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{{short description|Medical school of the University of Cambridge}}
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| established = 1540, re-established in 1976
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| dean = Paul Wilkinson
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| students = ~270 per year (A100); ~40 per year (A101)
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The '''School of Clinical Medicine''' is the [[medical school]] of the [[University of Cambridge]] in [[England]]. The medical school is considered as being one of the most prestigious in the world, ranking as 1st in The Complete University Guide,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2023-01-01|title=Medicine|url=https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings/medicine|access-date=2023-04-07|website=Best Universities|language=en}}</ref> followed by [[Oxford University Medical School]], [[Harvard Medical School]], and [[Stanford School of Medicine]] and 2nd in the world in the 2023 Times Higher Education Ranking.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-10-25|title=Medicine|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/best-universities/best-universities-medicine|access-date=2023-04-07|website=Best Universities|language=en}}</ref> The Cambridge Graduate Course in Medicine (A101) is the most competitive course offered by the University and in the UK, and is among the most competitive medical programs for entry in the world.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Medicine (Graduate Course)|url=https://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/courses/medicine-graduate-course|access-date=22 April 2023|website=www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk|language=en}}</ref> The school is located alongside [[Addenbrooke's Hospital]] and other institutions in multiple buildings across the [[Cambridge Biomedical Campus]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Campus Occupiers|url=https://cambridge-biomedical.com/campus-occupiers/|access-date=2021-01-01|website=Cambridge Biomedical Campus|language=en-GB}}</ref>
==The Clinical School==
The Clinical School offers the A100 six-year standard course (accepting approximately 280 students each year) or the A101 accelerated graduate course (accepting approximately 40 students each year). Admission is extremely competitive, with the offered courses having among the lowest acceptance rates in the university. Around 10% of applicants were accepted to the A100 standard course for 2022 entry, with 22 places for overseas fee-status applicants.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Medicine|url=https://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/courses/medicine|access-date=22 April 2023|website=www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk|language=en}}</ref> Around 3% of applicants were accepted to the A101 graduate course in 2023.<ref name=":1"/>
On the standard A100 course, students typically enter the clinical school on completion of three years of pre-clinical training.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Prospective Medical Students at the University of Cambridge|url=https://www.medschl.cam.ac.uk/education/prospective-students/|access-date=2021-01-01|website=School of Clinical Medicine|language=en-GB}}</ref> Approximately half of clinical training in Cambridge takes place at the [[Cambridge Biomedical Campus]], with the other half located in regional hospitals and general practices  across the [[east of England]].<ref name=":0" />
The accelerated A101 Graduate Entry Course leads to the award of MB BChir (Doctor of Medicine and Doctor of Surgery) in 4 years, with approximately 40 students in each cohort. This course is designed for those who already hold bachelor's degrees. This course has an intensive 2–year component with a mix of pre-clinical and clinical teaching, students attend the same lectures and practicals as 1st and 2nd year A100 students during the 8 week terms. They complete the Year 4 placements in the holidays and sit both the A100 2nd year and 4th year exams in the second year of their course. Then the cohort integrates with A100 students in their 5th year for the final two years of the course.
==Entry==
The Clinical School was established in 1976 while construction of the new building at its present site was underway.<ref>{{Cite web|title=History of the School|url=https://www.medschl.cam.ac.uk/about/history-of-the-school/|access-date=2021-01-01|website=School of Clinical Medicine|language=en-GB}}</ref> The clinical course was restructured in 2005 with the addition of a new final year, as the clinical course had previously been less than three years in length.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}} Before 2017, approximately half of medical students left Cambridge after the pre-clinical course as there were not enough places on the clinical course for them all; common destinations included medical schools based in Oxford, London and Manchester. From 2017, all medical students continue to study in Cambridge for the full six years provided they pass the pre-clinical component of the course.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-01-21|title=Exciting changes to medical education in Cambridge|url=https://www.medschl.cam.ac.uk/exciting-changes-to-medical-education-in-cambridge/|access-date=2021-01-01|website=School of Clinical Medicine|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Clinical Course (MB BChir) at the University of School of Clinical Medicine|url=https://www.medschl.cam.ac.uk/education/courses/standard/|access-date=2021-01-01|website=School of Clinical Medicine|language=en-GB}}</ref>
Students enter the clinical course at Cambridge following satisfactory progression during the pre-clinical component of the combined medical course<ref>{{Cite web|title=Clinical Course (MB BChir) at the University of School of Clinical Medicine|url=https://www.medschl.cam.ac.uk/education/courses/standard/|access-date=2021-01-01|website=School of Clinical Medicine|language=en-GB}}</ref> or as part of the graduate course.<ref name=":1" />
==Departments==
* Clinical Biochemistry
* Clinical Neurosciences
** Cambridge Centre for Brain Repair
**Neurology Unit
** Neurosurgery
** Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre
* Haematology
** Transfusion Medicine
** Diagnostics Development Unit
* Medical Genetics
* Medicine
** Anaesthesia
** Clinical Pharmacology
*Obstetrics and Gynaecology
* Oncology
* Paediatrics
* Psychiatry
** Brain Mapping Unit
** Developmental Psychiatry
* Public Health and Primary Care
** The Primary Care Unit
** Clinical Gerontology
*Radiology
* Surgery
** Orthopaedic Research
==Institutes==
[[File:Cmglee Cambridge Cancer Research.jpg|thumb|Li Ka Shing Centre of the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute]]
* [[MRC Cancer Unit]]
* Institute of Metabolic Science (IMS-MRL)
* Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (CIMR)
* Institute of Public Health
* Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute
* [[MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit]]
===Herchel Smith Laboratory for Medicinal Chemistry===
The Herchel Smith Laboratory for Medicinal Chemistry is a laboratory under the aegis of the [[Regius Professor of Physic (Cambridge)|Regius Professor of Physic]] in the School of Clinical Medicine.
==Notable people==
The teaching of medicine at the University of Cambridge dates back to 1540 when [[Henry VIII]] endowed the University’s first Professorship of Physic, Dr John Blyth.<ref>{{Cite web|title=History of the School|url=https://www.medschl.cam.ac.uk/about/history-of-the-school/|access-date=2021-01-01|website=Cambridge Biomedical Campus|language=en-GB}}</ref> In 1842, [[George Edward Paget|George Paget]], the famous physician, into his third year at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, pioneered bedside examinations.<ref>{{Cite web|title=History of the School|url=https://www.medschl.cam.ac.uk/about/history-of-the-school/|access-date=2021-01-01|website=Cambridge Biomedical Campus|language=en-GB}}</ref>
* [[Patrick Maxwell (British physician)|Patrick Maxwell]], [[Regius Professor of Physic (Cambridge)|Regius Professorship of Physic]]
* [[Kay-Tee Khaw]], Professor of Clinical Gerontology
* [[Ieuan Hughes]], Professor Emeritus of Paediatrics
==See also==
*[[Cambridge Biomedical Campus]]
*[[Addenbrooke's Hospital]]
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