Medical School Handbook
This Handbook provides members of staff and students, both current and prospective, with a comprehensive list of Codes of Practice, policies, standards and guidance documents pertaining to the MB ChB Degree. It includes key information regarding: how students are selected, assessed and supported; how the course operates and is managed; and the quality management processes used to meet our regulatory obligations.
Section 1 – Codes of Practice
- 1.1 UBMS Code of Practice for Assessment (PDF)
- 1.2 Code of Practice for Fitness to Practise Committee (PDF)
- 1.3 Code of Practice for Personal Tutors (PDF)
- 1.4 Code of Practice for Quality Management (PDF)
- 1.5 Code of Practice for Selection (PDF)
- 1.6 Code of Practice for Student Liaison Officers (PDF)
- 1.7 Code of Practice for the Academic Misconduct Group (PDF)
- 1.8 Code of Practice for the Concerns Process (PDF)
- 1.9 Code of Practice for the Mitigating Circumstances Group (PDF)
Section 2 – Standards
- 2.1 Standards for Block Timetables (PDF)
- 2.2 Standards for Clinical Supervision in Phase II (PDF)
- 2.3 Standards for Educational Supervision (PDF)
- 2.4 Standards for Group Work in Phase I (PDF)
- 2.5 Standards for Management of the Curriculum (PDF)
- 2.6 Style Standards for Phase I Workbooks (PDF)
Section 3 – Advice and Guidance
- 3.1 Absence and Leave Policy (PDF)
- 3.2 Academic Appeals form Guidance for Students (PDF)
- 3.3 Academic Misconduct Policy and Procedures (PDF)
- 3.4 Bullying and Harassment Policy (PDF)
- 3.5 Document and Information Management Guidance (PDF)
- 3.6 Equality Complaints Guidance (PDF)
- 3.7 General regulations for the MB ChB (PDF)
- 3.8 Guidance for Raising Concerns (PDF)
- 3.9 Guidance on using the Concerns Report Form (PDF)
- 3.10 Maternity Paternity Adoption Policy (PDF)
- 3.11 Personal Tutor Guidance (PDF)
- 3.12 Providing Reasonable Adjustments Guidance (PDF)
- 3.13 Student Guidance for Mitigating Circumstances (PDF)
- 3.14 UBMS Quality Processes (PDF)
- 3,15 Special Assessment Regulations (COVID-19) policy (PDF)
- 3.16 DBS Check Guidance (PDF)