Doctor to Educator - May 2026

Course Directors:

Dr Pradeepa Venkatesan, Dr Angela Lochmuller, Dr Assad Malik & Dr Melissa Thomas.

Details:

Friday 29th May 2026

8:45am - 17:00pm

1 day face to face course, Weston House Lecture theatre, Great Ormond Street Hospital.

Accepting registration from Resident Doctors.

Price 

GOSH Resident Doctors £80 (PULSE faculty will be provided with a Discount Code)

External Resident Doctors £100

(Lunch and refreshments provided)

Course details:   CPD Approved by RCPCH

Doctor to Educator (D2E) reflects GOSH’s investment in developing clinicians as high quality educators. The programme is designed for doctors who want to strengthen their educational practice, confidence, and professional development.

The focus is on practical, transferable skills grounded in robust educational theory and real-world teaching.

Why take part in GOSH D2E?

  • Develop the skills and confidence needed to teach effectively in busy clinical environments
  • Gain a strong grounding in core educational theories and how they inform practice
  • Learn and apply evidence-based feedback models relevant to clinical education
  • Build transferable skills valuable for education, leadership, and supervision roles
  • Reflect on your identity and approach as a clinical educator
  • Strengthen your educational portfolio and preparation for future education roles
  • Be part of an institution that actively supports and values excellence in teaching

Learning objectives   

  • To understand the principles of adult learning theory.
  • To apply educational theory to the design of an effective teaching session.  
  • To consider challenges in clinical teachings and formulate ways to manage these.
  • To compare and contrast different teaching styles of teaching.
  • To weigh methods of teaching clinical reasoning and how this could be applied in practice.
  • To examine ways of giving and receiving feedback in medical education

Course timetable 

Time

Activity

8:45-9:00

Registration

9:00-10:00

Educational Theories

10:00-10:45

Structuring a teaching session

10:45-11:00

Break

11:00-11:45

Challenges in teaching

11:45-12:30

Teaching clinical reasoning

12:30-13:15

Lunch

13:15-14:15

Designing a Teaching Session Part 1

14:15-14:25

Break

14:25-15:25

Designing a Teaching Session Part 2

15:25-15:40

Break

15:40-16:40Giving and receiving feedback

16:40-16:55

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THE DEADLINE FOR BOOKING HAS PASSED

To cancel your place on the course, notice of cancellation must be given by email to [email protected] or phone +447821825289.

If you cancel within 14 calendar days or more before the start date of the course you will receive a full refund minus a 12.5% administration fee.

If you cancel less than 14 calendar days before the start date of the course you are not eligible for a refund unless you have extenuating circumstances. 

  • Extenuating circumstances include but not limited to acute illness, unplanned hospitalisation, and bereavement. Each case will be considered on its own merit and any decision taken will be at the discretion of the GLA and will be final, decisions will be made on a case-by-case basis.

If you are unable to attend you may be able to transfer to another date at the discretion of the PGME Undergraduate Team, please email [email protected]. 

  • If you have been rebooked to a new date for this course, further options to rebook will not be provided.

Refunds will not be made if you do not attend course, event or programme and do not cancel.