Bachelor's Degree in Medicine

Field(s) of education and training (ISCED-F)

• Medicine (0912)

Main focus

The objective of the Bachelor’s Degree in Medicine is to train professionals who will have an in-depth knowledge of the sciences on which Medicine is based, as specified in Ministerial Order ECI/332/2008.

Competences

1. Recognise the essential elements of the medical profession.
2. Understand their importance for the benefit of patients.
3. Know how to apply the principles of social justice.
4. Develop their professional practice.
5. Update their professional competence.
6. Respect other professionals.
7. Know the structure and normal functioning of the human body.
8. Recognise the bases of normal behaviour and behavioural disorders.
9. Know diseases.
10. Know the causal agents and risk factors of diseases.
11. Know the effects of the development of diseases.
12. Understand therapeutic interventions.
13. Obtain and prepare clinical records.
14. Carry out physical examinations and psychological assessments.
15. Prepare an initial diagnostic judgment.
16. Recognise and treat situations that require immediate care.
17. Establish the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of a health problem.
18. Specify the most appropriate therapy for acute and chronic diseases.
19. Establish and propose suitable preventive measures for each clinical situation.
20. Acquire adequate clinical experience in health institutions.
21. Synthesise information related to the problems afflicting patients.
22. Write comprehensible medical histories as well as other types of medical record.
23. Communicate effectively and clearly.
24. Establish good interpersonal communication.
25. Recognise factors that determine good health.
26. Recognise their role in preventive and protective actions against disease.
27. Recognise their role in multi-professional teams.
28. Obtain and use epidemiologic data.
29. Know national and international health organisations and health legislation.
30. Acquire basic training in research activity applied to their work.
31. Know the sources of clinical information.
32. Know how to use information and communication technologies.
33. Maintain and use records containing patient data.
34. Understand the importance and limitations of scientific thinking.

Name of title awarded in original language

Graduado o Graduada en Medicina por la Universidad de Granada

Qualification requirements

– The student must prove the level B1, in accordance with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
– The student has to complete the ECTS credits of the study program distributed as follows:
Basic Formation (65 ECTS)
Obligatory (274 ECTS)
Optional (15 ECTS)
Practicum (54 ECTS)
Final degree project (6 ECTS)

Access to a regulated profession

Professional Status Medical Doctor

Applicable regulations The profession of medical doctor is regulated in the Resolution by the Spanish Council of Ministers of 14 December 2007 (published in the Official Spanish Gazette, dated 21 December 2007) Order ECI/332/2008, dated 13 February, establishes the requirements for the verification of official university degrees that license graduates to practice the profession of medical doctor.

Admission information

Access to Bachelor’s Degree programmes is granted to students with the following degrees/ diplomas or studies, or any other recognized as equivalent to these:
A.1. Spanish Bachiller, European Baccalaureate or International Baccalaureate.
A.2. Baccalaureate from European Union Member States’ education systems or other countries withinternational agreements.
A.3. Advanced Technician in Vocational Training, Advanced Technician in Plastic Arts and Design orAdvanced Technician in Sports Education, from the Spanish Education System.
A.4.Studies carried out in European Union Member States or in other countries with international reciprocal agreements which meet the academic requirements in those States to access their university studyprogrammes.
A.5. Official Spanish university degrees of Diplomado, Arquitecto Técnico, Ingeniero Técnico, Licenciado, Arquitecto, Ingeniero, Graduado or Máster Universitario.
A.6. Partial (foreign or Spanish) university studies.

Access to Bachelor’s Degree programmes is also possible for:
B.1. People over twenty-five after successfully passing a specific access test.
B.2. People over forty with work or professional experience related to a university field of knowledge.
B.3. People over forty-five after successfully passing a specific access test.

Likewise, access to Bachelor’s Degree programmes is granted to:
C.1. People meeting the requirements to enter university according to the Spanish Education Systemregulations prior to Ley Orgánica 8/2013, of December 9.

Grading scale
In the Spanish university system, modules/courses are graded on a scale of 0 to 10 points with the following qualitative equivalence:
0-4,9: «suspenso»; 5-6,9: «aprobado»; 7-8,9: «notable»; 9-10: «sobresaliente». A special mention, «Matrícula de Honor» may be granted to up to 5% of the students in a group provided they have got a «sobresaliente». To pass a module/course is necessary to get at least 5 points.
In cases of recognition of ECTS, professional experience, cultural or sports activities, or student representation no grading will be recorded but, where appropriate, the word «Apto».

UGR Examination Regulations
https://docencia.ugr.es/sites/vic/docencia/public/inline-files/Normativa_de_evaluacion_y_calificacion_EN.pdf

More info on academic regulations at: 

https://ugrcat.ugr.es/en/about-ugr/#regulations