If you are interested in becoming an educator please first contact your local Training Hub who can help guide and support you through the process.
If you are interested in teaching Anglia Ruskin University Medical Students, please see further information linked here or contact Deepak Kumar at deepak.kumar@aru.ac.uk.
Yes. We greatly appreciate and benefit from the wealth of knowledge that people who have experience with learners bring with them. However, the GP School-specific Training videos are still required for this group because GP Trainees have their own specific needs which are not the same as other groups of learners.
If you trained as an Associate Trainer (Tier 2a) in the new HEE Tiered System from 2018 onwards, then you don’t need to complete the material you’ve already completed. You can complete a brief Refresher Pack and the Advanced Pack to become a GP Trainer (Tier 3). The Online Webinar will be unchanged, so you only need to attend the part of that morning that you haven’t already completed.
If you trained as an Associate Trainer before the new Tiered Educator system in 2018 was introduced, then you will need to complete all elements for the Tier of GP Educator you wish to become as if you were a new starter. This is because so many of the elements of training have fundamentally changed in that time and so have the challenges in supporting our trainees. The feedback that we’ve had from delegates so far is that they’ve found this additional learning valuable, and that any additional time taken is probably saved in knowing how to most efficiently and effectively help the group of learners that they’re trying to support.
If you trained as an Out Of Hours Supervisor (Tier 2a) in the new HEE Tiered System from 2018 onwards, then you do not need to complete the material you’ve already completed. You can complete Intermediate Packs to become an Associate Trainer (Tier 2b), or Intermediate and Advanced Packs to become a GP Trainer (Tier 3). The Online Webinar will be unchanged, so you only need to attend the part of that morning that you haven’t already completed.
If you trained as an Out of Hours Supervisor before the new Tiered Educator system in 2018 was introduced, then you will need to complete all elements for the Tier of GP Educator you wish to become as if you were a new starter. This is because so many of the elements of training have fundamentally changed in that time and so have the challenges in supporting our trainees. The feedback that we’ve had from delegates so far is that they’ve found this additional learning valuable, and that any additional time taken is probably saved in knowing how to most efficiently and effectively help the group of learners that they’re trying to support.
Yes! We welcome applications form both full and part time aspiring educators.
New MRCGP was introduced in 2007 and so this is unlikely to be an issue for most new educators. However, those qualifying prior to this may not have MRCGP. Tier 2 educators are encouraged to hold MRCGP, although this is not essential. All tier 3 educators will need to have MRCGP. The RCGP now offers "Membership for All" which enables anyone that is post certificate of completion of training and has undergone at least one successful revalidation cycle to attain membership.
Further information may be found at https://www.rcgp.org.uk/about-us/membership/membership-for-all.aspx