Publications
From time to time COPMeD publishes position papers setting out its views on important areas of postgraduate medical and dental education. These may be produced by COPMeD alone, or in collaboration with other bodies.
In addition, this section of the website contains key guidance documents underpinning PGME in the UK.
COPMeD Revalidation Best Practice and Development Forum Terms of Reference
Published: 20 May 2026
Management of fitness to practise issues for resident doctors
Published: 04 December 2025
COPMeD Position Statement on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Published: 17 October 2024
COPMeD guidance on changes to programme completion date
Published: 27 September 2024
COPMeD Task and Finish Group: Neurodiversity Addressing the need for equitable access to assessment and support for trainees who are or may be neurodiverse
Published: 17 June 2023
Principles for supporting programme management of LTFT doctors in training
Published: 08 March 2023
Development of SAS Doctors as Educational & Clinical Supervisors
Published: 19 October 2021
COPMeD Statement of Support
COPMeD Guidance on managing Revalidation arrangements for doctors in Postgraduate training during the GMC’s 6-month deferral of revalidation recommendations
Published: 24 March 2020
Doctors in training and clinical supervision at out-patient clinics
Published: 06 March 2017
A Cross-Funder Review of Early-Career Clinical Academics: Enablers and Barriers to Pathways and Progression
Published: 09 December 2015
GMC Publications
Published: 30 July 2015
Promoting excellence: standards for medical education & training
Revalidation
Published: 26 May 2014
National agreed forms for use as agreed by the 4 Nations Trainee Revalidation Oversight Group.
Francis Report
Published: 26 May 2014
Summary pre-reading ahead of 12th - 13th June Residential Meeting
GMC National Training Survey
Published: 26 May 2014
The National Training Surveys are a core part of the work that the GMC carries out each year to monitor the quality of medical education and training in the UK.