Tomorrow's Doctors

The GMC sets the knowledge, skills and behaviours that medical students should learn at UK medical schools. The GMC also sets standards for teaching, learning and assessment.

These requirements are set out in Tomorrow's Doctors.

Up to date

The GMC has completed a comprehensive review of Tomorrow's Doctors (2003). Following the review, we have produced Tomorrow's Doctors (2009).

Which version is relevant to me?

The 2003 edition continues to apply to courses in medicine.

Medical schools should be preparing now for application of the 2009 edition from 2011/12 onwards.

About the review

The review of Tomorrow's Doctors considered whether requirements set out in the 2003 edition were still relevant and appropriate and took account of developments in educational theory, research and professional practice.

A formal consultation was open from 15 December 2008 to 27 March 2009. The GMC held meetings in all four countries of the UK with key interest groups. A UK-wide consultative conference was held on 2 March 2009.

For more information about the review and the consultation see the report to the GMC in July 2009.

Research

Research into the preparedness of medical graduates to begin practice. This research was commissioned by the GMC and undertaken by the University of Newcastle, the University of Warwick and Glasgow University led by Dr Jan Illing.

This research has considered how prepared medical graduates are for the workplace with a view to raising implications for the development of curricula.

Read the research.