The General Medical Council (GMC) has approved a proposal from UK medical schools – coordinated by the Medical Schools Council (MSC) – to collaborate on a national, university-led applied knowledge test (AKT). The test will form one component of the new MLA for students at UK medical schools and will need to comply with the requirements published by the GMC in March in Assuring readiness for practice: a framework for the MLA.
Read the full statement here.