Quality assurance of undergraduate education

The General Medical Council (GMC) sets and monitors standards in medical education.

In order to ensure that UK medical schools maintain these standards we run a Quality Assurance programme, which involves regular assessments and visits to schools.

This programme is called QABME (Quality Assurance of Basic Medical Education).

Tell me about

QABME programme

Read about the QABME programme in more detail.

UK medical schools - Quality Assurance reports

View a full list of UK medical schools – Quality Assurance reports.

People involved in the QA process – 2007/8

A list of the medical schools visited in this cycle and information on the visitor teams is provided in our section People involved in the QA process – 2007/8.

Calendar of visits in 2007/8

A calendar showing which schools will be visited in the 2007/8 cycle appears in our Calendar of visits in 2007/8.

Information and documents for visitors

Guidance on recruitment and training and carrying out a visit, plus a range of forms, are available in our Information and documents for visitors.

Information and documents for medical schools

General guidance, diagrams showing the cycle of our processes and forms for potential new medical schools are available in Information and documents for medical schools.