The Medical Schools Council is in broad agreement with the recommendations put forward by the GMC, which form a sensible approach to the future regulation of medical education.

The Medical Schools Council particularly welcomes recommendation 6, which states that the GMC should not seek to extend its regulatory role into selection for undergraduate training, and that as set out in the report the GMC should continue to satisfy itself that selection processes used by Schools are appropriate, fair and transparent.  In relation to recommendation 8 the Medical Schools Council agrees that it is important that the GMC evaluate the impact of the 2009 revision of Tomorrow’s Doctors with a view to considering the need to enhance the consistency of outputs from undergraduate medical education.

As highlighted in the response, and in addition to medical schools’ involvement in the QABME process, the Medical Schools Council is currently engaged in two projects aimed at providing assurance of the consistency of outputs from undergraduate medical education.

MSC response Review of the Future Regulation of Medical Education.pdf