In 2012, the General Medical Council (GMC) issued guidelines regarding the Recognition of Trainers, to ensure that trainers in the ‘named’ roles not only had sufficient training for their educational role, but also sufficient time in which to perform that role. Trainers requiring to be recognised include:all undergraduate teachers performing one of the ‘named’ rolesall secondary-care trainers performing one of the ‘named’ rolesGP trainers who supervise foundation trainees only and who are not already approvedNon-medically qualified trainers performing one of the ‘named’ roles (e.g. healthcare science, public health). Scotland Deanery - Recognition of Trainers manual NHS Lothian Medical Education Directorate (MED) - Trainers/Educators homepage This article was published on 2024-09-09
