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Requirements of British universities for higher medical degrees
1Medical School Offices, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford.
Objective:
To examine the requirements and opportunities for obtaining a doctor of medicine or master of surgery degree from a university in the United Kingdom other than the graduate's own, particularly in the case of foreign graduates.
Design:
Review of regulations governing the award of doctor of medicine and master of surgery degrees in British universities.
Setting:
All 19 universities in the United Kingdom offering clinical courses.
Main Outcome Measure:
Availability of degrees to graduates of other universities.
Results:
Opportunities for obtaining a degree differed widely among the medical schools, one university (Edinburgh) not admitting graduates of other universities in any circumstance. Of the remaining universities, none would consider a graduate who had not worked in the area where the medical school was located.
Conclusion:
The wide differences in opportunity among the medical schools may put some foreign graduates at a disadvantage compared with other graduates. This problem may become more severe as the number of graduates from the European Community who settle in Britain increases.