Mandatory courses
GPs must attend courses before they can begin practising as a GP Clinical or Educational Supervisor.
The following courses have been tailor-made to provide Wessex primary care Clinical and Educational Supervisors with the:
- Initial skills they require to develop, supervise and train GPs in postgraduate training throughout their clinical training and induction into surgeries
- CPD they require to continue in their role(s)
GP Clinical Supervisors
The GP Clinical Supervisors Course introduces prospective Wessex GP Clinical Supervisors to the educational theory necessary to supervise a foundation, GP in postgraduate training or retention doctor in general practice. Please seek agreement to attend from your local patch AD before booking on this course.
GP Clinical Supervisors must gain re-accreditation as a Wessex GP Clinical Supervisor every 5 years, by attending the GP Clinical Supervisors Refresher Course.
GP Educational Supervisors (‘Trainers’)
GP Trainers – Modular Course for Prospective GP Trainers
This course aims to provide an opportunity to consider, in depth, the roles and responsibilities of a GP Educational Supervisor, with a view to applying to become a trainer. Please seek agreement to attend from your local patch AD before booking on this course.
It helps participants to:
– Appreciate the contribution that contemporary learning theory makes to GP training
– Understand, and feel confident, in establishing another person’s educational needs and learning agenda
– Practice the various educational methods and approaches available to the GP trainer and appreciate their value
– Begin the first part of the Postgraduate Certificate in Education (optional)
GP Trainers – New Trainer Course
This course assimilates the practicalities and inevitable questions that need discussing when a GP Educational Supervisor (‘Trainer’) has a GP in postgraduate training in the practice. It covers the GP portfolio in depth, issues relating to GP’s performance, and the ability for the GP Educational Supervisor to calibrate how they are doing as a new trainer. Please seek agreement to attend from your local patch AD before booking on this course.
GP Trainers – Experienced Trainer Course
GP Educational Supervisors (‘Trainers’) are required to gain re-approval every 5 years. This 3-day course helps experienced GP Educational Supervisors:
– Review their educational needs
– Meet their own and other’s educational objectives
– Review the educational needs of those entering general practice (using simulated GP registrars)
– Tackle current issues in general practice education
CPD courses
The following optional courses provide CPD for GP Clinical / Educational Supervisors, to help them continue in their role(s):
GP Clinical Supervisors
– GP Clinical Supervisors – Enhanced Clinical Supervisor Course
– GP Clinical Supervisors – Enhanced Clinical Supervisor Refresher Course
GP Trainers
– GP Trainers – Practical ePortfolio Update (the good, the bad and the ugly)
How to book
For more details on any of the above, including assistance with booking, please contact england.gp.wx@nhs.net.