About Research

The University of Limerick offers a four-year graduate entry programme leading to the award of Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery.

The outcomes-based curriculum is largely derived from that used in St Georges University of London and the Flinders University of South Australia.  However, it has been customised to the Irish context.   In addition, the curriculum borrows innovative aspects of the curricula of other international medical schools, most notably the medical school at McMaster University in Canada.

The curriculum is built around the three domains of 'Knowledge of Health & Illness', 'Clinical Skills' and 'Professional Competencies'. 

The Basic Sciences and Clinical Sciences are integrated throughout all four years with a gradual increase in emphasis on the Clinical Sciences as students progress through the four years of the programme.

Particular features of the programme are:

• A comprehensive integrated system-based introduction to the biomedical sciences in Years 1 and 2 that centres on problem-based learning (PBL);
• An introduction to clinical sciences and skills from the time that students enter the programme;
• An intensive clinical apprenticeship in Years 3 and 4, encompassing the major clinical disciplines and with a substantial exposure to Primary Care and General Practice;

The UL Medical School's research activities build on the considerable strengths of UL and involve collaborations with government, community and industry stakeholder groups, experts in the humanities, in addition to biomedical/healthcare researchers locally, nationally and internationally.

The Graduate Entry Medical School offers postgraduate research-based MD/MCh/PhD degrees.