Undergraduate education publications
Contents
Tomorrow's Doctors
We set the knowledge, skills and behaviours that medical students should learn at UK medical schools. We also set standards for teaching, learning and assessment. These requirements are set out in Tomorrow’s Doctors. The 2009 edition applies from the academic year 2011–12.
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Published: 2009, updated October 2011
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Medical students: professional values and fitness to practise
We have produced joint guidance with the Medical Schools Council called Medical students: professional values and fitness to practise. This sets out the professional values expected of medical students and guides medical schools on fair and consistent fitness to practise procedures.
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Published: 2009, updated October 2010
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Welcome to medicine 2012
This booklet sets out what is expected of medical students as future doctors and gives some practical advice to help students get the most out of their time at medical school.
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Published: July 2012
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Gateways to the professions – advising medical schools: encouraging disabled students
Revised in 2010, this advisory guidance for medical schools provides practical suggestions to help schools ensure that disabled students do not face unnecessary barriers to successful medical careers.
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Published: 2010
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Quality Improvement Framework
This is a single overarching quality improvement framework that links together all of our quality assurance activities for specialty including GP training.
Download: Quality Improvement Framework (pdf)
Published: March 2011
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The State of Basic Medical Education
This publication reviews the quality assurance of the regulation of, and recent developments in, UK medical education.
Download: The State of Basic Medical Education (pdf)
Published: March 2010
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