About · Why MD Acumen

A clinician-led school of primary care medicine

MD Acumen Ltd teaches from medical school to advanced practice on one method, with every clinical statement signed by a named clinician.

Who leads the school The method

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Who leads the school

Director, adviser, signers and examiners

Director and clinical lead

Professor Rajesh Varma, PhD, Director, MD Acumen · Professor and NHS GP Partner & GP Trainer

Professor Rajesh Varma writes and signs the curriculum, directs every programme and is the data controller's responsible officer. GMC 4196453.

Adviser

Professor Tham Nimal-Raj co-founded the concept and advises the school. He holds no course directorship, no content role and no financial control, and recuses himself from any New Vision University decision that concerns MD Acumen.

Signers

Every clinical statement is signed by Professor Rajesh Varma, GMC 4196453; there is no other sign-off clinician. The signer register is kept on learn.mdacumen.com.

Examiners

New Vision University appoints the examiners for each Certificate of Advanced Studies; an external examiner is named for each cohort.

The method

One method, signed and kept current

Every clinical statement is signed by a named GMC-registered clinician with the date and the guideline version relied on. Nothing reaches a learner unsigned. AI assists the drafting of our material, and no AI decides a mark.

Guidance is watched for change; when a cornerstone guideline moves, the affected teaching is reviewed, re-signed and re-dated by a named clinician. Nothing is republished unsigned.

Advanced Studies

How we teach

The Golden Triangle: knowledge, evidence and real-world practice, each rated.

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Advanced Studies

The living curriculum

How change is handled, and the signed change log.

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Advanced Studies

Regulatory assurance

The AI position programme by programme, and the rules we work to.

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What changed this month

The living curriculum, in public

Guidance is watched for change; when a cornerstone guideline moves, the affected teaching is reviewed, re-signed and re-dated by a named clinician.

Each entry names the module, the change, the signer and the date. The list is read from the learning platform; where it cannot load, see the change log.