Standards and outcomes

This document sets out the standards for the delivery of medical education and training. These standards have patient safety, quality of care, and fairness at their heart.

This document sets out the standards for the delivery of pre-qualification education for physician associates (PAs) and anaesthesia associates (AAs). These standards have patient safety, quality of care, and fairness at their heart.

Excellence by design sets out the requirements for postgraduate medical curricula. Royal colleges and faculties follow these when developing, or amending curricula.

The standards for physician associate (PA) and anaesthesia associate (AA) curricula set out the requirements for PA and AA curricula. All PA and AA courses will implement the relevant curricula so that learners are able to achieve the outcomes required to qualify.

Training in skills like communication, leadership and patient safety is vital to patient care. This framework explains how these skills can be included in postgraduate curricula.

Medical students must meet the necessary standards to apply for provisional registration. Outcomes for graduates sets out the knowledge, skills and behaviours that new UK medical graduates must be able to show.

The generic and shared learning outcomes for PAs and AAs contain the knowledge, skills and behaviours that we expect new PAs and AAs to have before being able to register with us and to practise safely. Courses must make sure that PA and AA students have the opportunity to develop these outcomes as part of their education. Outcomes for provisionally registered doctors with a licence to practise Before applying for full registration, provisionally registered doctors must meet a high standard. This document sets out the outcomes expected of them.

Before applying for full registration, provisionally registered doctors must meet a high standard. This document sets out the outcomes expected of them.