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GP Supervisor Course 2026-27

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.

This GP Supervisor Course has replaced the former ISLA Course and GP Educational Supervision Course.

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).

 

Eligibility and suitability

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

  • Being in a substantive GP post in London (Salaried GP or partner).
  • 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.

To meet the eligibility criteria for this funded course, course delegates are required to commit to attending all eleven sessions of the cohort that they have booked.  The courses are booked to capacity.  If you are not able to commit to attending all sessions of the cohort that you are planning, you are advised to cancel your place and rebook when you can commit to all the sessions of a later cohort.

For more details about the pathway to becoming a GP educator or if you are unsure as to where you need to undertake this course please visit the GP School page  https://london.hee.nhs.uk/gp for more information. 

Overview

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.

 

Intended Learning outcomes (mapped to GMC criteria for trainer recognition)

By the end of this course participants should be able to:

 

•    Explain the importance of the educational supervisory relationship in the primary care context, the associated roles and responsibilities including ensuring safe and effective patient care (GMC 1)

•    Create an education curriculum to welcome a new learner into a safe professional learning environment (GMC 2)

•    Facilitate learning for a learner (GMC 3)

•    Observe and provide feedback for a learner (GMC 3)

•    Apply workplace-based assessments as set out by the RCGP (GMC 4)

•    Support and monitor educational progress including recognising and managing learners in need of support (GMC 5 & 6)

•    Reflect upon your own learning journey using the criteria and standards set out by the GMC and the RCGP (GMC 7)

•    Recognise your learning needs for your own continued development as an educator (GMC 7)

 

Venue

Virtual on Zoom (ensure you have good internet connectivity on laptop or desktop and are in a stationary confidential space protected from predictable interruptions for the duration of the 3 hours contact time)

 

Course dates: Autumn Cohorts 2026/7

Cohort 38 (Friday mornings, 9.30am to 12.30pm)

Oct 2nd; Oct 16th; Oct 23rd; Nov 6th; Nov13th; Nov 20th; Nov 27th; Dec 4th; Jan 8th; Jan 15th; Feb 5th.

 

Cohort 39 (Tuesday mornings, 9.30am to 12.30pm)

Oct 6th; Oct 20th; Nov 10th; Nov 24th; Dec 1st; Dec 8th; Jan 12th; Jan 26th; Feb 2nd; Feb 9th; Feb 23rd.

 

Cohort 40 (Please note this cohort will run on a mixture of 6 X Thursday mornings, 09.30am to 12.30pm and 5 X Monday afternoons 13.00pm - 16.00pm)

Thurs Oct 8th; Mon Oct 19th; Mon Nov 2nd; Thurs Nov 12th; Mon Nov 23rd; Mon Nov 30th; Thurs Dec 10th; Thurs Dec17th; Thurs Jan 7th; Mon Jan25th; Thurs Feb 4th.

 

Cohort 41 (Thursday afternoons, 14.00pm to 17.00pm)

Oct 15th; Nov 5th; Nov 12th; Nov 19th; Nov 26th; Dec 10th; Jan 7th; Jan 21st; Jan 28th; Feb 4th; Feb 11th.

 

Cohort 42 (Thursday mornings, 9.30am to 12.30pm)

Oct 15th; Nov 5th; Nov 12th; Nov 26th; Dec 3rd; Dec 10th; Jan 7th; Jan 21st; Jan 28th; Feb 4th; Feb 11th.

 

Cohort 43 (Friday mornings, 9.30am to 12.30pm)

Oct 16th; Nov 6th; Nov 27th; Dec 4th; Dec 11th; Jan 8th; Jan 15th; Jan 22nd; Jan 29th; Feb 5th; Feb 12th.

 

Registration process

Registration for future GP supervisor courses is now overseen by ICS Training Hubs.

Once you have registered with your Training Hub, new potential GP educators are encouraged to contact their local GP vocational training scheme (VTS) and attend their local multi-professional educator group. Your local Training Hub can direct you to the VTS and multi-professional educator group for your borough.

To register your interest for a future GP supervisor course, please contact your local ICS Training Hub who will support you with next steps and a sign-up form:

 

North East London:  thgpcg.neltraininghub@nhs.net 

North Central London:  nclicb.approvedlearningenvironments@nhs.net

North West London:  nwl.traininghub@nhs.net

South East London:  quality@seltraininghub.co.uk  

South West London:  office.swlth@nhs.net

 

Course intakes

There are two course intakes each year for new GP supervisors in London.

  • September to January (Expressions of interest open in May and are open for 4 weeks. Places confirmed by 2nd week of June)
  • February to June (Expressions of interest open in October and are open for 4 weeks. Places confirmed by 2nd week of November)

Outside of this window, GPs can register their interest for a future GP course by contacting their local ICS Training Hub and will be added to a list to confirm places when the next course is made available. Should there be significant interest, NHS England and Training Hubs will work together to identify the availability of additional course dates.

Please note training places are prioritised in areas of low educator capacity where there is a need to support the growth of the local workforce. These areas are defined annually by NHS England as part of a heat map to analyse London GP Workforce needs.