Becoming a GP Supervisor Courses and Forms

If you feel underconfident in using the Portfolio, if you are unsure how to write a good quality ESR, if you want to improve your efficiency or effectiveness with the Portfolio & / or assessments then this course is for you! If you need a reminder after a time away from supervision or if you are a new ES in a new learning environment – this course will help! It might have been suggested by the ARCP panel in your ESR feedback.

The course is a half-day session, a small group format, via Teams.
Two courses occur annually but more sessions can be organised if there is a need to do so.

Please use this link to submit your interest on the booking form.

From Autumn 2026, the pathway to becoming an educational supervisor (ES) for GP registrars in Wessex will align more closely with the KSS and TV deaneries.

The Wessex new curriculum is designed as a six day programme, using a hybrid delivery model. The first and last days of the course will take place via Teams; the intervening four days will be face to face, in small groups.

This course will be run twice a year in the spring and autumn.
The Autumn Course: Day one will occur in September, days two and three (on consecutive days) will take place in October, days four and five (again on consecutive days) will occur in November and the final day of the course will be run in December.
The Spring Course: This will follow the same pattern, but the four months will be aimed to run between Jan and May (TBC)

The Post Graduate Certificate in Medical Education: We are hoping to continue to offer this certificate as part of the course. This course is taught and issued by the University of Winchester and would run alongside this course. Although a PG Cert is no longer mandatory to qualify as an Educational Supervisor, it remains highly recommended. The Wessex Deanery continue to fully support and fund this qualification.

If you are interested in becoming an Educational Supervisor of a GP registrar, please as a first step, contact to your Patch Associate Dean:
Dorset – Dr Clare Wedderburn
Mid Wessex – Dr Heidi Penrose
Portsmouth & Isle of Wight – Dr Rachel Elliott
Southampton (including Jersey) – Dr James Beer
Defence Deanery – Please speak to your SO1 GP

The AD will check you are eligible to apply and explain the whole process in detail – the course, the paperwork and approval, and allocation of your first registrar.
Once you have confirmation from your AD that you are able to apply please use this link to submit your interest on the booking form.

This is the course for you if you wish to supervise: Foundation Trainees in GP surgeries, GPs who will be mentoring Retained GPS, GP residents in the OOH environment or doctors on the GP training scheme (without becoming an Educational Supervisor). If you wish to clinically supervise doctors on the GP training scheme then there are two levels of qualification you can opt to complete – that is – with or without being permitted to complete some GP assessments. In Wessex these were previously termed a Clinical Supervisor (CS) or an Enhanced – Clinical Supervisor (e-CS ).

Please check that you are eligible to apply to become a Clinical Supervisor and please speak to your Patch Associate Dean about the opportunities, the process and when you can expect your first learner.

This is a two day course that is run via Teams. If you want to become a straightforward CS or OOH supervisor, then you just need to complete DAY 1 of this course. If you are planning to become a Foundation Supervisor or an Enhanced-Clinical Supervisor of GP registrars, then you will need to complete BOTH days of this course.

If you have already, in previous years, completed the two x half day Clinical Supervisor course in Wessex and wish to upskill to be able to complete assessments as well, then you need to sign up and complete just DAY 2 of this course.
If you wish to be added to the Autumn course waitlist please email england.gp.wx@nhs.net

If you are waiting for the New Trainer Course you should have already been contacted to advise that we are in the process of securing dates and venue for the course, if you have not been contacted and believe you should have been please contact england.gp.wx@nhs.net

TA1 combined application form and visit report for:

New supervisors in a new or existing training site

Re-approval of a supervisor in a new training site

Each completed prospective supervisor application will need to be submitted to the Patch Office at least one month before the approval visit.

After the visit, the report and recommendation will be sent to the GP School for consideration by the Primary Care School Board (PCSB) who meet in June and December each year. The GP School will send formal written confirmation of approval to the prospective supervisor after the PCSB meeting.

Retirement form for GP supervisors.