Transcript Investigating Progression:

Investigating Progression:
UK Medical Education Database
A step towards a single repository of data, describing
progression from entry to medical school
Linking together data already held by different stakeholders
Benefits
Research potential
• Evidence-informed policy decisions and selection
tests – medical education, regulation and workforce
planning
Better and more accessible data
• Improve accuracy and efficiency of data collection
and management
• Interactive reporting tools to make data available to
educators, students, doctors
UKMED Phase 1
Provisional
Registration
Application:
Provisional Registration
Full
Registration
Specialist/GP
Registration
Application:
Specialist/GP Registers
Application:
Full Registration
Datasets
Fitness to practise?
Selection
tests:
medical
school
entry
Selection test:
Specialty/
GP training
Selection test:
foundation training
Selection test:
(some) higher
specialties
Annual Review outcomes
Specialty/GP exams results
Dr journey
Undergraduate
Education
(4–6 years)
Foundation
Training
(2 years)
Specialty/
General Practice
Training (3–8 years)
UKMED – Phase 1 Aims
• To test the quality of the linked data
• To investigate the options for storing and sharing data
legally - approach to be agreed by all data contributors
• To identify the time, money and skills required to run the
database
• To develop collaborative governance arrangements
UKMED – Phase 1 Outputs
• A database of linked undergraduate and postgraduate
data
• Reports on training outcomes adjusted for prior attainment
of trainee doctors (medical school/postgraduate training
‘value-add’)
• A process and technology for sharing research data sets
• A business case for Phase 2
Stakeholders and data contributors
Undergraduate
Postgraduate
• Medical schools
• UKCAT
• GAMSAT
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• UKFPO
• BMA Medical Students
Committee
• BMAT?
Independent experts
• Psychometricians
• Data protection experts
Medical Royal Colleges
Health Education England
NHS Education Scotland
Wales Deanery
Northern Ireland MDTA
Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
AoMRC Trainee Doctors
Conference of Postgraduate Deans
General Medical Council
As medical education regulator across all stages of education and training
UKMED Organisation Structure
UKCAT Board
GAMSAT
UKFPO
AoMRC
UKMED Project Development Group
Chair: Steve Thornton
Members: Data Contributors (current & future), Data subjects (trainee & student)
Controlling
Directing
GMC Data Strategy
Programme Board
HEE
NES
NIMDTA
Wales Deanery
Data Controller - GMC
Delivering
Delivery Team Members.
Research sub-group.
Reporting sub-group.
Chair
John Dowell
Data contributors
Independent academic
Chair tbc
Members tbc
MSC
Secretariat, Communications/ engagement
GMC
technology, information governance, data expertise, project management
Thank you!
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