Tomorrow's Doctors: Standards for the delivery of teaching, learning and assessment

1. 24. The following paragraphs set out the standards expected for the delivery of teaching, learning and assessment in medical education. The standards are grouped under nine ‘domains’. For each domain there are one or more broad ‘standards’. Under these are the more technical ‘criteria’ by which we will judge whether medical schools are meeting these standards, and the ‘evidence’ used for this. The ‘detailed requirements and context’ expand upon the criteria, and these paragraphs contain some important principles and requirements.
2. 25. Statements using ‘must’ or ‘will’ mean something is mandatory. Statements using ‘should’ may be taken into account in the quality assurance process when the GMC considers whether the overall criteria have been met.

• Domain 1 – Patient safety  (paragraphs 26-37)
• Domain 2 – Quality assurance, review and evaluation  (paragraphs 38-55)
• Domain 3 – Equality, diversity and opportunity  (paragraphs 56-70)
• Domain 4 – Student selection  (paragraphs 71-80)
• Domain 5 – Design and delivery of the curriculum, including assessment  (paragraphs 81-121)
• Domain 6 – Support and development of students, teachers and the local faculty  (paragraphs 122-149)
• Domain 7 – Management of teaching, learning and assessment  (paragraphs 150-158)
• Domain 8 – Educational resources and capacity  (paragraphs 159-167)
• Domain 9 – Outcomes  (paragraphs 168-174)