Become a GP educator in Yorkshire and Humber

As a GP, you have the opportunity to shape our future primary care workforce. Becoming an educator allows you to guide and equip aspiring GPs and primary care healthcare professionals with the skills and confidence to shape the future of primary care.

Why become a GP educator? 

As healthcare transforms to bring care closer to communities, your expertise is essential in preparing the next generation of healthcare professionals for this evolving landscape. Step into this rewarding training role and leave a lasting impact on both your trainees and the care they provide.

Education offers GPs a rewarding way to diversify your career while maintaining clinical practice. It keeps your work varied and intellectually stimulating, allowing you to apply your knowledge and skills in different ways.

With you leading the way, multidisciplinary teams can realise their potential too. You'll be part of the significant firsts and milestones in someone else's learning journey whilst advancing your own career and actively participating in the transformation that will improve patient care.

"I’ve always seen the role as someone who supports a colleague with their learning, and you don’t need to have all the answers to be that person. I’ve always enjoyed working with doctors at an earlier stage in their medical career and it can be so rewarding seeing them progress as a primary care doctor. If you are considering becoming a GP educator I'd say go for it! There’s lots of support from your local training programme directors and  an allocated  mentor, to help you through the process."

Dr Bruno Rushforth, a GP educator and partner at Foundry Lane Surgery in Leeds

The benefits for you as an educator

Your role as an educator directly contributes to delivering better, more accessible healthcare in local communities. You'll help prepare professionals who are equipped to meet the evolving needs of our growing and ageing population, strengthening the care provided closer to where people live.

You are needed now more than ever to shape the future of primary care.

Becoming a GP educator brings personal and professional rewards

• the satisfaction of helping GP registrars develop into fully qualified GPs
• excellent peer support from local trainers' groups and networks
• the opportunity to develop as an educator and enhance your own skills
• learning through teaching to keep one's knowledge up to date

Hear from GP educators

Interested in becoming a GP educator but want to know more about how it works in practice? Read our case studies to discover the benefits for you, your service and patients, and see where the role could take your career.

Further information

Find out more about what the GP educator role involves, funding and support available for GP educators, the applications steps to become a GP educator and the approved learning environment processes in Yorkshire and Humber below:

• what does a GP educator role involve
• application steps to becoming a GP educator in Yorkshire and Humber
• funding, expenses and support available for GP educators
• becoming an approved learning environment
• requirements for becoming an approved learning environment

Detailed information on the role of a GP trainer and the training curriculum can be found on the RCGP website.

Contact us

If you have any questions on the approval process further to the information provided on these pages, please contact the primary care school GP trainer approvals team.

Apply now

To apply to become a GP trainer contact england.gpapprovals.yh@nhs.net to find your local TPD and then complete the intending GP trainer registration form.