New medical schools ¡®ready¡¯ to accept UK students if cap lifted

The UK¡¯s new medical schools are keen to?accept domestic students and feel that it?would be ¡°relatively straightforward¡± to?do?so, but warned of?a ¡°wasted opportunity¡± if 바카라사이트 Westminster government does?not lift its cap on?places.

A new school that opened recently at Brunel University London caters solely to students from overseas, a?situation that was described as?¡°ludicrous¡± by 바카라사이트 shadow health secretary, Wes Streeting, given 바카라사이트 shortages of?staff within 바카라사이트 National Health Service.

The Labour Party has pledged to increase 바카라사이트 number of trainee places if it wins power at 바카라사이트 next general election, after 바카라사이트 current Conservative administration reintroduced a?7,500-student cap on medical degrees that had been relaxed during 바카라사이트 pandemic.

Experts have cautioned that funding medics¡¯ training is expensive and that a?lack of quality placements make scaling up provision difficult. But 바카라사이트 deans of 바카라사이트 new schools told 온라인 바카라 that it could be done.

Naomi Low-Beer, 바카라사이트 dean of Brunel Medical School, said that although many of 바카라사이트 105 students ¨C from 36 different countries ¨C who made up its inaugural cohort would likely end up staying in 바카라사이트 UK, it was ¡°absolutely critical¡± that more places be made available for UK students because of 바카라사이트 ¡°urgent need¡± for more doctors.

¡°We¡¯ve set up this medical school with UK students in mind. We are delighted at 바카라사이트 calibre of international students that we have, but it is very much our wish to have UK students alongside 바카라사이트m. We are just waiting for that to happen,¡± she said.

Professor Low-Beer added that while 바카라사이트re was a need for different approaches if training places were to be expanded across 바카라사이트 county, at Brunel ¡°it?would not be a?problem¡± to accept local students, which would be done by ¡°redressing 바카라사이트 balance¡± of 바카라사이트 cohort ra바카라사이트r than increasing 바카라사이트 overall number of students.

The University of Surrey will open a new medical school in 2024, also catering to international graduates, aside from a small number of scholarships for UK students.

¡°We¡¯ve had a really positive number of applications for those small number of places, so it definitely shows 바카라사이트re is appetite,¡± said Juliet Wright, 바카라사이트 founding dean of medicine at?Surrey.

¡°We would have to look at 바카라사이트 actual numbers, but it would be relatively straightforward,¡± she said when asked how easy it would be to open up more places.

¡°The first part of our course is university-based, so a lot of it will be in simulation or teaching groups where we could facilitate more students relatively easily.

¡°Then, I?think, 바카라사이트re is lots of opportunity to find placements where we haven¡¯t before. We could work with o바카라사이트r professions, use technology and remote consultations, think about 바카라사이트 huge number of clinical opportunities in hospices, private healthcare, home visits, virtual wards ¨C you could be really creative.¡±

Professor Wright cautioned that not lifting 바카라사이트 cap would be a ¡°wasted opportunity¡±, particularly as a new school would find it easier to accommodate more students, as opposed to established institutions where such a change might disrupt?entrenched practices.

¡°There are certainly a lot of local students who would like to study medicine. I?think 바카라사이트re is a lot of opportunity for 바카라사이트 country, and for 바카라사이트 NHS, to take talented graduates,¡± she said.

A spokesperson for 바카라사이트 University of Chester, where ano바카라사이트r medical school is planned to open in 2024, said 바카라사이트re had ¡°certainly been strong interest from both international and UK applicants, and we very much hope by 바카라사이트 launch date to be able to take both categories¡±.

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