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Dear Mohammed Abdalla,

Your information request - IR1-4796520508

Thank you for your email dated 21^st February 2025.

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From: Mohammed Abdalla <[FOI #1243601 email]>
Sent: 21 February 2025 14:09
To: FOI <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - University of Health Sciences
School of Medicine Online MD Education

Dear General Medical Council, A school promoted and owned by a UK agency
called Medlink Students Ltd is promoting its MD program where students can
have the option of taking the first two years of the programme online.
Does the GMC accept this

Dear General Medical Council,

A school promoted and owned by a UK agency called Medlink Students Ltd is promoting its MD program where students can have the option of taking the first two years of the programme online. Does the GMC accept this form of learning as an option?

Yours faithfully,

Mohammed Abdalla

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Dear Mr Abdalla,

Your Information Request - IR1-4796520508

Thank you for your email dated 21 February in which you ask about
 University of Health Sciences School of Medicine. We have considered your
request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

There are a large number of awarding bodies with similar names to this so
we are unable to give specifics on whether graduates of this university
would always need a full assessment of their PMQ however you would be
required to declare any online/virtual learning when creating a GMC
account and we would only then be able to make a determination on whether
a full PMQ assessment was required or not.

Our [1]criteria states in regards to online learning that a qualification
cannot have been undertaken entirely virtually.  The amount of
virtual/online learning undertaken would need to be assessed at the point
an applicant is ready to take PLAB/apply for registration.

Kind regards

Lauren Barrowcliffe
Information Access Team Assistant

[2][email address]

0161 240 8356

General Medical Council

3 Hardman Street

Manchester

M3 3AW

From: Mohammed Abdalla <[FOI #1243601 email]>
Sent: 21 February 2025 14:09
To: FOI <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - University of Health Sciences
School of Medicine Online MD Education

Dear General Medical Council, A school promoted and owned by a UK agency
called Medlink Students Ltd is promoting its MD program where students can
have the option of taking the first two years of the programme online.
Does the GMC accept this

Dear General Medical Council,

A school promoted and owned by a UK agency called Medlink Students Ltd is promoting its MD program where students can have the option of taking the first two years of the programme online. Does the GMC accept this form of learning as an option?

Yours faithfully,

Mohammed Abdalla

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