Student review [#23449] for Medicine and Surgery
at Newcastle University

When I began studying medicine at Newcastle, I didn’t believe I’d have much experience with real patients in a clinical environment for the first few years. However, although we have only been able to undergo a few days’ worth of placement, these days have been a highlight of the degree so far for me. We’ve been able to apply our clinical skills such as cardiovascular and respiratory examinations and venipuncture in the clinical environment. Furthermore, the opportunity to discuss the various conditions we have learnt about with people who are currently living with these diseases has been very illuminating and has provided an insight into what later placements and clinical practice might be like. I feel that Newcastle has immediately plunged us into clinical teaching and learning, and this has been extremely rewarding and everything I hoped medicine might be.