The CEP offers six educational skills courses, each one containing a compulsory workshop that participants are required to book and attend. The CEP offers 6 educational skills courses, each one comprising an online element and a workshop. Workshops are online and face-to-face: you may choose which format best suits you best. For information about how to enrol for a course, click on the relevant course tab, below. Please note that registration for the CEP has been built into the process for enrolling on your first course, so you will be asked a few extra questions when you enrol for your first course. Registration for individual workshops opens about 3 months in advance and closes 48 hours before the start of the workshop. Teaching in Clinical Environments - GMC Framework Area 1 This course is mapped to GMC Framework Area 1 “Ensuring safe and effective patient care through training”. We have structured the course to focus on teaching in the clinical environment, with an emphasis on protecting patients and enhancing care through a process of induction to the clinical environment and effective learner supervision. We will also consider how you might balance your clinical responsibilities with the educational needs of your learners. Finally, we will explore clinical uncertainty and ask, how do you support learners to navigate this constant phenomenon?Learning outcomesBy the end of this course, you will be able to:Promote opportunities for learning in a range of clinical workplacesSupport students to maximise learning from these opportunitiesDateDayTimeDelivery ModeLocationCapacity*12 NovemberWednesday14:00 - 15:30OnlineZoomApplications Closed13 NovemberThursday14:00 - 16:00In-personUsher Engage, Usher Building, Little FranceApplications Closed18 NovemberTuesday14:00 - 16:00In-personUsher Innovate, Usher Building, Little FranceApplications Closed21 NovemberFriday10:00 - 11:30OnlineZoomApplications Closed24 NovemberMonday14:00 - 16:00OnlineZoomApplications Closed27 NovemberThursday10:00 - 11:30OnlineZoomApplications Closedcorrect as of 09/10/25 Planning and Evaluating Your Teaching - GMC Framework Area 2 This course is mapped to GMC Framework Area 2 - "Establishing and maintaining an environment for learning". This course aims to help you design and structure an episode of planned teaching and we will also consider how you might evaluate your teaching practice.Learning OutcomesBy the end of this course you should be able to:Develop an environment that is conducive to learningCompose explicit learning objectivesSelect appropriate methods to undertake an effective evaluation of your teaching.DateDayTimeDelivery ModeLocationCapacity*1 SeptemberMonday1400 - 1600In PersonRIE - Seminar Room 5Applications Closed3 SeptemberWednesday1400 - 1530OnlineZoomApplications Closed9 SeptemberTuesday1000 - 1200In PersonRIE - Seminar Room 5Applications Closed11 SeptemberThursday1400 - 1530OnlineZoomApplications Closed12 SeptemberFriday1000 - 1130OnlineZoomApplications Closed24 SeptemberWednesday1000 - 1130OnlineZoomApplications Closed*Capacity correct as of 27/08/25 Interactive Teaching and Learning - GMC Framework Area 3 This course is mapped to GMC Framework Area 3: “Teaching and facilitating learning.” There is no single overarching theory of learning but a variety of educational theories exist across fields such as psychology, sociology and neuroscience and many of these theories offer a rationale to explain why interaction can help promote learning and maintain learner engagement. This course aims to highlight the value of interaction in teaching and learning and to inspire and encourage you to try out some ideas with your learners.Learning outcomesBy the end of this course, you will be able to:Explain the role of interaction in teaching and learningDemonstrate an interactive approach to your teachingDateDayTimeDelivery ModeLocationCapacity*3 OctoberFriday10:00 - 11:30OnlineZoomApplications Closed6 OctoberMonday11:00 - 13:00In-personSeminar Room 2, Chancellor's Building, RIE**Application Closed9 OctoberThursday14:00 - 15:30OnlineZoomApplications Closed14 OctoberTuesday14:00 - 16:00In-personSeminar Room 5, Chancellor's Building, RIEApplications Closed15 OctoberWednesday14:00 - 15:30OnlineZoomApplications Closed29 OctoberWednesday10:00 - 11:30OnlineZoomApplications Closed*Correct as of 09/10/25**Note that this is different to our usual start times due to room availability Assessment in Medical Education - GMC Framework Area 4 This course is mapped to GMC Framework Area 4 "Enhancing learning through assessment". One aim of this course is to help you reflect on assessment in medical education generally: what is its purpose and who is it for? A further aim is to introduce you to some specific methods of assessment that are used in undergraduate and postgraduate medical training. Finally, we aim to leave you in a position where you feel more familiar with the assessments used in your context and better able to contribute to assessment design.Learning outcomesBy the end of this course you should be able to:Explain the purposes of assessment, both generally and in your contextDescribe some frameworks and methods of assessment that are commonly used in medical educationContribute to the design or development of assessments that are used in your contextDateDayTimeDelivery ModeLocationCapacity1 JulyTuesday1000 - 1130OnlineZoomApplications Closed3 JulyThursday1400 - 1600In PersonRIE - Seminar Room 4Applications Closed10 JulyThursday1000 - 1130OnlineZoomApplications Closed16 JulyWednesday1400 - 1530OnlineZoomApplications Closed23 JulyWednesday1000 - 1130OnlineZoomApplications Closed29 JulyTuesday1400 - 1600In PersonVictoria Hospital Kirkcaldy - Seminar Room 4 (capacity has been reduced to a maximum of 10)Applications Closed31 JulyThursday1000 - 1130OnlineZoomApplications ClosedCorrect as of 21/07/25 Giving Effective Feedback - GMC Framework Area 5 This course is mapped to GMC Framework Area 5 - "Supporting and monitoring educational progress". A primary aim of this course is to help you reflect on the meaning and purpose of feedback in your context. We also offer an opportunity to examine your feedback practices and processes, and to consider how these might be improved. We look at what the research suggests are core principles of good feedback and highlight how they could be put into practice.Learning outcomesBy the end of this course you should be able to:Discuss the meaning and purpose of feedbackCritically reflect on how you engage in feedback, both verbal and writtenDevelop feedback practices that support learners in a central and active roleDateDayTimeDelivery ModeLocationCapacity*1 DecemberMonday10:00 - 12:00In-personSeminar Room 4, Chancellor's Building, RIE72 DecemberTuesday10:00 - 11:30OnlineZoomApplications Closed5 DecemberFriday10:00 - 11:30OnlineZoom210 DecemberWednesday10:00 - 11:30OnlineZoom311 DecemberThursday10:00 - 12:00In-personSeminar Room 4, Chancellor's Building, RIE1112 DecemberFriday10:00 - 11:30OnlineZoom5 Correct as of 09/10/25 Register and enrol here Equity, Diversity and Inclusion - GMC Framework Area 6 This course is mapped to GMC Framework Area 6 - “Guiding Personal and Professional Development” and it has several broad aims. We will draw your attention to the inequalities faced by students and trainees who find themselves marginalised in education and the impact this has on their inclusion, development, and, ultimately, career progression. We will also consider how we, as educators, might facilitate inclusion and contribute towards building a more equitable environment where learners can thrive. Finally, we will look at inherent bias.Learning Outcomes Following participation on this course you should be better able to:Describe the benefits that a diverse staff and student body can bring to education, the NHS and wider society.Promote diversity and support inclusion within your own teaching, learning and assessment activities.Identify your own biases and manage these in such a way as not to discriminate or exclude others.DateDayTimeDelivery ModeLocationCapacity*1 AugustFriday1000 - 1130OnlineZoomApplications Closed4 AugustMonday1000 - 1200In PersonUsher Engage (Usher Building, Little France)Applications Closed19 AugustTuesday1400 - 1600In PersonUsher Innovate (Usher Building, Little France)Applications Closed22 AugustFriday1000 - 1130OnlineZoomApplications Closed27 AugustWednesday1400 - 1530OnlineZoomApplications Closed28 AugustThursday1000 - 1130OnlineZoomApplications Closed*Capacity correct as of 13/08/25 This article was published on 2024-09-09