Medicine

About this course

Medicine is the study and practice of diagnosing, treating, and preventing disease and injury in human beings. A medical degree is one of the most demanding and most consequential undergraduate programmes a student can undertake, requiring sustained academic rigour, genuine compassion for people in vulnerable circumstances, and the practical clinical skills to examine patients, interpret investigations, and make sound decisions under pressure. The programme prepares you for the Foundation Programme, the first step of the clinical training pathway that eventually leads to qualification as a fully practising doctor. At Aston University you will study this five-year full-time programme, which integrates scientific understanding with clinical learning from the early stages of the course. Aston's medical school has been developed with a particular focus on producing doctors who are ready to

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