Presentation given at the pre-registration ID checks event at the University of Edinburgh Medical School.

1. And here is the news…
Andrew Harris
Head of Scottish Affairs

2. Social Media
Join us on:
 Twitter (twitter.com/gmcuk)
 Facebook (on.fb.me/gmc_uk)
 LinkedIn (linkd.in/gmcuk)

3. Tweeting on today’s presentation
#edinpreregid

4. The GMC’s role in medical education
Tomorrow’s Doctors
 Sets the standards
and outcomes for
undergraduate medical
education.

5. The GMC’s role in medical training
The Trainee Doctor
 Sets the standards for
foundation and specialty,
including GP training
 Includes the standards
for deaneries
 Outcomes for F1
structured under 7
headings in GMP

6. Quality Improvement Framework
 Annual reports from
medical schools and
deaneries
 Quality assurance visits to
schools and deaneries
 Deanery trainee and
trainer surveys

7. QA reports page on the GMC website

8. Good Medical Practice
 The duties of a doctor
 Good clinical care
 Maintaining good medical
practice
 Teaching and training,
appraising and assessing
 Relationships with patients
 Working with colleagues
 Probity
 Health

9. Recent Guidance

10. Revalidation: ‘What?’
 5 year cycle
 Began December 2012
 Random selection in Scotland
 Recommendation from a ‘Responsible
Officer’
 All currently fully registered doctors
revalidated by 2016
 Students and F1’s: 5 years after full
registration

11. Revalidation: ‘Contents’
Annual Appraisals
 CPD
 Significant events
 Quality improvement Activity
 360 feedback from colleagues
 Complaints and compliments
Plus
 Structured patient feedback

12. Medical Students Interactive Website

13. GMP in Action Interactive Website

14. Medical Student Newsletter

15. GMC mobile website
www.gmc-uk.org/mobile