How to Choose your Teach the Teacher Course
Updated: Sep 3
Before booking, start with one question:
What do I actually need this for?
1. Start with your goal
Portfolio? Specialty application? Or simply becoming a better teacher?
Knowing the goal makes everything else easier.
2. Choose something worth your time
Doctors learn best when education connects with experience and authentic practice; a well-established principle in medical education [1].
So look for teaching you can actually use when planning sessions, engaging learners, giving feedback and handling real clinical teaching situations.
Practical where it should be. Academic where it matters.
3. Look at how it is taught
Good education is not about fitting the greatest possible amount of information into a day. Cognitive-load principles remind us that unnecessary complexity can interfere with learning [2].
Interaction, practice and feedback matter too. Evidence across medical education supports feedback as an important part of effective learning [3].
In short: learn, practise, discuss, reflect.
4. Then look at value
At The Clinicians’ RoadMap, we are doctors with postgraduate expertise in medical education.
Our standard fee is £150 for a live one-day course with 6 CPD credits, plus an optional complimentary assignment providing a further 6 CPD credits.
We want medical education to be useful, academically sound, enjoyable and fairly priced.
That is our philosophy:
Understand what doctors need. Teach it properly. Look after the people who trust us with their time.
References
Taylor DCM, Hamdy H. Adult learning theories: implications for learning and teaching in medical education. Medical Teacher. AMEE Guide No. 83.
Young JQ et al. Cognitive Load Theory: implications for medical education. Medical Teacher. AMEE Guide No. 86.
Kornegay JG et al. Feedback in Medical Education: A Critical Appraisal. AEM Education and Training; supported more recently by systematic-review evidence on effective feedback in postgraduate medical education.
