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Medical education A to Z

Updated November 2006

Introduction
This A to Z is a web-based resource that provides information on common terms used within medical education at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.

It is not intended to be a full glossary of terms but an information resource for individuals and organisations with an interest in medical education. This includes students considering a career in medicine, medical students, practising doctors, and organisations with a professional interest in medical education.

The A to Z is not exhaustive; it is intended to be a working tool that acts as a sign-posting resource for further information. It will be updated regularly to reflect any changes and developments within the field of medical education and the profession generally. Where possible, BMA policy has been highlighted. If you feel there is an entry missing that should be included in this A to Z, or if you have any comments on the existing entries, please contact us.

More information about medical education and careers be found at studentbmj.com or bmjcareers.com.

A - Academy of Medical Royal Colleges - Accelerated medical degrees - Access courses - Access to medicine courses - Appraisal - Assessment - Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE)  - Association for the Study of Medical Education - Back to top

B - Becoming a doctor - BioMedical Admissions Test (BMAT) - British Medical Journal (BMJ)  - BMJ Careers - BMJ Masterclasses - British Association of Medical Managers (BAMM) - Back to top

C - Career choice - Certificate of completion of training (CCT) - Clinical governance - Clinical tutors - Committee of General Practice Education Directors (COGPED) - Communication skills - Competence - Computer assisted learning (CAL) - Conference of Postgraduate Medical Deans (COPMeD) - Continuing medical education (CME) - Continuing professional development (CPD) - Council of Heads of Medical Schools (CHMS)  - Curriculum - Back to top

D - Deans (of UK medical schools) - Department for Education and Skills (DFES) - Department of Health (DoH) - Directors of postgraduate general practice education  - Disabilities - Back to top

E - Enquiry based learning (EBL) - Equal Opportunities Committee (EOC) - European working time directive (EWTD)  - Experiential learning - Back to top

F - Feedback - Formative assessment - Foundation courses - Foundation degrees  - Foundation programme - Funding - Back to top

G - General Medical Council (GMC) - General professional training - GLADD - Good Medical Practice - GP principals - GP registrars - GP tutors  - Graduate entry programmes - Back to top

H - Higher Education Academy (HEA) - Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) - Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) - Back to top

I - International English Language Testing System (IELTS) - Integrated courses - Integrated learning activities (ILA) - Intercalated degrees - International Virtual Medical School (IVIMEDS) - Interprofessional education - Back to top

J - Journals - Junior Association for the Study of Medical Education (JASME)  - Back to top

K - Currently no entries  - Back to top

L - Learning and Teaching Support Network (LTSN) - Licence to practise - Lifelong learning  - Back to top

M - Maintenance grants - Management training and education for doctors - Mature students - Medical academic staff committee (MASC) - Medical indemnity - Medical royal colleges - Medical schools - Medical Students Committee (MSC) - Medical Students International Network (Medsin) - Medical Women’s Federation - Mentoring - Modernising Medical Careers - MPET - Multi-professional education  - Back to top

N - National Advice Centre for Postgraduate Medical Education (NACPME) - National Assembly of Wales - National Association of Clinical Tutors (NACT) - National Clinical Assessment Authority (NCAA) - National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) - National Union of Students (NUS) - National Vocation Qualification (NVQ) - New doctor - NHS - NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement - NHS Plan - Back to top

O - Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) - Office for Fair Access (OFFA) - Organising Medical Networked Information (OMNI) - Open University Centre for Education in Medicine (OUCEM) - Overseas doctors - Back to top

P - Personal development plans (PDP) - PhD - Postgraduate deans - Postgraduate educational allowance (PGEA) - Postgraduate Medical Education Training Board (PMETB) - Postgraduate training - Pre-clinical courses - Problem based learning (PBL) - Professional and Linguistic Assessment Board (PLAB) - Professionalism - Back to top

Q - Quality Assurance Agency (QAA)  - Back to top

R - Reflective practice - Regional advisors - Research assessment exercise (RAE) - Revalidation - Record of In Training Assessment (RITA) - Royal Society of Medicine  - Back to top

S - The Scottish doctor - Scottish Executive Health Department - Scottish Funding Council (SHEFC) - Self-directed learning - Senior house officers (SHOs) - Specialist medical training - Specialist registrar (SpR) - Special study modules (SSMs) - Specialist Advisory Committees - Specialty adviser - Specialty registrar - Student selected components (SSCs)  - Back to top

T - The future of higher education - Tomorrow’s doctors - Tuition fees  - Back to top

U - Undergraduate education - United Kingdom Clinical Aptitude Test (UKCAT) - University and colleges admissions service (UCAS) - Universities  - Back to top

V - Vocational training  - Back to top

W - White papers on higher education - Widening access - Workforce development confederations - World Federation for Medical Education (WFME)  - Back to top

X Currently no entries - Back to top

Y Currently no entries  - Back to top

Z Currently no entries  - Back to top