Visits to medical schools and deaneries

The GMC visits medical schools and deaneries to share good practice, review management of concerns and investigate any other areas indicated by the evidence base to ensure that they are complying with the relevant undergraduate and postgraduate standards.

Visits will be targeted towards areas of risk identified through the evidence base and coordinated across all stages of medical education and training within a region.

In addition to the cycle of visits, the GMC also carries out targeted and random checks. Targeted checks allow the GMC to respond to areas of risk that warrant exploration outside of the usual cycle of visits, while random checks help to examine the effectiveness of the Quality Improvement Framework by looking, for example, at how evidence for annual reports is being collected.