new first year course details...??

**medz** · 03-09-2007, 12:00 AM

I'm aware the course structure has changed from previous years...any second years care explain the structure/content of the firsy year??

thnx

**Espresso** · 03-09-2007, 02:13 AM

The structure has changed from previous years - what they've generally done is moved some old second year stuff into first year and old first year stuff into second year. We complained about it quite a lot, mainly because people didn't like being the "guinea pig" year, and as the older years couldn't help us out as well. In some ways it will actually work in your favour tho - you get weeks allocated to self selected activities, which pretty much translate themselves into half terms! The timetables also have fewer hours (although still a fair amount!), and there are a fewer number of exams you have to sit (although I think there might be more modules you have to pass). Every other thursday when we weren't doing Firm1, we had to do "Integrated Problems", which was basically a day of PBL - treats!! Throughout the year there are 6 biological sciences modules, and two medicine in society ones.

Anyway, you will find all this out for yourself in freshers week, and this year every student should be getting a "Mum" or "Dad" i.e. a second year who you can talk to about any problems you might have. Most of them should be meeting with you in the Thursday of Freshers week.

Also here's an old piece of advice we were gien before we started: ask one of the second years to lend you their old anatomy folder!!

**pnx031** · 03-09-2007, 01:38 PM

hmmm I have no idea what's going on still... Has anyone received an extra package or an email explaining anything how the schedule is going to be for freshers or anything? I am lost ;p

**medz** · 03-09-2007, 03:43 PM

Originally Posted by Espresso

The structure has changed from previous years - what they've generally done is moved some old second year stuff into first year and old first year stuff into second year. We complained about it quite a lot, mainly because people didn't like being the "guinea pig" year, and as the older years couldn't help us out as well. In some ways it will actually work in your favour tho - you get weeks allocated to self selected activities, which pretty much translate themselves into half terms! The timetables also have fewer hours (although still a fair amount!), and there are a fewer number of exams you have to sit (although I think there might be more modules you have to pass). Every other thursday when we weren't doing Firm1, we had to do "Integrated Problems", which was basically a day of PBL - treats!! Throughout the year there are 6 biological sciences modules, and two medicine in society ones.

Anyway, you will find all this out for yourself in freshers week, and this year every student should be getting a "Mum" or "Dad" i.e. a second year who you can talk to about any problems you might have. Most of them should be meeting with you in the Thursday of Freshers week.

Also here's an old piece of advice we were gien before we started: ask one of the second years to lend you their old anatomy folder!!

thanx...

is the folder the big black one with the green sleeve????.....cos if it is i'm sorted