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Postgraduate Certificate for Teachers in Primary Care

Teaching The Teachers (TTT)

This course is a generic course for teachers in primary care within the NHS and is suitable for all primary healthcare practitioners. It is accredited by the University of Westminster (UoW) as a 60 credit course.

Two courses are provided each year by the Education and Development Group (EDG), London Deanery. The course takes 10 months to complete.

 

Who can apply?

It is open to all professionals who see patients in primary care, such as practice nurses, health visitors, primary care dentists and GPs. Locums and salaried GPs are also welcome to join and the same applies to portfolio practitioners.

District Nurse, Health Visitor and Practice Nurse Recruitment: Interprofessional Pair Scheme:
We encourage interprofessional pairs to attend the course and these applicants will be given priority. If a nurse attends with a GP from his/her practice or locality, the nurse applicant will be entitled to attend free of charge. Suzie Clements, nurse lead for the course, is happy to discuss any details about course content and its relevance to nurses. Sue can be contacted at suzieclem@btinternet.com

 

What is the entry criteria? 

In order to enrol on TTT you will need to:

  • have completed specialty training at least two years before course entry and must have completed and passed MRCGP (General Medical Practitioners).
  • be at least three years post qualification to start the course, and have a recommendation/supporting statement from the Dental Dean to accompany the application form (General Dental Practitioners)
  • have either
    1) a community nurse-related degree or
    2) an active interest and involvement in teaching, with written evidence to support your ability to work at the expected level (Nurses)
  • have access to email (all applicants)
  • declare any postgraduate certificates where the outcome was either refer or fail (all applicants)


Entry to the September 2010 course
From September 2010, all course participants will be required to have attended the Introduction to Teaching in Primary Care (ITTPC) course or an equivalent course prior to starting TTT. This will have provided an opportunity for applicants to assess whether a course which includes collaborative learning in small groups will suit them. In addition you are invited to an open evening on 17th June 2010 to meet some of the course leaders and to find out more about the programme, but please note that attendance is not compulsory.
if you meet all the abov criteria please contact the TTT administrator Becki Roberts on 020 7866 3234 or at becki.roberts@londondeanery.ac.uk for an application pack.

 

Fee

The fee for London applicants is £475 and for non London applicants is £950. Fees for this course are both non-refundable and non-transferable. We are still continuing to offer up to five free places for nurses who attend with a GP from their practice or locality as an "interprofessional pair".

 

Further Information

Further information can be obtained from the webpage or alternatively please contact;