About Us
Left to right: Professor Malcolm Jones, Pro Vice-Chancellor for Health & Estates, Dr Tony Jewell, Chief Medical Officer, and Professor Derek Gallen, Head of School, PGMDE.
The School of Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education is responsible for commissioning, overseeing and monitoring the provision of education and training for some 2,600 doctors and dentists in postgraduate training posts in the NHS across Wales. The School also has a role in relation to overseeing the provision of Continuing Professional Development for General Medical and Dental Practitioners across Wales. Our goal is to deliver excellence in postgraduate medical and dental education for Wales by ensuring that all training grade doctors and dentists in Wales have access to high quality postgraduate facilities and educational support so that they can achieve their potential in service provision to the NHS in Wales. The School works closely with the Welsh Assembly Government, NHS Wales, other Schools within Cardiff University, the Medical Royal Colleges and other professional bodies.
In addition to this major role in respect of training future doctors and dentists in Wales, the School also runs a number of taught academic courses at Certificate, Diploma and Masters level. The central offices of the School are situated on the Heath Park campus in Cardiff and house some 95 members of staff including the Head of School, medical professionals, management, academics and administrative personnel. The majority of our staff, some 210 part-time staff Educators, are outposted in hospitals and general practices across Wales.
The School works from a strong professional base and is divided into a number of sections and units.