Clinical Sciences BSc (Hons) With Placement

Overview

This programme will be of interest and relevance to any student hoping to work in health or science careers. We welcome applications from students who have applied to other health profession courses.

Whether you want to have a science career, study a postgraduate programme leading to qualification as a health professional, or work in healthcare management, this programme can be the first step towards your future. In addition to studying science and health focused modules, we actively work with you to develop essential graduate and employability skills.

The programme provides the opportunity to enhance your profile further with an optional placement year between years two and three, enabling you to either work in a relevant field or study abroad.

Entry onto the clinical sciences course is either directly onto our three-year programme or via our clinical sciences with integrated foundation year programme, which prepares you to study health or science courses.

The course has a clinical focus and a strong emphasis on anatomy, physiology, and employability skills. The course is informed by research, clinical expertise, and benefits from being taught by scientists and healthcare professionals from a wide range of specialist areas.

With an integrated knowledge and understanding of science and health-related issues, you will be in an excellent position to pursue a variety of careers within the health sector or pharmaceutical industries.

Clinical sciences graduates have progressed to postgraduate study, leading to careers in medicine, the healthcare sciences and other healthcare roles such as:

• Physician Associate
• Dentist
• Healthcare Manager
• Health Commission Associate
• NHS Analyst
• Medical Sales

Clinical sciences has embedded key transferable skills into each module, which will help you succeed in graduate jobs or post-graduate study.

Our focus is to widen participation in medical and healthcare education in students from underrepresented groups. The course provides an opportunity for eligible widening participation students to enter year one of the MBChB programme at Sheffield Medical School from Stage 1 of the Clinical Sciences degree (subject to meeting academic, widening participation, UCAT criteria and passing the Multiple Mini Interview - please see Sheffield Medical School's website for further details). This opportunity is only available to home students.

Our graduates have applied successfully to most medical schools in the United Kingdom, including Leeds Medical School, Sheffield Medical School, and Hull York Medical School, as well as graduate entry programmes at Warwick and Nottingham Medical Schools. We are proud to see that 35-50 % of our final year students receive offers for medicine or dentistry.

Career prospects

This programme prepares you for a wide range of NHS careers and roles in the private sector. Recent graduates have gone on to roles such as:

• Health Commission Associate
• Health Service Manager
• NHS Analyst
• Clinical Audit Co-Ordinator
• Clinical Scientist
• Cardiac Safety Specialist
• Healthcare Scientist
• Clinical Trial Administrator
• Medical Sales
• Civil Service Graduate Scheme

More on career pathways.

Career support

The University is committed to helping students develop and enhance employability and this is an integral part of many programmes. Specialist support is available throughout the course from Career and Employability Services including help to find part-time work while studying, placements, vacation work and graduate vacancies. Students are encouraged to access this support at an early stage and to use the extensive resources on the Careers website.

Discussing options with specialist advisers helps to clarify plans through exploring options and refining skills of job-hunting. In most of our programmes there is direct input by Career Development Advisers into the curriculum or through specially arranged workshops.

The Careers and Professional Development module

Our core stage two module prepares you for making effective career decisions on leaving the University. You will learn how to evaluate your own skills, abilities, interests and values, and to relate these to a range of career options.

You will develop employability skills such as CV preparation, interview techniques and presentation delivery.