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The University of London MBBS Gold Medal accompanied by a cheque for £500 is awarded annually to the candidate who most distinguishes him or herself in competition with all candidates at the Final MBBS Examination across the medical schools of the University. The Gold Medal is a highly prestigious award, and as almost one third of newly qualified doctors graduate from the University of London, the Medal winner is among the foremost elite of their year nationally. |
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Who competes for it? |
Each London Medical School is invited to nominate candidates for the Gold Medal examination. The maximum number of candidates which any Medical School may put forward is proportional to the number of their candidates taking the Final MBBS Examination in the ratio of 1:75. The candidates are selected by the Medical School from among those who obtained the highest number of Merits and Distinctions and who passed all their examinations at the first attempt. |
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How is the winner decided? |
A special oral examination for the Gold Medal is held as soon as practicable after the summer sitting of the Final MBBS Examination by candidates at all the London Medical Schools. The Gold Medal examination is organised by the University Medical Examinations Office and held at Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1.
The Gold Medal examination is conducted by a panel of six Examiners external to the University appointed by the Chairman of the Medical Studies Committee. One Examiner is appointed for each of the following specialties: Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, and Pathology. The sixth Examiner is selected at random from General Practice, Paediatrics, Psychiatry, and Public Health Medicine. The Chairman of the Medical Studies Committee, or a personally appointed independent nominee, is the Chairman of the Panel of Examiners but does not take part in the examination.
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So what's the exam like? |
Candidates are identified by a candidate number only which is newly allocated for the purpose of the examination. Neither the names of the candidates nor their Medical Schools are revealed to the Examiners or to the Chairman until after the result of the examination has been determined.
The Examiners are randomly paired and examine at three separate tables. Each candidate spends ten minutes at each of the three tables, and is normally questioned for five minutes by each of the pairs of Examiners. A bell is sounded by the invigilator twice in quick succession to mark each ten minute interval, and once to mark the five minute interval in between. The overall examination of each candidate lasts for thirty minutes. Each pair of Examiners is asked to award a grade of A, B or C to each candidate according to his or her performance at the table concerned.
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And then what? |
At the conclusion of the examination the Panel of Examiners meets together under the leadership of the Chairman to review the grades awarded to the candidates and to agree the Gold Medal winner. They have regard to the performance of the candidates across all of the clinical and related subjects at the Gold Medal examination and, as the Panel considers necessary, to the candidates’ full Final Examination record which is made available to the Panel.
The Panel is also asked to identify the first runner-up to the Gold Medal who is recommended to the Convocation of the University for the award of the annual Betuel Prize in Medicine the value of which is £200. All the candidates examined for the Gold Medal are given specific recognition on their Degree Diplomas.
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Wow! The winners must be the cream of medical talent! |
They sure are! Past winners include Sir Alexander Fleming whose achievement in winning the Gold Medal is mentioned in his Nobel biography!
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Where can I see this prestigious list? |
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