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Barts Medical School on the Gozo General Hospital Campus has now opened, “providing Barts and The London students and staff with a new facility for teaching and study of the University’s MBBS medical degree,” Queen Mary University of London has said.
The four-storey 8,100 square metre building is situated next to Gozo General Hospital and includes:
A 140 seat auditorium
Two smaller lecture theatres that can combine into a 120 seat facility
Two computer labs (each with capacity for 70 students)
Teaching rooms and clinical skills rooms.
The building also hosts a library, student support facilities, a large canteen / social space and offices.
In a statement, Professor Anthony Warrens, Dean for Education at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, said, “this marks a significant new chapter in Queen Mary’s presence in Malta.”
He added that, “this state-of-the-art facility will be a boon for students and staff alike, creating an excellent teaching and learning environment while also providing additional areas for students to study and relax.”
The new building adds to Queen Mary’s campus which includes an Anatomy Centre, which opened in December 2018 and features a dedicated area for teaching anatomy through dissection.
Queen Mary said that the Centre is equipped with facilities for clinical imaging, as well as office accommodation for academic, technical and administrative staff. Health Minister Chris Fearne, visited the buildings on Saturday.
Queen Mary explained that it launched a five-year Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) programme taught on Gozo and Malta two years ago. It has now accepted its third cohort of students for the 2019/20 academic year.
It went on to say that , “the MBBS is taught by Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry at Queen Mary and has been designed to provide students with the medical knowledge, clinical skills and professional attitudes that are required to become a competent Foundation Year (FY1) Doctor.”
The programme is taught in English, using the same curriculum as the MBBS in London, and results in the award of a Medicine MBBS from Queen Mary University of London.
Queen Mary also said that arrangements have also been made to make junior doctor (Foundation Year 1 and 2) positions in Malta available to its graduates.
