General Medical Council

Description of the accreditation organization:

The General Medical Council (GMC) sets and monitors standards in medical education. To ensure that UK Medical Schools maintain these standards, GMC runs a quality assurance program, which involves regular monitoring and visits to schools and their partner institutions. This program is called Quality Assurance of Basic Medical Education (QABME).

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Accreditation standards:

• Promoting excellence
• Excellence by design
• Generic professional capabilities framework
• Outcomes for graduates, plus supplementary guidance
• Outcomes for provisionally registered doctors

Accreditation procedures::

The process involves the analysis of all aspects of education provided by medical schools including curriculum content, structure and delivery, assessment, facilities and resources, and student support. Specialist Quality Assurance of Basic Medical Education (QABME) teams of trained visitors verify information received through a series of focused visits to the medical schools and surrounding sites where training is delivered.