Understanding Good Medical Practice
NHS interview panels test your understanding of GMC standards. Know how to answer consent, confidentiality and candour questions the UK way.
- Real NHS scenarios with suggested approaches, based on the GMC's 2024 Good Medical Practice
- Covers the topics IMGs most often find different from home: consent, capacity, candour and raising concerns
- A verifiable certificate to show your commitment to UK professional standards
- Length
- 60 min
- Slides
- 25
- Quiz
- 15 questions
- Pass mark
- 12/15
- Studying
- Free
- Certificate
- £5
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An independent study guide to the GMC's Good Medical Practice for international medical graduates. Real NHS scenarios with model answers on consent, capacity, confidentiality, honesty when things go wrong, raising concerns, records, boundaries, social media, and appraisal and revalidation.
What you'll learn
- Explain what Good Medical Practice is, its four domains, and how the GMC uses it
- Apply shared decision-making, valid consent and the Mental Capacity Act in everyday situations
- Protect patient confidentiality and know when information can be shared
- Act correctly when something goes wrong (duty of candour) and when you have a safety concern
- Keep good records, work safely in teams and challenge unacceptable behaviour
- Maintain professional boundaries, honesty and online professionalism, and prepare for appraisal and revalidation
Course outline
- The basics
- Patients, partnership and communication
- Colleagues, culture and safety
- Trust, professionalism and your development
CareerPro UK is an independent education provider. Our courses are not produced, endorsed, approved or accredited by the General Medical Council (GMC), the NHS, NICE, any Royal College or any other official body, and we are not affiliated with them. Courses are study guides written in our own words from publicly available guidance. They do not replace the official guidance, which can change — always check the current version (e.g. at gmc-uk.org and nice.org.uk). They are not legal or professional advice: for a specific situation, follow your employer's policies and speak to your seniors or your medical defence organisation.
Content last reviewed: October 2026.
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