Intercalated BSc information for Undergraduate Medical Students

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Susan Shelmerdine

Dear University of Dundee,

I would be most grateful if you would provide me, under the Freedom of Information Act, details in respect to the intercalated BSc degrees undertaken by medical students at your medical school.

1) In your undergraduate medical degree course, is it compulsory or optional for students to undertake an intercalated BSc degree during their medical studies?

2) Do you offer intercalated BSc modules on any/all of the following topics (or related topics)? If so, please could you list which ones you provide options to study:

a. Anatomy/ anatomical sciences/ dissection
b. Radiology/ medical imaging
c. Medical physics

3) In the last 5 academic years of students (Sept 2016 to 2021) could you tell me how many students in total have completed an intercalated BSc (per year), and of these how many chose to undertake the above modules (relating to anatomy, radiology, medical physics).

Please provide numbers of students per year, per subject module and whether you have information on the average mark and range of ranks achieved (e.g. % score or grade)

4) Is there a requirement for students to also conduct original research and produce a dissertation/thesis as part of any of these study modules/topics; or are they just examined by a written test?

5) If there is a need to produce a dissertation/thesis as part of the module selected, would it be possible to provide the titles of the dissertations submitted over the last 5 years for these modules? Please provide the dissertation titles per year and per subject module.

Thank you very much for your help in advance.

Yours faithfully,

Susan Shelmerdine

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Dear Susan Shelmerdine

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Caroline Brown

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1)      In your undergraduate medical degree course, is it compulsory or
optional for students to undertake an intercalated BSc degree during their
medical studies?

Optional

2)      Do you offer intercalated BSc modules on any/all of the following
topics (or related topics)? If so, please could you list which ones you
provide options to study:

a.      Anatomy/ anatomical sciences/ dissection – BMSc in Anatomy

Modules included –

• Anatomy dissertation,
• Functional Anatomy of the Limbs
• Vertebral Column
• Regional Gross Anatomy
• Anatomy of the individual
• Applied Anatomy Topics

b.      Radiology/ medical imaging – n/a
c.      Medical physics – n/a

3)    In the last 5 academic years of students (Sept 2016 to 2021) could
you tell me how many students in total have completed an intercalated BSc
(per year), and of these how many chose to undertake the above modules
(relating to anatomy, radiology, medical physics).

2016/17 – 53 students completed a BMSc – 4 in Anatomy

2017/18 – 64 students completed a BMSc – 10 in Anatomy

2018/19 – 74 students completed a BMSc – 8 in Anatomy

2019/20 – 79 students completed a BMSc – 9 in Anatomy

2020/21 – 86 students completed a BMSc – 8 in Anatomy

4)  Please provide numbers of students per year, per subject module and
whether you have information on the average mark and range of ranks
achieved (e.g. % score or grade)

Number of students for Anatomy is detailed in Q3.  The students are
required to complete the compulsory modules which are the Anatomy
dissertation & Regional Gross Anatomy modules.  The students are also
required to complete 3 of the ‘optional’ modules which are Functional
Anatomy of the Limbs, Vertebral Column, Anatomy of the individual &
Applied Anatomy Topics

5)      Is there a requirement for students to also conduct original
research and produce a dissertation/thesis as part of any of these study
modules/topics; or are they just examined by a written test?

Dissertation required.

6)      If there is a need to produce a dissertation/thesis as part of the
module selected, would it be possible to provide the titles of the
dissertations submitted over the last 5 years for these modules? Please
provide the dissertation titles per year and per subject module.

I am afraid that we do not have a proper record of this for the past 5
years as we do not need to keep a record of the title. Please treat this
as an exemption under S 17 of FOISA. We may be able to provide some
examples of subjects / areas covered. For example, this year our colleague
notes that they had students investigating the use of NOTES surgery for
transvaginal appendectomy, comparing transoral robotic surgery to
chemotherapy outcomes, comparing transoral robotic surgeries. Other
supervisors had students investigating the effect of strenuous exercise on
the female pelvic floor and the prevalence of adductor strains in
different types of athletes.

 

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Dear University of Dundee,

I would be most grateful if you would provide me, under the Freedom of
Information Act, details in respect to the intercalated BSc degrees
undertaken by medical students at your medical school.

1)      In your undergraduate medical degree course, is it compulsory or
optional for students to undertake an intercalated BSc degree during their
medical studies?

2)      Do you offer intercalated BSc modules on any/all of the following
topics (or related topics)? If so, please could you list which ones you
provide options to study:

a.      Anatomy/ anatomical sciences/ dissection
b.      Radiology/ medical imaging
c.      Medical physics

3)      In the last 5 academic years of students (Sept 2016 to 2021) could
you tell me how many students in total have completed an intercalated BSc
(per year), and of these how many chose to undertake the above modules
(relating to anatomy, radiology, medical physics).

Please provide numbers of students per year, per subject module and
whether you have information on the average mark and range of ranks
achieved (e.g. % score or grade)

4)      Is there a requirement for students to also conduct original
research and produce a dissertation/thesis as part of any of these study
modules/topics; or are they just examined by a written test?

5)      If there is a need to produce a dissertation/thesis as part of the
module selected, would it be possible to provide the titles of the
dissertations submitted over the last 5 years for these modules? Please
provide the dissertation titles per year and per subject module.

Thank you very much for your help in advance.

Yours faithfully,

Susan Shelmerdine

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