Interested in becoming a GP Educational Supervisor?
From June 2025 all Midlands educators for GP programmes will be trained to Educational Supervisor (ES) level, and we will no longer provide training for new solely Clinical Supervisors (CS) for GP programmes. Details about the routes to train as an Educational Supervisor can be found on this page.
Approval as a Midlands GP Educational Supervisor
Anyone interested in becoming an Educational Supervisor in the Midlands must first complete the appropriate training: options for doing so are listed later on this page. You may also want to meet with your local Programme Director to discuss expectations. In the first instance, please contact Julia Taylor (Associate Dean) as detailed below to discuss your eligibility to train as an Educational Supervisor, the traning requirements and the application process.
Having successfully completed an NHSE approved Educational Supervisor courses, a prospective ES must do the following:
- Please complete the online Microsoft Form to apply for formal approval as a Midlands GP Educational Supervisor.
- You will receive an email confirming receipt of your application. Complete the Multi-professional Educator Approval (M-PEAT) self-assessment form (which will be attached to your email confirmation), and return it to the Associate Dean who will review your application (who will also be copied into your email confirmation).
- You will also be required to provide additional documents to the Associate Dean ahead of your formal review, including:
- A valid Equality and Diversity certificate (or other evidence of completion),
- A copy/copies of relevant supervisor course certificate/s,
- Your weekly supervisor timetable demonstrating protected time for teaching and supervision,
- Organisational induction booklet
- Induction timetable for learners
- Weekly timetable for learners
- Arrange a formal review meeting with the Associate Dean.
- After the meeting, the Associate Dean will share their report and, if appropriate, confirm their recommendation to the Midlands Primary & Community Care team to update the GMC register and ePortfolio.
- Please note: if the learning environment the prospective ES is linked to (e.g. GP practice) has never previously been approved as a site for GP training, it must undergo a Training Hub-facilitated process for multi-professional Learning Environment (LE) approval, as outlined below.
Reapproval
From 19 June 2025, the GMC no longer require formal reapproval of trainers every five years as a minimum. In line with this, to ensure continued delivery of quality supervision per our duties as the Local Education Provider (LEP), the Midlands GP Schools are moving to an annual affirmation survey where all current GP trainers confirm their continued status as a trainer, along with their attendance at educational activities to continue development as a trainer, and other information relevant to maintaining their recognition. The form is being developed by senior educators from the East and West Midlands GP Schools, and we anticipate launching around Winter 2025.
Educational Supervisor Training.
- ES training course
The ES training course 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. You must be able to attend all the dates. Spaces are limited and will be offered on a first come, first served basis, with a waiting list in place.
- Clinical Supervisor to Educational Supervisor training course (CS to ES)
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 of evidence required on applying and a bit of homework post course.
- PostGraduate Certificate in Clinical Education (PGCert)
Undertaking a Postgraduate Certificate (PG Cert) in Clinical Education is now an optional pathway for prospective GP Educational Supervisors wishing to train in the East Midlands. Those who choose this route will normally receive final approval as a GP Educational Supervisor upon successful completion of the PG Cert.
The course is delivered in partnership with Nottingham Trent University and consists of two modules, each involving three days of teaching. For each module, one day is delivered face-to-face, while the remaining two are held online via Microsoft Teams (with cameras on and active participation expected). There are two cohorts per year: one beginning in January and April, and the other in September and January. Teaching is led by experienced medical educators and combines small group work with larger group sessions.
Further details about the PG Cert can be found on our website.
Keeping up to date as an Educator.
Your educator role should form part of your annual appraisal and you should undertake CPD to keep updated and current. Please ensure you are on the mailing list with your local training programme and the foundation programme (if appropriate) so that you receive information and invites to educator events, including workshops and conferences. Attendance at Annual Review of Competency & Progression (ARCP) panels is also important - please contact your local training programme for more information.
Supervisor Refresher Training for existing trainers will continue to be offered online three times a year. The morning is for GP training and covers workplace-based assessments and the 14Fish portfolio. The afternoon covers Foundation Training – supervised learning events and the Horus portfolio.
Please see below for details of how to book your chosen date via Accent Course Manager. You must be working a minimum of 4 sessions as an existing ES or CS to be eligible for the course. Please do not share links to the course with other GPs – all attendees must book on via Accent Course Manager to control course numbers and provide some governance. Attendance certificates can be found on your Accent Course Manager account after completion of your course evaluation.
Dates
Morning for those supervising those in GP Training, Afternoon for those supervising Foundation (FY2) Doctors:
- Tues 9 Dec 2025
- Tues 10 Feb 2026
Please do not share links to the course with other GPs – all attendees must book on via Accent Course Manager to control course numbers and provide some governance.
Attendance certificates can be found on your Accent Course Manager account after completion of your course evaluation.
To be eligible to apply for any route 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.
To register your interest and find out more please contact Julia.Taylor50@nhs.net
Please expect to discuss;
- Whether or not you are in an existing GP or Foundation training practice this will help us to assess the amount of preparation that you will need to undertake to become an ES/training practice.
- What CPD activities you have undertaken or plan to undertake to develop your skills as an ES and how these fit in with your PDP.
- Directtion towards your local GP Training Programme Director team (if you have not already been in contact) - this is to ensure that your local GP Training Programme Director team is aware of your intentions, talk to you about your plans. Their support for your application is essential and they will also consider local need for new ES. They can also invite you to local educators meetings and add you to e-mail circulation list and otherwise begin to get you involved in the world of medical education. (You should begin to attend educator meetings/workshops at least 3 months before you plan to undertake an ES course.
- Ensuring you have the full support of the wider practice to become an ES/training practice.
You must be working a minimum of 4 sessions within an already approved learning environment, or one which is seeking approval imminently to be eligible for the course. - Possibilities related to you becoming a supervisor of Foundation doctors in GP.
- (For those wishing to pursue the PG Cert) The time commitment and level of study required to satisfactorily complete the course.
Learning Environment (LE) approval process for GP training
From June 2025, a learning Environment Approval process must be completed for any LE not previously approved for GP training.
Practices that have previously been approved for GP training, and currently host GP resident doctors, are not required to undertake the LE approval process
The responsibility for the approval and ongoing quality monitoring of the Learning Environments (LEs) has moved to NHSE Training Hubs (TH). The application to become an approved LE is made by a practice, or by a group of practices based within the same PCN, to the relevant Training Hub, separately to the approval of individual trainers.
Please see our dedicated page about Learning Environment recognition for more information.