# Student selected component

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{{Short description|Undergraduate medical syllabus elements}}
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'''Student selected components''' (SSCs; formerly known as '''special study modules''' or SSMs) are optional elements within the [undergraduate](/source/undergraduate) [medical](/source/medicine) syllabus in [UK medical schools](/source/Medical_school_in_the_United_Kingdom), introduced following the recommendations of the 2002 report, "Tomorrow's Doctors", by the [General Medical Council](/source/General_Medical_Council) (GMC)<ref>[http://www.gmc-uk.org/education/undergraduate/undergraduate_policy/tomorrows_doctors.asp Tomorrow's Doctors] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080925125256/http://www.gmc-uk.org/education/undergraduate/undergraduate_policy/tomorrows_doctors.asp |date=2008-09-25 }}</ref> that the syllabus should include student choice.<ref>Richardson J, Woolf K, Potts HWW, Bark P, Gill D (2009). What influences medical students' choice of Student Selected Component? The relationship between sex, personality, motivation and SSC choice in first year medical students. Medical Teacher, 31(9), e418-24 [http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01421590902744878 Abstract]</ref> In 2003, the GMC required that between 25% and 33% of curricular time be available for SSCs. However in the 2009 edition of Tomorrow's Doctors this requirement was reduced to a minimum of 10 percent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gmc-uk.org/education/undergraduate/tomorrows_doctors_2009_domain5.asp|title=Tomorrow's Doctors: Domain 5 – Design and delivery of the curriculum, including assessment|year=2009|publisher=[General Medical Council](/source/General_Medical_Council)|accessdate=17 November 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121207064317/http://www.gmc-uk.org/education/undergraduate/tomorrows_doctors_2009_domain5.asp|archivedate=7 December 2012}}</ref>

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