Developing the Clinical Trainer: Teaching Skills for Early Stage Trainees

Overview

This online course will provide foundation doctors and medical and dental students with an overview of teaching, learning and feedback in the clinical environment. Mapped to the foundation curriculum, participants will be given the opportunity to create a detailed plan for a short teaching session related to their clinical practice, and will receive written feedback on this for their portfolios.

The full programme can be viewed here

Dates and times:

Wednesday 5th February, 13.30-14.00: Introductory live online session

Wednesday 19th February 2025: Live small-group interactive sessions.

- 10.00-12.00 or
- 14.00-16.00

A choice of two time slots will be available for the interactive session and the College will endeavour to accommodate participants’ preferences but slots will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

Please contact the course coordinator to book your place on one of these sessions.

Intended learning outcomes:


By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Demonstrate enhanced understanding of the clinical learning environment and its teaching and learning opportunities
• Utilise current thinking around learning and teaching principles
• Apply different approaches to teaching, with a particular focus on small-group teaching
• Plan teaching activities aligned with intended learning outcomes
• Demonstrate increased understanding of effective approaches to providing feedback in the clinical environment
• Apply basic feedback principles

Who should attend?

• Medical students
• Foundation doctors
• The course may also be of interest to core trainees and early-stage GP

Dental enhanced CPD development outcomes: A & B

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