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The Undergraduate Primary Care Education Unit provides training and refresher courses for new and existing GP tutors. For more information about our placements and teaching opportunities, please see the Undergraduate Primary Care Placements page. Our courses are free for existing tutors or those who commit to teaching our ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ in future. 

TaCTIC (Training Course for Teachers at Imperial College)

This interactive 4-hour online course offers a mix of educational theory and practical guidance to support you to develop your teaching skills in practice.

The course is open to all GPs, trainees and other healthcare professionals who are teaching our Imperial undergraduate medical ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ in a community or primary care setting. The course is mandatory for those intending to teach Imperial medical ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½.

After watching the pre-course video, you can further develop your teaching skills more formally by booking onto one of our TaCTIC course dates.

• Wednesday, 6th May 2026 - 9am-1pm - This course is now fully booked
• Wednesday, 8th July 2026 - 9am-1pm - This course is now fully booked
• Wednesday, 12th August 2026 - 9am-1pm - This course is now fully booked
• Wednesday, 7th October 2026 - 9am-1pm -
• Wednesday, 9th December 2026 - 9am-1pm -

Advanced Skills for Teachers at Imperial College (ASTIC)

Existing Imperial GP tutors can keep up-to-date with current teaching approaches and connect with a community of educators through our free Additional Skills courses.

Supporting Students Experiencing Discrimination:

In this interactive workshop we will develop our awareness of discrimination and its various forms and consider how this may impact ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ on placement. 
Using real-life scenarios, we will explore various approaches to better supporting ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ on placement. We will also share information and useful resources on support mechanisms available.

• • Facilitators: Dr Sian Powell, Michael Cole and Dr Farzaneh Sanei
  • Coming soon - watch this space

Online Coaching Skills Courses

We have two freely accessible online courses (MOOCs) on coaching skills.

is a short course on the EdX platform that explores how you can use solution-oriented coaching skills and approaches in an education context to hold more empowering conversations with learners.

is a short course on the Coursera platform that explores key principles and skills of health coaching and how you can use these to enable more person-centred conversations, empowering patients to identify and work towards their health and wellbeing goals.