Medical schools

Medical schools must make sure the education their medical students receive meets our standards. We monitor and check to make sure these standards are maintained.

This guide brings together useful information applicable to medical schools. It outlines our role in recognising new schools, programmes and trainers and explains how we quality assure, so we can be sure our standards are being met and maintained.

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To find out more information about the process of approving new schools and programmes.
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  1. Summary
  2. Bodies awarding UK medical degrees
  3. New schools and programmes under review
  4. How new schools are added to the list of awarding bodies
  1. Recognition and approval of trainers
  2. Visits
  3. Monitoring
Next Bodies awarding UK medical degrees

Promoting excellence: standards for medical education and training

Promoting excellence sets out requirements for the management and delivery of undergraduate and postgraduate medical education and training.