Approving medical education and training
Among other functions, we approve which medical schools may award primary medical qualifications in the UK.
Our approval processesHow we quality assure medical education and training
As part of our statutory duty, we set standards for providers of medical education and training, and we regularly check those are being met. Our quality assurance (QA) framework describes how we do this through our approval, proactive, and reactive QA processes.
Proactive quality assurance
We use our proactive quality assurance processes to check that medical schools and postgraduate training organisations are continuing to meet our 'Promoting excellence' standards. We also look for excellence, innovation and notable practice in medical education and training.
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Reactive quality assurance
When there is evidence that our standards are not being met, we monitor and take action where required.
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Evidence, data and intelligence
Data is an important feature of our QA processes. This section provides details on our 'National Training Survey' and the documents published as part of our proactive quality assurance process.
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Physician associate and anaesthetic associate course providers
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 their standards. We will monitor and check to make sure these standards are maintained.
PA and AA course providersFind a medical school or a postgraduate training organisation
Find information about the medical schools and postgraduate training organisations, including our quality assurance activity in our data explorer.
