postgraduate dean


postgraduate dean

A senior consultant doctor in the UK who is responsible for all postgraduate medical education and training (PET) in hospital and general practice in a particular deanery. PGDs work in close association with College Regional Specialty Advisers and are accountable to the General Medical Council (GMC) as of 2010; the PGD was previously accountable to the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (PMETB) for PET in that deanery.