Undergraduate education – news and projects
In this section you can read about the projects and news which affect undergraduate education in the UK.
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Consultation on Student Fitness to Practise
The GMC and the Medical Schools Council (MSC) are consulting on revised guidance, Medical students: professional behaviour and fitness to practise and other options proposed to promote consistency in student fitness to practise.
Review of Tomorrow's Doctors
The GMC has commenced a review of the current edition of Tomorrow’s Doctors (2003) to ensure that the guidance is fit for purpose. Read about the Review of Tomorrow's Doctors.
The Gateways Disability Project
The General Medical Council has joined with 11 medical schools to develop guidance on encouraging people with disabilities into medicine in a partnership called the Gateways Disability Project.
New medical schools
From June 2007, four medical schools in the UK were – for the first time - able to award their own primary medical qualifications. Read about the new medical schools.
Widening access
At their meeting on 21 January 2008 the Education Committee noted initiatives at a number of UK medical schools designed to widen access to medical school. Read the paper to the Education Committee (143kb, 
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