Requirements of British universities for higher medical degrees.
OBJECTIVE
To examine the requirements and opportunities for obtaining a doctor of medicine or master of surgery degree from a university in the United Kingdom other than the graduate's own, particularly in the case of foreign graduates.


METHODS
Review of regulations governing the award of doctor of medicine and master of surgery degrees in British universities.


METHODS
All 19 universities in the United Kingdom offering clinical courses.


METHODS
Availability of degrees to graduates of other universities.


RESULTS
Opportunities for obtaining a degree differed widely among the medical schools, one university (Edinburgh) not admitting graduates of other universities in any circumstance. Of the remaining universities, none would consider a graduate who had not worked in the area where the medical school was located.


CONCLUSIONS
The wide differences in opportunity among the medical schools may put some foreign graduates at a disadvantage compared with other graduates. This problem may become more severe as the number of graduates from the European Community who settle in Britain increases.
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Medical School Offices, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford.
D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D005550:Foreign Medical Graduates; D006801:Humans; D012570:School Admission Criteria; D012577:Schools, Medical; D006113:United Kingdom; D014495:Universities