Additional information

In addition to your first degree, all applicants to the MB ChB programme are required to meet additional conditions before being registered on the course.

Communicable disease status and immunisations

Vaccination against Hepatitis B is a fundamental professional requirement for registration on a medical degree. All medical students are currently required to provide evidence of vaccination against Hepatitis B and a pathology report to provide verification of recent Hepatitis B surface antibody level or surface antigen status. This is because immunising medical students against Hepatitis B and testing their response protects both the student and their patients against the risk of contracting Hepatitis B in the health care setting. Accordingly, Warwick Medical School requires all prospective medical students to provide proof that they have satisfactorily completed a full course of immunisation against the Hepatitis B virus.

All students will be subject to occupational health checks by the Medical School on commencement of training.

  1. The Department of Health has issued guidance requesting that all new Health Care Workers, including students, must be tested for HIV, Hepatitis C & Hepatitis B carriers status before first involvement in exposure prone activities (EPP) e.g. operating theatres, Renal haemodialysis, Accident and Emergency pre-hospital trauma
  2. Although the GMC says EPP experience is no longer necessary to qualify and so not a curriculum requirement, students are still likely to meet the opportunity to get involved
  3. To be cleared for EPP involvement students will have to be tested to establish that they are not infected with Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, or HIV. This is additional to tests to establish tuberculosis status required to clear the student for general patient contact. All testing MUST be managed by the Medical School Occupational Health Specialist who will supervise pre and post-test counselling and discussions, the performance of the tests and the recording of outcomes, to ensure conformance with standards for clearance of all health care workers
  4. You will also be required to have had all the national vaccination programme immunisations, for example tetanus, polio, MMR

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)

As part of ensuring the fitness to practise of our students, all successful applicants to the course will be required to apply for an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). All universities who offer courses involving contact with children or vulnerable adults are required to carry out DBS checks of potential students. Any information which comes as part of the disclosure will be treated in confidence and handled in a fair and transparent way. The disclosure of a previous conviction would not necessarily preclude an applicant from enrolling on the course. Further information is available on the DBS website

Deferred entry

We do not accept deferred entry applicants. Deferred entry may only be considered in very exceptional circumstances by the Director of Admissions once an offer has been made and accepted. Before being permitted to defer, a candidate must fulfil any conditions that have been placed on the offer.

Late applications

The deadline for applications to Warwick Medical School via UCAS is 15 October each academic year. Applications cannot be accepted after that date.

Overseas students

Warwick Medical School is permitted by the Department of Health to admit a certain number of overseas candidates each year. They are required to meet the same entry criteria and go through the same process as home/EU candidates, and must satisfy the University that their standard of English is acceptable for study.

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