Course Content
- The FY modular structure follows the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS).
It is delivered in 2 semesters – Semester 1 (September to January) and Semester 2 (January to June), with each comprising of:
-12 weeks of direct-contact teaching
-1 week of revision
-2 weeks of examinationsOur Pre-Med programme consists of 8 modules, amounting to 60 European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits in total. - Certain modules carry 5 credits while some others come with 10 credits.
- The rationale behind the introduction of 10 credit modules into the FY was primarily to decrease the assessment burden on students in Semester 1 (being mindful of the challenges faced by some students on making the transition to tertiary level education).
Semester I
- Module 1: Introduction to Medical Physics (5 credits)
- Module 2: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry (10 credits)
- Module 3: Introduction to Human Biology (5 credits)
- Module 4: Human Systems I – Skin/Musculoskeletal System and Nervous System/Special Senses (10 credits)
- Module 5: Human Systems II – Cardiovascular/Immune/GIT/Excretory Systems and Reproduction/Endocrine/Respiratory Systems (10 credits)
- Module 6: Professionalism in the Health Sciences (10 credits)
- Module 8: Biomedical Laboratory Sciences (5 credits)
Semester II
- Module 2: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry (10 credits)
- Module 4: Human Systems I – Skin/Musculoskeletal System and Nervous System/Special Senses (10 credits)
- Module 5: Human Systems II – Cardiovascular/Immune/GIT/Excretory Systems and Reproduction/Endocrine/Respiratory Systems (10 credits)
- Module 6: Professionalism in the Health Sciences (10 credits)
- Module 7: Introduction to Disease, Diagnostics & Therapeutics (5 credits)
