Medical schools
Medical schools must make sure their students get the education that meets our standards. We monitor and check to make sure these standards are maintained.
We’re responsible for assuring the quality of education and training and identifying where our standards are not being met. Our quality assurance framework shows how we do this and work with others.
Medical schools must make sure their students get the education that meets our standards. We monitor and check to make sure these standards are maintained.
Postgraduate bodies manage the delivery of postgraduate training. They must demonstrate to us that they are meeting our standards. Postgraduate bodies include: Heath Education England and its local offices, NHS Education for Scotland, Health Education and Improvement Wales, and the Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency.
Trainees receive training at approved locations including, hospitals, clinics and GP surgeries. Local education providers must meet our standards.
The UK’s medical royal colleges and faculties set the curricula for specialty and GP training. Our role includes approving curricula for each training programme.
When regulation of physician associates (PAs) and anaesthetic associates (AAs) begins, PA and AA course providers must make sure the education of their students meets our standards. We will monitor and check to make sure these standards are maintained.