COPMeD : Conference of Postgraduate Medical Deans of the United Kingdom
COPMeD provides a forum in which Postgraduate Deans meet to discuss current issues, share best practice and agree a consistent and equitable approach to medical training in all deaneries across the UK.
About COPMeD
COPMeD is a UK-wide organisation which represents the Postgraduate Deans and Deaneries within the UK including Dental Deans and General Practice Deans/Directors. COPMeD’s aims include managing the delivery and outcomes of postgraduate medical and dental education to the highest possible standards and to ensure that these standards are comparable across the United Kingdom. It is committed to improving the quality of postgraduate medical and dental education and training, to ensuring that innovative educational approaches are developed and that the trainees completing such training are able to work effectively within the national healthcare system and, in particular, the NHS.
COPMeD supports the development of excellence in postgraduate medical education through relationships with Universities, promotion of quality research and the development of a seamless continuum from undergraduate, through postgraduate to continuing professional development.
The Conference of Postgraduate Medical Deans of the United Kingdom (COPMeD) also acts as a focal point for contact between the Postgraduate Medical Deans and other organisations, e.g. Medical Royal Colleges, GMC, BMA, AoMRC, Medical Schools Council, AoME, ASME, NCAS, UKFPO and Health Departments for postgraduate medical and dental education matters.
Responsibility for postgraduate education and training for general practice is delegated from Postgraduate Deans to Directors of Postgraduate General Practice Education. Directors meet together as a group in the Committee of General Practice Education Directors (COGPED) which performs a similar national role to COPMeD, but for general practice. COGPED’s website can be found at www.cogped.org.uk
Similarly responsibility for postgraduate education and training for dentistry and dental specialties is delegated to Postgraduate Dental Deans who meet together in the Committee of Postgraduate Dental Deans and Directors; the COPDEND website can be found at www.copdend.org.uk COPDEND acts as a focal point for contact between the Dental Deans and other organisations including Dental Faculties of the UK Royal Colleges of Surgeons, JCPTD, GDC, BDA, AoMRC, Dental Schools Council, ADEE, NCAS and UK Departments of Health for postgraduate dental education matters.
Contact details for Deaneries can be found in the Deaneries section of this website.
The current Chair of COPMeD is Professor David Sowden.
Click on the map to highlight the postgraduate Deaneries across the UK.
