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GMC Requirements
Firstly we’d like to take this opportunity to thank you all for teaching our students. Our role as the Teacher Development Leads is to help with you educational training needs and help you flourish and grow as teachers.
All KUMEC teachers are required to demonstrate ongoing CPD with regards to your teaching portfolio. We encourage all new tutors to attend/complete our core modules over the first two years of teaching with us, and then 2 sessions per year of teacher training. This can be a mix of online modules our yearly conference and workshops.
We have developed a set of Mastering Skills workshops which can enable you to work towards membership of the Academy of Medical Educators. This is done with three essays written over a maximum time frame of three years with formative feedback from the Teacher Development Leads and progression expected in your academic writing style and teaching reflections based on these. We also have a peer review/support system in place. If you would like to organise a peer review of your teaching please do contact Dr Rini Paul if you are interested to find out more, there is remuneration available for the peer reviewer.
We look forward to working with you and wish you every success and joy with your teaching. If you have any suggestions or ideas about Teacher Development don't hesitate to share them with us.
Teacher Development Lead
Dr Rini Paul
Email: rini.paul@kcl.ac.uk
Teacher Development Lead
Dr Laila Abdullah
Email: laila.1.abdullah@kcl.ac.uk
Our latest Teacher Development timetable
Here is our quick reference guide for the upcoming KUMEC workshops for the academic year 2025/26. We are planning to be back to face-to-face for many of our workshops this year but will be adding more Mastering Teaching Skills workshops and responding to your needs.
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SEPTEMBER 2025 |
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Wednesday 10th September 2025 Lunch: 13:00 Session: 13:30-16:30 |
Stage 2 GP Tutor Induction Day a mandatory session for Stage 2 GP Tutors. This will be run by Drs Mydhili Chellappah, Steph Wassell, and Mrs Yvonne Batson Wright (Stage 2) |
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Wednesday 17th September 2025 Session: 13:30-16:30 Online (link will be shared) Location: Addison House, Guys Campus Room: 6.07
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Stage 3 Year 5 GP Training Tutor session - online This is a mandatory online induction session for GP tutors. The session will be facilitated by Dr. Marion Hill and is specifically aimed at all GP tutors who will be teaching Stage 3 Year 5 students. It is recommended that this session be completed before the students begin their placement at the practice. Please email Esi Amankwah (esi.amankwah@kcl.ac.uk) |
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Friday 19th September 2025 Session: 12:30 – 13:30 Online (link will be shared) |
Stage 3 Year 5 Seminar Leader Training Session An online mandatory session for seminar leaders facilitated by Dr. Marion Hill. This is for all seminar leaders who have not completed the induction course in the last three years. Please email Esi Amankwah (esi.amankwah@kcl.ac.uk) |
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Tuesday 23rd September 2025 Session: 9:00 – 12:30 Online (link will be shared) |
Everything you need to know to be an Educational Supervisor in Stage 2* You only need to attend one of these sessions every 3 years* *External Event please contact Hannah Jorsh (hannah.1.jorsh@kcl.ac.uk) Register via Eventbrite: Link |
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OCTOBER 2025 |
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Wednesday 1st October 2025 Lunch: 13:00 Session 13:30 – 16:30 Location: Addison House, Guys Campus Room: TBC
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KITT 1 (KUMEC Introduction to Teacher Training) (AoME workshop) This course is facilitated by Drs Rini Paul and Laila Abdullah from the TD team with a welcome from Professor Anne Stephenson. This is aimed at new teachers who have not done an introductory teaching course elsewhere. It will include lesson planning, giving feedback, learning needs analysis and plenty of opportunity to practice new skills with students. |
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Wednesday 15th October 2025 Lunch: 13:00 Session 13:30 – 16:30 Location: Addison House, Guys Campus Room: TBC |
Coaching and Leadership with Mrs. Yvonne Batson-Wright Part 2 Following the successful delivery of our March 2025 session, this interactive workshop continues to explore the dynamic relationship between coaching and leadership—with a new emphasis on practical skill-building, psychological safety, and emotional intelligence. Participants will discover how inclusive coaching practices can transform team dynamics and leadership impact. |
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Thursday 16th October 2025 Session: 13:00 – 14:30 Online (link will be shared) |
Challenging Exclusions: Inclusive Practice for Educational Supervisors and Personal Tutors with Drs Rini Paul and Fleur Cantle Register via Eventbrite: Link |
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NOVEMBER 2025 |
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Wednesday 5th November 2025 Lunch: 13:00 Session: 13:30-16:30 Location: Guys Campus Room: TBC |
Stage 2 GP Tutor Review Day Mandatory – Stage 2 GP Tutors |
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DECEMBER 2025 |
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Monday 12th December 2025 |
GKT Conference |
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JANUARY 2026 |
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Wednesday 14th January 2026 Lunch: 13:00 Session 13:30 – 16:30 Location: Addison House, Guys Campus Room: TBC |
KITT 2 (KUMEC Introduction to Teacher Training) (AoME workshop) This course is facilitated by Drs Rini Paul and Laila Abdullah from the TD team with a welcome from Professor Anne Stephenson. This is aimed at new teachers who have not done an introductory teaching course elsewhere. It will include lesson planning, giving feedback, learning needs analysis and plenty of opportunity to practice new skills with students. |
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Tuesday 27th January 2026
Session: 09:00 - 12:30
Online (link will be shared) |
Everything you need to know to be an Educational Supervisor in Stage 2* You only need to attend one of these sessions every 3 years* *External Event please contact Hannah Jorsh (hannah.1.jorsh@kcl.ac.uk) Register via Eventbrite: Link |
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FEBRUARY 2026 |
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Wednesday 11th February 2026
Session: 13:30 – 16:30
Online (Link will be shared) |
Single Best Answer (SBA) with Dr Laila Abdullah (AoME workshop) In this three hour workshop you will be guided through the skill of writing single best answer (SBA) questions with the aim of generating high quality SBAs for use in our students’ assessments. We will discuss how to write diverse, inclusive and authentic questions, representative of patients encountered in clinical practice. You will be asked to complete some pre-reading and bring along 3 potential questions/clinical cases to the workshop where you will have training on the golden rules of SBA writing, time to develop your questions and participate in peer review. This will be a fun, interactive and creative session. We particularly welcome practice-based tutors, those who have experience in writing SBAs or have a keen interest in developing skills in assessment. |
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MARCH 2026 |
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Wednesday 18th March 2026
13:00 – 14:30
Online (link will be shared) |
Challenging Exclusions: Inclusive Practice for Educational Supervisors and Personal Tutors with Drs Rini Paul and Fleur Cantle
Register via Eventbrite: Link |
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Wednesday 25th March 2026 Lunch: 13:00 Session 13:30 - 16:30 Location: Addison House, Guys Campus Room: TBC |
KITT 3 (KUMEC Introduction to Teacher Training) (AoME workshop) This course is facilitated by Drs Rini Paul and Laila Abdullah from the TD team with a welcome from Professor Anne Stephenson. This is aimed at new teachers who have not done an introductory teaching course elsewhere. It will include lesson planning, giving feedback, learning needs analysis and plenty of opportunity to practice new skills with students. |
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APRIL 2026 |
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Tuesday 28th April 2026
Session 09:00 - 12:30
Online (link will be shared)
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Everything you need to know to be an Educational Supervisor in Stage 2* You only need to attend one of these sessions every 3 years* *External Event please contact Hannah Jorsh (hannah.1.jorsh@kcl.ac.uk) Register via Eventbrite: Link |
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MAY 2026 |
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Wednesday 20th May 2026 Lunch: 13:00 Session 13:30 - 16:30 Location: Addison House, Guys Campus Room: TBC |
EDI Neurodiversity Workshops with Drs Rini Paul and Fleur Cantle (AoME workshop) This course will be facilitated by Dr Rini Paul. The aim of this workshop is to celebrate diversity in our learners and colleagues, specifically focusing on neurodiversity. We will go over the protected characteristics by law and intersectionality. By the end of this interactive session, with small group and case discussions you will be able to:
Register via Eventbrite: Link |
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JUNE 2026 |
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Wednesday 17th June 2026 All day event |
Annual Primary Care Conference 2026
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How to apply for The Academy of Medical Educators (AoME)
Any of our KUMEC teachers can sign up for the MTS workshops via teaching portal access in the usual way. The workshops can be undertaken with the aim of applying for AoME membership, or simply as part of your own ongoing continuing professional development.
If you would like to apply for membership of AoME, you will need to complete a reflective writing piece of work for three MTS workshops, over a course of two years. Titles can be found under workshop details in this handbook and will also be given out at each workshop.Your writing should reflect a personal account of your teaching, what you're learning from the workshop and wider reading has taught you, and how you plan to put this into action. It is a scholarly piece of work, so should contain references and be structured in a formal way, rather than a conversational style, for example avoiding contractions such as “didn’t”, “weren’t” etc. The Teacher Development Lead can support you with this, with previous examples and guidance on scholarly writing.
Written work should be submitted to the Teacher Development Leads for review and formative feedback. On completion of three pieces which have demonstrated progression and incorporating the feedback, you will be issued with a certificate of completion and, a reference for your AoME application, which you will need to submit with your application.
Further details can be found here: http://www.medicaleducators.org/write/MediaManager/Membership_Application_Guidance.pdf
Please keep an eye on our website (and newsletters) for more details of the workshops. You can sign up using the KUMEC portal if you have your login details and/or contacting our Teacher Development administrator or kumecteachers@kcl.ac.uk (some events will have different sign up methods/links).
You may also want to have a look at our KUMEC Teachers YouTube channel which has a growing number of short videos recorded on Educational Theory and Teaching remote consulting and online teaching sessions.
Contact us
If you have any queries please contact: Teacher Development Leads Drs Rini Paul & Laila Abdullah (Recruitment, new practices and teachers)
