1. 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

2. 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

3. Provisional Registration Specialist/GP Registration
Datasets
UKMED Phase 1
Provisional Registration
Full
Registration
Specialist/GP Registration
Application:
Provisional Registration
Application:
Full Registration
Application:
Specialist/GP Registers
Fitness to practise?
Selection tests: medical school entry
Selection test:
foundation training
Selection test:
Specialty/
GP 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)

4. 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 4

5. 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 5

6. Stakeholders and data contributors General Medical Council
Undergraduate
Postgraduate
Medical schools
UKCAT
GAMSAT
UKFPO
BMA Medical Students Committee
BMAT?
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
Independent experts
Psychometricians
Data protection experts
General Medical Council
As medical education regulator across all stages of education and training

7. UKMED Organisation Structure
HEE
NES
NIMDTA
Wales Deanery
Directing
GMC Data Strategy
Programme Board
UKCAT Board
GAMSAT
UKFPO
AoMRC
UKMED Project Development Group
Chair: Steve Thornton
Members: Data Contributors (current & future), Data subjects (trainee & student)
Controlling
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

8. Thank you! ?