2 week placement in community medicine. |
Year 2 |
Students attend for a 4 week hospital block undertaking communication and history taking skills. Students also attend for a 4 week community medicine block. |
Year 3 |
Students attend for 4 x 8 week blocks in Medicine, Acute Care and Surgery. Students also undertake a Health and society block which is offsite. |
Year 4 |
Students attend for 4 x 8 week blocks in Medicine, Surgery, Paediatrics and Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Cancer Care. |
Year 5 |
Students attend placements at ELHT as part of their preparation for practice. There is a focus on Acute front door medicine, ward placements, GP and students selected modules. |
Placements will include activities such as ward rounds, out-patient clinics, theatre lists and attendance on-call.
