GP Educator

Playing an active role in nurturing and training the next generation of GPs and other health care professionals is rewarding, adds variety to your work, develops other skills and expertise, and makes you part of a new community of Educators. Many comment that it revitalises their work‑life and wonder why they didn’t do it earlier!

In the East of England there is a straightforward 5 step pathway for ‘Aspiring Educator Training’, which is run by the local Training Hubs on a regular basis which started in early 2024.

You can become a Tier 3 educator aka Educational Supervisor (or trainer in the old language), or tier 2b Educator aka Clinical supervisor (associate trainer) or Tier 2a, OOH supervisor, by doing more, or less, of the content in the pathway. (Up to level Tier 2b this may be appropriate for other professionals apart from GPs who have an input into GP Registrar training.)

The training uses a blended approach, and is guided by a very usable h...