Staff and Students
The School of Medicine welcomes around 320 undergraduates and around 80 post-graduates each year. The Dean of Cardiff University School of Medicine is Professor Paul Morgan.
In August 2009, the General Medical Council asked the School of Medicine to carry out a full investigation after serious errors were made in the qualifying Final MB Examination. One student, who was told he/she had failed was found to have passed after an Appeal. The Appeals process revealed that 4 students had been told they had passed the examination but, in fact, had failed. The 4 had already gone through the graduation process and had been registered as doctors by the General Medical Council. They were subsequently suspended from practice. This was said to be due to a "clerical error".
Allegations have been made of research misconduct in the laboratory of the dean of medicine. The university has now confirmed, in a letter to those who reported the allegations, that the panel has found "sufficient substance" in the allegations for it to instigate a formal investigation.
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