{
  "abstract": "Background Although medical education regulation is widely practised and given substantial resource and priority by policymakers and leaders, there is little empirical evidence to support it or guide regulation practices at an international level. In recent years, international and cross-border accreditation systems have gained prominence, often linked to migratory opportunities for graduating physicians. Given the high-stakes nature of regulation in medical education, there is a pressing need for research in this area, including the development of a framework to guide how to prioritise the different areas of scholarly inquiry that need to be addressed to best inform and elevate accreditation practices.Methods This article reports a nominal group technique consensus exercise on global medical education regulation conducted in August 2023 in London, UK. Participants were invited based on their research and leadership roles in medical education regulation around the world. Working in three groups using the nominal group technique, participants examined issues associated with medical education regulation globally that required research and evaluation.Results 18 participants from 11 countries took part. There was remarkable consistency across the three groups. Each group identified over 15 areas of inquiry summarised in seven overall research domains: Purpose, Quality and Sustainability, Economics, Governance, Colonialism, Process and Outcomes.Discussion Regulation is ubiquitous in medical education, and a panel of international scholars and leaders identified a pressing set of global issues that require exploration to inform future practices. This research agenda can help policymakers and researchers understand and embrace the complexity that underlies this topic and use it to prioritise research efforts in the years ahead.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "University of Sao Paulo Ribeirao Preto Medical School, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil"
      ],
      "name": "Valdes Roberto Bollela"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Colleges of Medicine of South Africa, Rondebosch, South Africa"
      ],
      "name": "Vanessa Burch"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of General Surgery, JIPMER, Puducherry, Puducherry, India"
      ],
      "name": "Kadambari Dharanipragada"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "School of Health Professions Education, Maastricht University Faculty of Health Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands"
      ],
      "name": "Janneke Frambach"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "University College London, London, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Janet Grant"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "University College London, London, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Lois Haruna-Cooper"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "University of Leeds, Leeds, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Homa Kabiri"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "University College London, London, UK"
      ],
      "name": "James Kelly"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "The Wilson Centre, Toronto, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Maria-Athina Martimianakis"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil"
      ],
      "name": "Fernando Menezes da Silva"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Newgiza University, Giza, Giza, Egypt"
      ],
      "name": "Lamiaa Mohsen"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "University College London, London, UK"
      ],
      "name": "John-george Nicholson"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "University College London, London, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Mohammed Ahmed Rashid"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "The Wilson Centre, Toronto, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "David Rojas"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Sean Tackett"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "The Wilson Centre, Toronto, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Cynthia Ruth Whitehead"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "School of Public Health, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Oromia, Ethiopia"
      ],
      "name": "Dawit Wondimagegn"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia"
      ],
      "name": "Rania Zaini"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Global research agenda for medical education regulation: findings from a nominal group consensus exercise",
  "uid": "30b3d6c8-a412-5058-996a-7374c0839c95"
}