Realist evaluation of UK medical education quality assurance.

ABSTRACT: Objectives:The aim of the study was to explore what components of the General Medical Council's (GMC) Quality Assurance Framework work, for whom, in what circumstances and how?

Setting:UK undergraduate and postgraduate medical education and training.

Participants:We conducted interviews with a stratified sample of 36 individuals. This included those who had direct experiences, as well as those with external insights, representing local, national and international organisations within and outside medicine.

Intervention:The GMC quality assure education to protect patient and public safety utilising complex intervention components including meeting standards, institutional visits and monitoring performance. However, the context in which these a

SUBMITTER: Crampton P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6937024 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature