Scottish graduates first doctors via part-time study

Twenty graduates in Scotland are celebrating after becoming the first group of doctors in the United Kingdom to qualify through part-time study, writes Lucy Jackson for The National.

The University of Edinburgh group has completed an “innovative” five-year programme, known as HCP-Med for Healthcare Professionals, which aims to offer people already working in health the flexibility to become doctors. It is open exclusively to existing healthcare professionals, clinical scientists and veterinary surgeons living and working in Scotland.

The course has been designed to address the increasing demand on the healthcare workforce in Scotland and has a strong emphasis on GP placements. The first three years of the undergraduate course are conducted part time and mainly online, so that students can study in their own time while balancing work and other commitments.
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