Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) is a medical school formed as a partnership of the University of Brighton and the University of Sussex. Like other UK medical schools it is based on the principles and standards of 'Tomorrow's Doctors', an initiative by the General Medical Council outlining the role of British practitioners. Since opening in 2003, BSMS has produced more than 1,500 new doctors who now work across the UK.
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Regional attachment[edit]
In Year 5 students undertake clinical attachments in two different regional locations allocated from: Chichester, Eastbourne, Hastings, Haywards Heath, Redhill, Worthing and Brighton. Attachments will be available throughout the range of departments in an acute district general hospital, as well as community placements in mental health and general practice.
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country providing general and specialist acute hospital care for more than a million people.
Services are located on two main sites, the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath and the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton, which work in partnership with other local community hospitals, GP practices and clinics.
The Trust provides district general hospital services to the local population of some 460,000. It also provides a range of specialist services including cancer services, neurosciences, cardiac surgery, renal services and intensive care for adults, children and newborn babies.
The Trust is a very large public sector employer, employing some 5,500 staff with an annual budget of over £300 million. The Trust manages around 1,140 beds and provides the majority of its services from two main sites:
CIRU[edit]
The Brighton and Sussex Clinical Investigation and Research Unit (CIRU) offers a range of specialised equipment and resources to carry out clinical investigations, patient-centred research and research training. It is available for use by researchers from the regional health and academic sectors. It is a partnership between Brighton and Sussex Medical School and Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust. The unit opened in September 2006 and has been developed to underpin the development of the medical school and Trust's research strategy.
CISC[edit]
The Clinical Imaging Sciences Centre (CISC) is located on the University campus at Falmer. It opened in summer 2007. It houses an integrated Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography (PET-CT) imaging system, a 3T and a 1.5T Magnetic Resonance (MR) scanner. It provides an important resource for the School's research, particularly in neuroscience.
Institute of Postgraduate Medicine[edit]
The Institute of Postgraduate Medicine (IPGM) was founded in 2000 with Professor Richard Vincent as the Head of School. In 2006 it became one of the four academic divisions of Brighton and Sussex Medical School. The department contributes to both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and also to the research output of the School.
With 80 modules up to Masters level, IPGM provides three main programmes of study including:
Clinical Specialties – Cardiology, Diabetes, Nephrology, Trauma & Orthopaedics.
Public Health – Child Health, Epidemiology, Research Methods and Critical Appraisal, Women's Health and Psychiatry.
Institute of Post Graduate Medicine, BSMS runs PG courses in Public Health and Management to meet the needs of doctors and other senior health and environmental colleagues in delivering and managing the public health and/or environmental agenda. Participants gain an understanding of public health and management issues and the various roles of all the professionals involved in both the statutory and non-statutory sectors.
Professional development – Primary Care, Personal Development, Leadership, Medical Education, Quality & Clinical Governance, Evidence-based Practice, and Knowledge & Management.
Staff research projects in the department include the preparation and support of medical teachers involved in inter-professional education; complexity theory in medical education, leadership and management; experience of non-graduates studying Masters courses; and the development of clinical reasoning in medical undergraduates.
Extra-curricular activities[edit]
Brighton and Sussex Medico-Chirurgical Society ("Med-Chi")[edit]
All BSMS students are automatically members of the Brighton and Sussex Medico-Chirurgical Society which meets monthly on Thursday evenings at the Audrey Emerton Building main lecture theatre. The Society was founded in 1847 and continues to provide educational sessions to medical students and doctors on diverse topics related to medicine, from clinical care to global health and medical humanities.
BSMS MedSoc[edit]
At the centre of student life is BSMS MedSoc. It works with both Students’ Unions to organise sports and social events specifically aimed at medical students, such as balls, cabarets, talks and charity marathons. It is similar to a university students' union and acts as an umbrella organisation - providing funding and support for various societies and sports clubs at the medical school.
BSMS Surgical Society[edit]
Since the beginning of the medical school in 2003, there has been a society for students interested in surgery.
BSMS Paediatric Society[edit]
The BSMS Paediatric Society was set up in June 2011. Ran by medical students for those interested in a career in child health. The society held the very first National Medical Student Paediatric Conference (NMSPC) in May 2012 supported by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH). Delegates included over 250 students from all UK medical schools and individuals from the BSMS BrightMed (outreach program).
BSMS Clinical Skills Society[edit]
The BSMS Clinical Skills Society was founded in September 2012 following a series of highly popular revision events for the first year Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) the previous year. The society runs extra-curricular clinical skills sessions for BSMS Students, both on the Sussex university campus and at the Audrey-Emerton Building, as well as yearly OSCE revision sessions in the third term. The society also produces a variety of examination resources 'in-house', specifically tailored for BSMS students although accessible to students from other Medical Schools.
BSMS BakeSoc[edit]
BakeSoc is one of BSMS's newest societies. Founded in 2016 it has held a number of events which raised many funds for local charities and supported the medical school for occasions such as the annual careers fair.
Sports[edit]
Rugby[edit]
BSMS Men's Rugby has been in place since the University was opened in 2003.
Hockey[edit]
The Sussex Healthcare Hockey Club was founded by BSMS students in 2016.
Football[edit]
The BSMS Men's Football Team won the first intramural league, based at the University of Brighton, and finished sixth at the National Association of Medics' Sports tournament in Dublin.
On Wednesday, 22 March 2012 BSMS Men's Football secured the league title with a 7–1 victory over CSL. The win also meant the team had achieved a maximum 10 wins from 10 in the competition. The following weekend the team reached the semi-finals of the National Association of Medics' Sports 2012 tournament in Dundee, Scotland. They were beaten on penalties by eventual winners Newcastle.
The team currently sit in Division 1 of the Mid-Sussex football league.