Undergraduate policy
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Tomorrow's Doctors
The GMC lays down requirements for medical students and medical schools in a document called Tomorrow's Doctors.
The GMC has completed a comprehensive review of Tomorrow's Doctors (2003). Following the review, we have produced Tomorrow's Doctors (2009).
Read more about Tomorrow's Doctors.
Medical students: professional values and fitness to practise
The GMC and MSC has produced joint guidance called Medical students: professional values and fitness to practise which sets out the professional values expected of medical students and guides medical schools on fair and consistent fitness to practise procedures.
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 under 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.
Guidance on UK medical education delivered outside the UK
The GMC has developed guidance that outlines our expectations of medical schools that are considering establishing UK medical education outside the UK. Read Guidance on UK medical education delivered outside the UK (62Kb pdf).