Courses and timetable

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.

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 outcomes

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

  • Promote opportunities for learning in a range of clinical workplaces
  • Support students to maximise learning from these opportunities
DateDayTimeDelivery ModeLocationCapacity*
12 NovemberWednesday14:00 - 15:30OnlineZoomApplications Closed
13 NovemberThursday14:00 - 16:00In-personUsher Engage, Usher Building, Little FranceApplications Closed
18 NovemberTuesday14:00 - 16:00In-personUsher Innovate, Usher Building, Little FranceApplications Closed
21 NovemberFriday10:00 - 11:30OnlineZoomApplications Closed
24 NovemberMonday14:00 - 16:00OnlineZoomApplications Closed
27 NovemberThursday10:00 - 11:30OnlineZoomApplications Closed

correct as of 09/10/25


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 Outcomes

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

  • Develop an environment that is conducive to learning
  • Compose explicit learning objectives
  • Select appropriate methods to undertake an effective evaluation of your teaching.
DateDayTimeDelivery ModeLocationCapacity*
1 SeptemberMonday1400 - 1600In PersonRIE - Seminar Room 5Applications Closed
3 SeptemberWednesday1400 - 1530OnlineZoomApplications Closed
9 SeptemberTuesday1000 - 1200In PersonRIE - Seminar Room 5Applications Closed
11 SeptemberThursday1400 - 1530OnlineZoomApplications Closed
12 SeptemberFriday1000 - 1130OnlineZoomApplications Closed
24 SeptemberWednesday1000 - 1130OnlineZoomApplications Closed
*Capacity correct as of 27/08/25

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 outcomes

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

  • Explain the role of interaction in teaching and learning
  • Demonstrate an interactive approach to your teaching
DateDayTimeDelivery ModeLocationCapacity*
3 OctoberFriday10:00 - 11:30OnlineZoomApplications Closed
6 OctoberMonday11:00 - 13:00In-personSeminar Room 2, Chancellor's Building, RIE**Application Closed
9 OctoberThursday14:00 - 15:30OnlineZoomApplications Closed
14 OctoberTuesday14:00 - 16:00In-personSeminar Room 5, Chancellor's Building, RIEApplications Closed
15 OctoberWednesday14:00 - 15:30OnlineZoomApplications Closed
29 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


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 outcomes

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

  • Explain the purposes of assessment, both generally and in your context
  • Describe some frameworks and methods of assessment that are commonly used in medical education
  • Contribute to the design or development of assessments that are used in your context
DateDayTimeDelivery ModeLocationCapacity
1 JulyTuesday1000 - 1130OnlineZoomApplications Closed
3 JulyThursday1400 - 1600In PersonRIE - Seminar Room 4Applications Closed
10 JulyThursday1000 - 1130OnlineZoomApplications Closed
16 JulyWednesday1400 - 1530OnlineZoomApplications Closed
23 JulyWednesday1000 - 1130OnlineZoomApplications Closed
29 JulyTuesday1400 - 1600In PersonVictoria Hospital Kirkcaldy - Seminar Room 4 (capacity has been reduced to a maximum of 10)Applications Closed
31 JulyThursday1000 - 1130OnlineZoomApplications Closed

Correct as of 21/07/25

 


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 outcomes

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

  • Discuss the meaning and purpose of feedback
  • Critically reflect on how you engage in feedback, both verbal and written
  • Develop feedback practices that support learners in a central and active role
DateDayTimeDelivery ModeLocationCapacity*
1 DecemberMonday10:00 - 12:00In-personSeminar Room 4, Chancellor's Building, RIE7
2 DecemberTuesday10:00 - 11:30OnlineZoomApplications Closed
5 DecemberFriday10:00 - 11:30OnlineZoom2
10 DecemberWednesday10:00 - 11:30OnlineZoom3
11 DecemberThursday10:00 - 12:00In-personSeminar Room 4, Chancellor's Building, RIE11
12 DecemberFriday10:00 - 11:30OnlineZoom5

 Correct as of 09/10/25


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 Closed
4 AugustMonday1000 - 1200In PersonUsher Engage (Usher Building, Little France)Applications Closed
19 AugustTuesday1400 - 1600In PersonUsher Innovate (Usher Building, Little France)Applications Closed
22 AugustFriday1000 - 1130OnlineZoomApplications Closed
27 AugustWednesday1400 - 1530OnlineZoomApplications Closed
28 AugustThursday1000 - 1130OnlineZoomApplications Closed
*Capacity correct as of 13/08/25