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Resources for students

A warm welcome to our undergraduate students from Professor Sir Aziz Sheikh OBE, Head of Department of Primary Care Health Sciences. Professor Sheikh runs one of the largest and most highly ranked centres for academic primary care globally.

On this page you'll find useful resources to help you get the most out of your studies and explore the opportunities for undergraduate research in the Department.

If you can't find what you're looking for or have any questions, please email: ugteachingadmin@phc.ox.ac.uk for further assistance.


Dr Sophie Park

"Primary Care offers a wide range of opportunities for learning with patients about intellectually stimulating and complex clinical practice. Our students are able to experience high quality practice-based learning and engage with the world-class academic primary care scholarship and research NDPCHS has to offer. Students can learn both about contemporary global advancements and challenges, as well as learning how to implement their expertise to meet the needs of local patients and communities."

Professor Sophie Park

Undergraduate teaching in the department

See the primary care department contribution to the undergraduate curriculum for graduate entry, pre-clinical and clinical. 

View here

research and academic opportunities for undergraduates

  1. FHS opportunities for your 3rd Year
  2. Other research opportunities
Find out more

Student prizes and scholarships

The department offers funded studentships and prizes to outstanding applicants.


View opportunities

Oxford GP Society

Aimed at promoting general practice as a career for Oxford medical students, this society invites inspiring GPs and GP trainees to talk about their varied and rewarding careers and experiences in primary care. 

Find out more

Careers in primary care

A career in primary care provides huge challenges and rewards, in terms of connecting with patients, intellectual reasoning and making a tangible difference to people’s lives. Many Oxford graduates have trained as GPs.

See examples

Here's what our students have to say about our undergraduate programme:

It reminds me why I decided to study medicine

My tutor is a brilliant teacher. She taught us that it is okay to make mistakes and they provide us with a great opportunity to learn. It was a privilege to sit in on patient consultations, gaining their trust, and to see the application of what we are taught in lectures within real life

It was brilliant to be able to speak to patients and practice asking the right questions whilst demonstrating empathy and understanding

Student spotlights

Publications

Publications

Evidence-based medicine teaching in UK medical schools

Journal article

Meats E. et al, (2009), Medical Teacher, 31, 332 - 337

Measuring participation in UK medical schools: Authors' reply

Journal article

Greenhalgh T. and Dorling D., (2004), BMJ, 329

Community-based clinical education at the University of Birmingham medical school

Journal article

Parle J. et al, (1999), Academic Medicine, 74, 248 - 253

Learning values in shared decision-making in undergraduate paramedic education

Journal article

Eaton G., (2019), Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 25, 1094 - 1101