Undergraduate policy
You can use this page to access the information you need about undergraduate policy.
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Tomorrow's Doctors
The standards that students must attain in medical school - set by the GMC - are detailed in a document called Tomorrow's Doctors. View Tomorrow's Doctors online.
A review of Tomorrow’s Doctors is currently underway. Full details can be found on our Review of Tomorrow’s Doctors page.
Medical students: professional behaviour and fitness to practise
The GMC and MSC has produced joint guidance called Medical students: professional behaviour and fitness to practise which sets out the professional behaviour expected of medical students and guides medical schools on fair and consistent fitness to practise procedures. The GMC and Medical Schools are currently holding a consultation on this guidance.
GMC Core Outcomes
Some students wish to omit components of their medical degree on the grounds of religion, personal ethics, a disability or for another reason. This document refers to the core skills and circumstances in which students can omit certain parts of the curriculum. Download the GMC Core Outcomes (46kb, 
pdf).
Student Selected Components in Graduate Entry Programmes
A memo to Deans of Medical Schools from the GMC, written in October 2006 describing the situation regarding Student Selected Components in Graduate Entry Programmes (23kb, pdf).
Sharing information
We wrote a letter to deans of medical schools concerning the sharing of information about medical students relating to their fitness to practise. Read the letter to deans (39kb, pdf).
Gateways to the Professions - Advising medical schools: encouraging disabled students
This advisory guidance, from a partnership led by the General Medical Council (GMC), is aimed primarily at medical schools. It provides practical suggestions to help schools ensure that disabled students do not face unnecessary barriers to successful medical careers. Read the Gateways guidance.