GP Supervisor Course – NW London Training Hub

Are you an aspiring GP supervisor / GP educator in primary care?

NHS England Workforce, Training and Education Directorate (WT&E) provides a fully funded GP supervisor course for GPs who want to become a GP educational supervisor (GP trainer) or clinical placement supervisor for health care placements in primary care in London.

To be eligible to apply, participants will need to provide evidence of:

• Being in a substantive GP post in London (Salaried GP or partner working a minimum of 4 clinical sessions a week).
• At least 2 years post CCT (or equivalent).
• Capacity to attend all online sessions.
• Capacity and support to train Foundation Doctors and/or GP specialty trainees within 1 year of completion.
• Engagement with your local clinical and educational supervisor workshop.

This interactive course runs over 11 weeks (3 hours contact per week) on a virtual platform and has approximately 45 hours’ time commitment (33 hours contact plus preparation).

• The purpose of this course is to prepare you for your role as an educator in primary care.
• We explore core educational principles that form the foundations of how we learn and how we relate to each other professionally in the myriad of interconnecting contexts and networks that we find ourselves in.
• We consider the relational, psychological, and sociocultural aspects of learning from an interactional perspective.
• We explore the principles underpinning reflective practice, supervision, assessments, supporting learners and supporting educators in primary care to enable a high-quality learning culture and environment.
• We prepare you for your role as a “supervisor”, a facilitator of learning for doctors and other professionals in clinical practice.
• We use the context of the GP Speciality Trainee trajectory in London GP training as the terrain to navigate our journey together.
• Through your engagement and commitment to each other on this course by the end we expect that you will be prepared to take up the role of clinical or educational supervisor in General Practice.