Professional development for new and existing GP teachers

The Undergraduate Primary Care Education Unit provides training and refresher courses for new and existing GP tutors. For more information about our placements and teaching opportunities, please see the Undergraduate Primary Care Placements page. Our courses are free for existing tutors or those who commit to teaching our students in future. 

TaCTIC (Training Course for Teachers at Imperial College)

This interactive 4-hour online course offers a mix of educational theory and practical guidance to support you to develop your teaching skills in practice.

The course is open to all GPs, trainees and other healthcare professionals who are teaching our Imperial undergraduate medical students in a community or primary care setting. The course is mandatory for those intending to teach Imperial medical students.

After watching the pre-course video, you can further develop your teaching skills more formally by booking onto one of our TaCTIC course dates.

• Wednesday, 28th January 2026 - 9am-1pm - This course is now fully booked
• Wednesday, 18th March 2026 - 9am-1pm - Reserve your spot here
• Wednesday, 6th May 2026 - 9am-1pm - Reserve your spot here

Advanced Skills for Teachers at Imperial College (ASTIC)

Existing Imperial GP tutors can keep up-to-date with current teaching approaches and connect with a community of educators through our free Additional Skills courses.

• Making Every Teaching Moment Count: This interactive face-to-face workshop is designed to enhance GP tutors' confidence and skills delivering high-quality teaching even when time is limited during a busy clinical day.  
  Drawing on authentic scenarios and student feedback, participants will learn how to:  
  • Identify and make the most of “teachable moments” during clinical encounters 
  • Have effective and constructive feedback conversations
  • Adapt teaching approaches for learners at different stages of training 

Through reflection, discussion, and peer-sharing, participants will have the opportunity to reflect on their own experiences of teaching in practice and exchange ideas for overcoming common challenges. The workshop will provide a range of practical tools and techniques to enrich day-to-day teaching and signpost to additional resources to further support tutors in making every teaching moment count. 

• • Wednesday, 4th February 2026 - 1.30-4.30pm at our campus in White City (School of Public Health building) - Reserve your spot here

Spring Forward: GP Educator Development Half-Day

We’re delighted to invite all actively teaching GP tutors to an interactive afternoon of CPD that will help us connect, grow and learn together. 

Join us for conversation and connection over lunch before engaging with one of two parallel sessions: 

• • Digital AI in healthcare workshop: practical insights into using AI tools safely and efficiently in clinical teaching on placement
  • Faculty-Peer review of teaching*: opportunity to practice a 10-minute microteach in small groups with an Imperial student and faculty member followed by a focused feedback conversation

*Please note that numbers are capped for this session and once full, participants will be allocated to the Digital AI workshop.

Following a break for refreshments, we then convene for an Inclusive Learning workshop, where we’ll explore how affirming, person-centred language and up-to-date terminology can foster belonging and flourishing on clinical placements. Participants will leave with practical tips for navigating communication across diverse student identities, intersecting characteristics and lived experiences.

• • Wednesday, 11th March 2026 - 12.30-4.30pm at our campus in White City (School of Public Health building) - Reserve your spot here

Online coaching skills courses

We have two freely accessible online courses (MOOCs) on coaching skills.

Coaching Skills for Learner-Centred Conversations is a short course on the EdX platform that explores how you can use solution-oriented coaching skills and approaches in an education context to hold more empowering conversations with learners.

Health Coaching Conversations is a short course on the Coursera platform that explores key principles and skills of health coaching and how you can use these to enable more person-centred conversations, empowering patients to identify and work towards their health and wellbeing goals.