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Our Live Teach the Teacher Course for Doctors is practical, interactive and delivered live on Zoom in groups of no more than nine participants. Choose the 1-Day Essentials Course for focused training in the core skills of effective teaching, or the 2-Day Comprehensive Course for additional practice, feedback and coaching.
Suitable for specialty applications including IMT, ACCS-IM, PHST, Core Surgical Training and Ophthalmology ST1. The 2-Day Course also meets the published duration requirement for Clinical Radiology ST1.
More than 2,500 doctors attend our Teach the Teacher courses each year. Both live courses provide CPD-accredited evidence of formal training in teaching for applications, CCT, CESR and professional portfolios.
1-Day: 9:30am–4:30pm
2-Day: 9:30am–4:30pm each day
UK time
Small-group, interactive teaching with plenty of opportunity to participate and receive feedback.
6 CPD: 1-Day
12 CPD: 2-Day
IMT · ACCS-IM · PHST · CST · Ophthalmology ST1
2-Day also meets the Clinical Radiology ST1 duration requirement.
Our Teach the Teacher courses for doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals are currently scheduled for the following dates:
The 1-Day Essentials Course provides focused, practical training in the core skills needed to become a more confident and effective healthcare educator.
Choose the 1-day course if you want:
£220 · 6+ hours live · 6 CPD points · Maximum 9 participants
The 2-Day Comprehensive Course includes the complete 1-day programme with additional teaching practice, individual feedback, coaching and more advanced teaching techniques.
Choose the 2-day course if you want:
£399 · 12+ hours live · 12 CPD points · Maximum 9 participants
Both live courses provide practical, interactive training in the skills needed to plan, deliver and evaluate effective healthcare teaching. The 1-Day Essentials Course covers the core programme, while the 2-Day Comprehensive Course gives you additional time to practise, receive feedback and explore more advanced issues.
The Live 2-Day Teach the Teacher Comprehensive Course for Doctors includes the complete 1-day programme and then gives you additional time to turn the principles into practice.
The live courses are particularly useful where your application requires evidence of formal training in teaching. The 1-Day Essentials Course provides more than 6 hours of synchronous teaching, while the 2-Day Comprehensive Course provides more than 12 hours across two days.
The course helps you develop practical skills for teaching medical students, foundation doctors and other colleagues while building formal evidence of your development as an educator.
Teach the Teacher training can support appraisal, professional development and portfolio evidence while strengthening the practical skills needed to supervise and develop colleagues.
More experienced doctors can use the course to refresh and formalise their teaching approach, strengthen feedback and facilitation skills and develop more structured ways of supporting trainees.
Although the course is particularly popular with doctors, the principles apply across healthcare. Nurses, pharmacists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and other healthcare professionals who teach, supervise or develop colleagues are also welcome.
The Live 1-Day Teach the Teacher Essentials Course is designed to give you a strong foundation in the essential skills needed to teach effectively. It is particularly suitable if you want an intensive day of practical development or need at least six hours of synchronous live training for an application or portfolio requirement.
You still receive interactive teaching, discussion and practical exercises, but the emphasis is on covering the core principles efficiently within one day.
The Live 2-Day Teach the Teacher Comprehensive Course includes the complete Essentials programme but gives you substantially more time to practise and refine your teaching skills.
The second day provides additional teaching exercises, presentation practice, feedback, coaching, peer observation and opportunities to explore more challenging teaching situations. It is particularly suitable if your goal is broader development as an educator rather than simply meeting a minimum training requirement.
For IMT, ACCS-IM and Physician Higher Specialty Training, the currently published training-in-teaching criterion requires at least six hours of synchronous live teaching, so either live option meets the duration requirement.
Clinical Radiology ST1 is different. The currently published 2026 portfolio guidance requires at least two days of training in teaching methods for Category C, meaning the 2-Day Comprehensive Course meets that duration requirement whereas the 1-Day Essentials Course does not.
Formal training in teaching is recognised within a number of specialty recruitment frameworks, although the way it is scored varies between specialties. The table below summarises the currently published position and shows which of our live Teach the Teacher options meets the relevant course-duration requirement.
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Important: specialty recruitment criteria and scoring systems can change between recruitment rounds. Always check the current official guidance before relying on a course for application scoring.
Application information reviewed: October 2026.
The live courses are deliberately kept small. Limiting each course to a maximum of nine participants gives you greater opportunity to contribute, ask questions, take part in exercises, practise techniques and receive feedback.
Educational principles are introduced where they help you teach more effectively, but the focus is consistently on practical application. You will explore how to use the ideas in teaching sessions, presentations, clinical supervision, feedback conversations and other real healthcare settings.
The examples and activities are relevant to doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals. The course considers teaching in multidisciplinary teams, clinical environments, formal educational sessions and everyday workplace learning.
ISC Medical has been providing professional development and career training for healthcare professionals for more than 20 years. More than 2,500 doctors attend our Teach the Teacher courses each year, and more than 50,000 doctors have trained with ISC Medical over the past 22 years.
If the criterion requires at least 6 hours of synchronous live training in teaching, the Live 1-Day Teach the Teacher Essentials Course for Doctors provides more than 6 hours and will normally meet that duration requirement. The Live 2-Day Teach the Teacher Comprehensive Course for Doctors provides more than 12 hours across two days and is appropriate where a longer course is required or where you want more substantial development as an educator.
Requirements vary between specialties and recruitment rounds, so always check the current official scoring guidance before booking solely for application points.
Yes. If you prefer to complete your Teach the Teacher training around your existing clinical and personal commitments, we also offer a Self-Paced Teach the Teacher Programme for Doctors.
The self-paced programme gives you 90 days to work through the e-learning material and includes a two-hour synchronous live webinar with an ISC Medical trainer. It provides 12 CPD points / hours and is suitable for CCT, CESR and professional portfolios.
If you are completing Teach the Teacher training specifically for a specialty application, check the current requirements carefully. Some applications require a minimum number of hours of synchronous live teaching, in which case our live courses may be the more appropriate option.
Many doctors are able to reclaim the cost of the course through their NHS Study Budget, subject to local approval. We provide a full VAT invoice and CPD certificate to support reimbursement claims.
Both the 1-day and 2-day courses provide formal, CPD-accredited evidence of training in teaching that can support CCT and CESR portfolios. The exact evidence required varies between specialties and pathways, so you should check the requirements relevant to your portfolio.
The 2-Day Comprehensive Course may be particularly useful if you want to demonstrate more extensive development as a clinical educator because it provides additional teaching practice, feedback and coaching.
Teach the Teacher and Train the Trainer are commonly used to describe courses designed to improve the knowledge, confidence and practical skills needed to teach and train other people.
Our programme covers core areas of healthcare education including session planning, learner engagement, teaching methods, presentation and facilitation skills, feedback and evaluation.
Synchronous teaching means live, real-time teaching in which you can interact directly with the trainer and other participants.
We limit each live course to a maximum of 9 participants. This gives everyone more opportunity to ask questions, contribute to discussions, take part in practical exercises and receive feedback than would normally be possible in a large webinar or lecture.
If your employer cannot book directly through the website using a credit card or procurement card, payment by invoice may be possible. Contact us at enquiries@iscmedical.co.uk for details.
Employer invoicing can take several weeks to process, so it is most suitable when you are booking a course more than six weeks in advance.
Certificates are usually sent by email on the next working day after the course has ended. If you have not received your certificate, please contact enquiries@iscmedical.co.uk.
Yes. You may postpone your course date free of charge on one occasion provided you give at least 8 days' notice before the course start date.
If you postpone a second time or provide less than 8 days' notice, additional charges may apply. Please refer to our Terms and Conditions for full details.
ISC Medical has been providing professional development training for doctors and healthcare professionals for more than 20 years, with more than 2,500 doctors attending our Teach the Teacher courses each year.
Our live courses are limited to a maximum of nine participants and combine trainer-led teaching with discussion, exercises, practical application and feedback. The 1-Day Essentials Course provides more than 6 hours of synchronous teaching and 6 CPD points, while the 2-Day Comprehensive Course provides more than 12 hours and 12 CPD points.
Our medical education resources explore many of the topics covered during the course in greater depth. You can read about learning styles in medical education and what the evidence actually shows, how to give an effective presentation, and whether a PGCert in Medical Education is worth it.
We also have practical guides to teaching methods for doctors, developing your teaching skills as a doctor and giving effective feedback in medical education.
Over 2,500 doctors attend our Teach the Teacher courses each year.
Our Live Teach the Teacher Course is one of ISC Medical's longest-established professional development courses. Participants regularly tell us that they value the practical teaching techniques, interactive format, opportunities to practise and the enthusiasm of our trainers.
"One of the best courses I've been on. Left it buzzing full of ideas and with a new confidence I was lacking. Wish I'd known everything sooner! Thanks so much."
"I thoroughly enjoyed your teach the teacher course for doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals. It was one of the most engaging courses I've been to. Today I gave a presentation to some junior doctors and I'm sure you'd be happy to know that I used INTRO, pattern interrupt, videos and a whole range of techniques that I got directly from your course! So for that I would like to say thank you."
"Amazing trainers and a course packed full of excellent techniques! My teaching skills have improved so much already!"
"A very well-organised and well-run course full of content. Both trainers were fantastic. Very helpful, energetic, enthusiastic and very friendly. They made this one of the best courses I have been to."
"I learnt a huge amount from the course. I like how the course has been set up so that attendees also learn a lot from each other. I liked that teaching was flexible in that it could be directed towards personal objectives."
"Rachel was brilliant. She was approachable, enthusiastic. She definitely formed psychological safety for me. She made us feel part of a little team."
"One of the best courses I have attended! It has provided me with skills I can use not just within my medical career. The format of the course was excellent - I was engaged throughout and really enjoyed the different exercises."
"I really enjoyed the structured teaching, practical tips and examples. I have learnt so much and can easily apply it to make presentations outstanding from now on."
"Organised well. Attention to role play activities and presenting skills was very well thought. I really liked the dedicated time for teaching how to give feedback, as it is what lasts with people and trainees for much longer than any other form of education."
"One of the most amazing courses I have ever attended. I learnt so many practical tricks to improve that I am now buzzing with ideas on how to improve my presentations and teaching sessions."
Explore our practical guides to teaching methods, presentations, feedback and developing your role as a healthcare educator.
