Plans for the first Kent and Medway Medical School (KMMS) are progressing well.

An update by KMMS Dean, Chris Holland, highlights:

• Programme approval – at a joint event on 28 February, both universities gave approval for KMMS to open in September 2020
• GMC accreditation – KMMS has completed stage three of the accreditation process and received very complimentary feedback
• Widening participation – initiatives include developing a comprehensive outreach programme for Years 9-13 students
• Student recruitment – the new KMMS website went live in February and the first KMMS Open Day is planned for 6 April
• Staff recruitment – recruitment is underway for both academic and professional services posts within KMMS
• Academic collaborations – colleagues are invited to share ideas with our KMMS liaison academics.

KMMS, a collaboration between the University of Kent Canterbury Christ Church University, will bring together the existing centres of excellence in health and medically-related education at both universities, with local healthcare organisations, to offer a new model of patient-focused medical education. The medical school will also catalyse exciting new education, research and innovation activities in a transdisciplinary way across other Faculties, Schools and Programmes.

The medical school will offer five-year undergraduate medicine programmes resulting in a joint Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (BMBS) degree, recognised as a Primary Medical Qualification (PMQ) by the General Medical Council (GMC), awarded by both the University of Kent and Canterbury Christ Church University. KMMS teaching and research will happen across both universities’ campuses.

You can read the KMMS update – March 2019 in full. Further updates will follow over the coming months. In the meantime, if you would like to find out more, see the KMMS website.