From January 2025 a third route to becoming an educational supervisor (ES) will be offered. This route will run alongside the PG Cert course but with no assessment required.
New Educational Supervisor Training Route
Now three routes available
To be eligible to apply you must be working a minimum of four clinical sessions in a GP practice, either one which is already a training practice or in one which will support you and become an approved training practice and increase/maintain training capacity.
The training will consist of 5 days in total, split into two modules of 2.5 days each. There will be two cohorts a year with one being January & April and the other being Sept & January. Some days will be F2F and others on teams (with cameras on and participating).
The PG Cert will continue to be an option going forward for potential ES who wish to complete it, and those who have an interest or a role within medical education. The PG Cert in Clinical Education is run in collaboration with Nottingham Trent University. There are two modules -three days of teaching each module. One day is F2F and two days are teams (with cameras on and participating). The teaching is delivered by experienced medical educators using a mix of small groups and big group teaching.
An alternative route to ES is for experienced GP clinical supervisors (CS) to convert to ES. You must have been an active CS for a minimum of three years in a training practice, or five years in a non-training practice to apply. There is a small portfolio for evidence required on applying and a bit of homework post course. The course is two days in length – the F2F and the second on teams.
Following completion of any route there will be an approval process, with the support of your local training programme. This process consists of completing some documentation demonstrating how you and the practice will support those in GP training to progress successfully.
Further information on all three routes and the process to apply can be found on the following link – Interested in becoming an Educational Supervisor | Health Education England East Midlands