There has never been a more important time to influence the future of General Practice.
The Undergraduate Primary Care Education Unit provides training and refresher courses for GP tutors. We are always looking for enthusiastic GPs to teach our students. Our courses are free for existing tutors or those who commit to teaching our students in future.
The majority of teaching options involve hosting medical students within a GP Practice setting. To read more about our placements please see the Undergraduate Primary Care Placements page.
We will help to prepare you for teaching and may arrange a practice visit to discuss your teaching experience and the learning environment in the Practice. Once approved as a GP tutor, you will be able to host Imperial College London medical students for their GP placements.
Professional development for GP teachers
TaCTIC: Training Course for Teachers at Imperial College
This interactive 3 hour online course offers a mix of educational theory and practical guidance to support you to develop your teaching skills in practice.
The course is open to all GPs, trainees and other healthcare professionals who are teaching our undergraduate medical students in a community or primary care setting. The course is mandatory for those intending to teach Imperial medical students.
After watching the pre-course video below, you can further develop your teaching skills more formally by booking onto one of our TaCTIC course dates.
- Wednesday 19 March 2025 click here to book
- Wednesday 14 May 2025 click here to book
Advanced Skills for Teachers at Imperial College (ASTIC)
GP tutors can keep up-to-date with current teaching approaches and connect with a community of educators through our free Additional Skills courses.
- Forthcoming courses tbc
Online coaching skills courses
We have two freely accessible online courses (MOOCs) on coaching skills. Coaching Skills for Learner-Centred Conversations is a short course on the EdX platform that explores how you can use solution-oriented coaching skills and approaches in an education context to hold more empowering conversations with learners. https://www.edx.org/course/coaching-skills-for-educators
Health Coaching Conversations is a short course on the Coursera platform that explores key principles and skills of health coaching and how you can use these to enable more person-centred conversations, empowering patients to identify and work towards their health and wellbeing goals. https://www.coursera.org/learn/healthcoachingconversations
Supporting students experiencing discrimination during GP placements
We have developed resources for GP tutors on supporting students experiencing discrimination during their clinical placements. Please see the video below:
Integrating Sustainable Healthcare in Medical Education
In collaboration with Dr Tamsin Ellis and student shapers Hollie Meyers and Alexandra Cardoso Pinto, we developed the below video on how GP tutors can support the integration of sustainable healthcare into medical education.
You can also read more on our blog: https://blogs.imperial.ac.uk/gp-teaching/2024/08/15/integrating-sustainable-healthcare-in-medical-education-a-guide-for-gp-tutors/