Trainer Recognition
and Accreditation
A Guide to
Requirements
Introduction
In 2012, the GMC began the process of recognition and approval of Trainers involved in
medical education. The aim of this process is to ensure that all Trainers in a local education
provider (LEP) have met the criteria laid out by the educational organisers within their area.
The educational organiser for NUH is Health Education East Midlands (HEEM). The guidance
in this document is based upon the requirements of HEEM and the GMC. All clinicians with
an educational role will be required to be fully recognised by 31 July 2016. The roles that
require recognition are:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Named Educational Supervisor
Named Clinical Supervisor
Undergraduate Lead
Other Educational Lead
Definitions of Roles
A. Named Educational Supervisor
A Trainer who is responsible for:
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the overall supervision and management of a specified Trainee’s learning and
educational progress during a placement/s.
the educational agreement
bringing together all relevant evidence to form a summative judgement at the end of
the placement/s.
helping the Trainee to plan their training and achieve agreed learning outcomes.
B. Named Clinical Supervisor
A trainer who is responsible for:
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responsible for overseeing a specified Trainee’s clinical work throughout a
placement.
providing feedback during that placement and
providing a clinical supervisors report that will contribute to the Educational
Supervisor’s report
C. Undergraduate Lead
A Trainer who organises and supports undergraduate students during their speciality
placement.
D. Other Educational Lead
Lead coordinators at each local education provider (LEP): Doctors who are responsible for
coordinating placement training and ensuring worthwhile educational activities. These
trainers have specific educational roles as laid out in job plans e.g. DME, TPD,FPD.
New Trainers – Requirements
A. Named Educational Supervisor
1a. Complete all 20 modules of the online Educational Supervisor training available on the
NHS London website. http://www.faculty.londondeanery.ac.uk/e-learning/
Or
1b. Attend a minimum of a 2 day approved ‘generic’ Educational Supervisor course.
Or
Attend a 1 day approved ‘Specialty’ e.g. Royal College of Paediatrics, Educational Supervisor
course
Or
Complete a blend of face to face and on-line training in educational supervision
Or
1c you may also have completed modules in educational supervision as part of a formal
qualification in medical education, which could be appropriate for your role as an
Educational Supervisor.
For 1b, all educational supervisor courses (not provided by HEEM) and 1c, aspects of a
formal qualification, need to be approved by HEEM. If you are considering attending one of
these courses, please forward the details to the GMC Recognition of Trainers Board who will
decide if it covers all of the GMC framework 7 competency domains (see below) [email protected].
2. Equality and diversity training – all Trainers need to complete this.
https://www.eastmidlandsdeanery.nhs.uk/page.php?id=661)
3. Have your role as Educational Supervisor approved by the Director of Medical Education
within your Trust. Your role needs to be formally recognised by your Service Lead and will
need to be considered in your Job Plan, PDP and annual appraisal. Current recommendation
by HEEM is for 0.25 PA per Trainee. You will need to demonstrate your competency, and
demonstrate how you will remain up to date. You will need to use all of the GMC domains in
your appraisal to demonstrate high quality effective supervision.
B. Named Clinical Supervisor
1. Complete the clinical supervisor online training
https://www.eastmidlandsdeanery.nhs.uk/page.php?id=1512
2. Equality and diversity training – all trainers need to complete this.
https://www.eastmidlandsdeanery.nhs.uk/page.php?id=661)
3. Your role as a named Clinical Supervisor should be clearly documented in your job plan,
and your annual PDP should reflect this important role. Current HEEM recommendation is
0.125 PA per Trainee.
C. Undergraduate Lead
If you have a role in postgraduate medical training you should complete the training laid out
above. In addition the University may have specific requirements which you should be
informed of. If you have specific queries, please contact the Director of Undergraduate
Education.
D. Other Educational Lead
In most instances, Trainers in these roles will have completed educational supervisor
training and/or gained a higher qualification in medical education. Further queries should be
directed to the most appropriate person depending on the role e.g. DME/APD.
Existing Trainers – Requirements
A. Named Educational Supervisor
1. Every 5 year Revalidation cycle you must attend relevant training courses, master-classes
or education conferences and reflect on this within your appraisal. This should be a
minimum of 4 days (24 hours of CPD) of high quality training every 5 years. This might
include further e-learning rather than face to face learning. For this training to be approved
please email details of the training to the GMC Recognition of Trainers Board, so that the
training can be approved and you can be accredited as an Educational supervisor within
HEEM. Over time HEEM will develop a list of formally approved courses, and publish this list
online https://www.eastmidlandsdeanery.nhs.uk/page.php?id=1770
2. Your annual appraisal and PDP must reflect your role as an Educational Supervisor, and
you must demonstrate how you are continuing to develop and remain up to date as an
educational supervisor. Your PDP should consider evidence of GMC domains 1-7.
3. Equality and diversity training – THIS MUST BE COMPLETED EVERY 3 YEARS
https://www.eastmidlandsdeanery.nhs.uk/page.php?id=661)
NOTE:
If individual supervisors do not keep up to date, and do not attend relevant updates within
the 5 year revalidation cycle, they should no longer be able to act as named Educational
Supervisors, and will need to complete the start-up training again.
B. Named Clinical Supervisor
1. Every 5 year Revalidation cycle you need to demonstrate that you have undertaken CPD
that covers domains 1-4 and 7 of the GMC standards. This can be done by:
a. repeating the online training as per a New Clinical
https://www.eastmidlandsdeanery.nhs.uk/page.php?id=1512
Supervisor
b. an individual Trust (Local Education Provider) or Speciality School may provide
alternative face to face Clinical Supervisor training. If this is approved by the GMC
Recognition of Trainers board, this can be used as an alternative to repeating the
online HEEM clinical supervisor training.
2. Your role as named Clinical Supervisor should be discussed annually in your appraisal and
should be in your job plan. There is an expectation that your role as named Clinical
Supervisor is reflected in your PDP and CPD over the 5 year revalidation cycle. 1. Your PDP
should consider evidence of the GMC standard domains 1-4 and 7.
3. Equality and diversity training – THIS MUST BE COMPLETED EVERY 3 YEARS
https://www.eastmidlandsdeanery.nhs.uk/page.php?id=661
C. Undergraduate Leads
Undergraduate leads should remain up to date with the learning requirements of the
placement they are supervising. They should remain engaged with undergraduate teaching
and demonstrate ongoing engagement with the undergraduate team and coordinator.
There is inevitably overlap with the requirements of postgraduate medical education but
significant engagement in undergraduate teaching should form part of their portfolio.
D. Other Educational Roles
In addition to the requirements of other educational supervisors, Trainers with these roles
will also have role specific training requirements. These will be monitored through annual
appraisal at a local, regional or national level depending on the nature of their role. Specific
queries should be raised with the Director Medical Education.
Standards for Recognition
The standards for recognition are based on a competency framework.
The GMC have adopted the Academy of Medical Educators “Framework for Supervisors”
(2010), as the framework for the criteria which all trainers in recognised roles will be
expected to provide evidence of their ongoing professional development against.
The areas are set out in the figure below.
Clinical supervisors are expected to meet the requirements of sections 1,2,3,4 and 7
Educational supervisors are expected to meet all the requirements.
Monitoring of Trainer Recognition
By July 2016:
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those with educational roles will be required to be fully recognised and trained in those
roles.
those with educational roles are required to have allocated time in their job plans to fulfil
these roles
failure to achieve these goals will mean that the Trust will be in breach of GMC regulations.
it is essential that all staff delivering Medical Education engaged in this process.
Acknowledgements
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