Examination Structure and Papers

First Year Medical and Veterinary courses (Med/VetST IA)

This table summarises the courses which are taken by students in their first year and how they are assessed. First year students take both 2nd MB/2nd Vet MB and Tripos examinations. The main sitting for the 2nd MB/Tripos examinations is in June; the 2nd MB examinations in the Social Context of Health and Illness, the Foundations of Evidence-Based Practice, and the 2nd Vet MB examinations in Principles of Animal Management and the Foundations of Evidence-Based Practice are taken at the end of the Lent term. 2nd MB Preparing for Patients reports must be handed in at review sessions in the Lent term.

Students are permitted only two attempts at 2nd MB/2nd Vet MB examinations. Resits are in September.

As a guide, the Faculty have agreed that information about pass marks for 2nd MB/2nd Vet MB subjects should be available to students.

If students attend all lectures, practicals and supervisions, they will be furnished with all the information needed to pass their exams, whilst support and guidance is available for those struggling with any aspect of the course.

Note 1 The PfVP course has been revised. Students starting the course since 2002 will be assessed on both the first and second year strands of PfVP in the Lent term of their second year.

Note 2 In order to validate the Biomedical Admissions Test (BMAT) IA Tripos results will be released, under conditions of strict confidentiality, to the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate who run the BMAT on behalf of the University and Colleges. Tripos results will be compared with BMAT results to assess the validity of the test.

Note 3 The regulations for MVST IA stipulate that each subject of the IA examination should carry the same marks.

Form and Conduct Notices have been published in the Reporter which describe in detail the format of each examination.

Second Year Medical and Veterinary courses (Med/VetST IB)

This table summarises the courses which are taken by students in their second year and how they are assessed. The main sitting for 2nd MB/Tripos examinations is in June, but the 2nd Vet MB examination in Preparing for the Veterinary Profession is at the end of the Lent term. Course work for the 2nd MB Preparing for Patients must be handed in as directed by the Course Organiser.

Students are only permitted two attempts at 2nd MB/2nd Vet MB examinations. Resists are in September.

As a guide, the Faculty have agreed that information about pass marks for 2nd MB subjects should be available to students.

The regulations for MVST IB stipulate that the maximum marks allocated to each subject at IB should be in the following proportions:

• Biology of Disease 10
• Mechanisms of Drug Action 10
• Neurobiology with Animal Behaviour (Vets only) 10
• Neurobiology with Human Behaviour (Medics only) 14
• Human Reproduction (Medics only)/Veterinary Reproductive Biology (Vets only) 8
• Comparative Vertebrate Biology (Vets only) 8
• Head and Neck Anatomy (Medics only) 4
• Total 46

Note The first and second years of the PfVP course are assessed together at the end of the Lent term of the second year.

Form and Conduct Notices have been published in the Reporter which describe in detail the format of individual examinations.